Don Mathieson (lawyer)

Donald Lindsay Mathieson ONZM QC^[1][2] is a Waikanae-based New Zealand lawyer and lay Anglican.^[3]

Mathieson studied at Victoria University of Wellington, playing chess^[4] and hockey^[5] before winning a Rhodes Scholarship in 1959.^[6]

In addition to spending more than forty years in private practice, Mathieson was Crown Counsel in the Crown Law Office.^[2] From 2010 to 2015 he was President of the Film and Literature Board of Review.^[7][8]

Mathieson, an active lay Anglican, edited Faith at work in 2001, 'arguing that Christians should practise their faith at work.'^[9] He wrote on the subject of same-sex marriage, in context of the Anglican church adapting to the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013:

It is time to speak forthrightly in support of the clear scriptural witness about the sinfulness of homosexual acts and the position adopted without dissension by Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Churches alike for nearly two thousand years.^[3]

Significant and dissenting decisions

• L.A. Zombie [2011] NZFLBR 2 (7 June 2011)^[10]
• Into the River by Ted Dawe [2013] NZFLBR 1 (17 December 2013)^[11]

Works

• Faith at Work edited by Don Mathieson. 2001. ISBN 0958212481^[12]
• Cross on Evidence edited by Don Mathieson. 9th Edition, 2012. ISBN 1927183898
• Fair criminal trial and the exclusion of 'unfair evidence' New Zealand universities law review, Oct 2013; v.25 n.4:p. 739-757
• Clergy, offices and employment New Zealand Law Journal, Mar 2006; p. 65-68
• Same sex relationships : ethics, Christian leadership and the law Stimulus : the New Zealand Journal of Christian Thought and Practice, Feb 1999; v.7 n.1:p. 34-41
• Principles and rules in Christian ethics Latimer, Mar 1991; n.107:p. 8-16
• Legal frameworks Archifacts, Oct 1996; p. 44-54

References