The project is overseen by a reference group, composed of eminent persons. The members are: Rt Hon Sir Ivor Richardson, Former President of the New Zealand Court of Appeal Rt Honourable Sir Geoffrey Palmer, President, Law Commission Justice Peter Blanchard, New Zealand Supreme Court Justice Joseph Williams, High Court Dame Alison Quentin Baxter, Barrister Emeritus Professor Bruce Kercher, Maquarie University, Australia Emeritus Professor John McLaren, University of Victoria, Canada Professor Stuart Anderson, Faculty of Law, Otago University Dr Paul McHugh, Fellow Sidney Sussex College, and Reader in Law, Cambridge Professor Tony Smith, Dean, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington