The district court judge - and former Mastermind champion - has had his share of controversies, including giving name suppression to an American billionaire on drug smuggling charges.
Caleb Allison Thu, 19 Jul 2012
Judge David Harvey – who has stepped down from hearing Kim Dotcom's extradition case – is New Zealand's longest-serving district court judge, with a career punctuated by the occasional stir.
A Mastermind quiz champion before becoming a judge in 1989, within five years he was sued for false
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