School of Law

School of Law

John Caldwell Associate Professor John Caldwell

Position

Associate Professor
Tutor Honours Students

Qualifications

BA, LLB (Hons) (Canterbury), LLM (Cambridge), LTCL, Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand

Room

Room: 513 5th floor, School of Law

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2987
Extension: 8769
john.caldwell@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal address

School of Law
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand

Background

John Caldwell's major research and teaching interest is in Family Law, with a secondary interest in the Law of Judicial Review.

He is a contributor to both New Zealand textbooks on Family law, and is on the Editorial Board of the Family Law Journal, Butterworths Family Law Service, and the New Zealand Family Law Reports.

John is also a committee member of the Family Courts Association and the Childrens Issues Committee of the New Zealand Family Law Section.

Journal article

Caldwell, J.L. (2003) The Hague Convention and a grave risk for children: recent developments. Family Law Journal, 4, 191-198

Caldwell, J.L. (2003) Void Marriages -duress and fraud as possible grounds for invalidation. Family Law Journal, 4, 119-126

Caldwell, J.L. (2003) Where there's a will.... Family Law Journal, 4, 155-156

Counsel for the child - old truths, a new start? In Advanced Counsel for the Child (NZLS, 2004) 3-37.

The dilemma of parental alienation (2005) 5 NZFLJ 29-39.

“Judicial Review of Sports Bodies” in Essays in Law and Sport (Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law, 2005) 43-67.