About Hon Paul Heath KC

Hon Paul Heath KC was a Judge of the High Court of New Zealand and an ad hoc Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. Since retiring from the Bench, Paul has practised primarily in arbitration and mediation (in both cases encompassing international and domestic work) and has continued to sit as a part-time Judge in Pacific jurisdictions. Paul is currently Chief Justice of the Pitcairn Islands and a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Tonga. He has also previously sat as a Judge of the Court of Appeal in both Vanuatu and Kiribati. Paul is on the panel of arbitrators maintained by SIAC, HKIAC and ACICA. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand, and a Chartered Arbitrator.