Dr Matthew S R Palmer is a Barrister at Thorndon Chambers specialising in Public Law. He has previously held positions as: Deputy Solicitor-General; Dean of Law and Director of the NZ Centre for Public Law at Victoria University; and Deputy Secretary for Justice (Public Law). His 2008 book, The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution won the Legal Research Foundation's Northey Prize for the best legal book of that year.
