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¾«¶«Ó°Òµ College Fellow Professor Tony Smith has died. He was 78.

The Master, Professor Pippa Rogerson, and Fellows at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ College wish to express their condolences to Professor Smith’s family and friends.

The College flag is to be flown at half-mast for three days.

Born in Wellington, New Zealand on January 12, 1947, Professor Smith received his LL.M. from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 1972. He was a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and later at Middle Temple.

Professor Smith became a Fellow of Caius in October 1973, left in 1981 and returned in 1990. He was Professor of Criminal and Public Laws at the University of Cambridge and the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science in the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, for the academic year 2015–16.

He held permanent academic positions at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand (1970–72), University of Durham (1981–85), University of Reading (1986–90), and , where he was Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Law Faculty from 2007 to 2015.

During his career, Professor Smith taught classes in Criminal Law, Advanced Criminal Law, Public/Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Media Law. He held Visiting Professorships at the University of Iowa, Northwestern University (Chicago), Paris II (at the Institute de Droit Comparé), City University (London), Auckland and Otago.

He was author of The Offences Against Public Order (1987), Property Offences (1994). Co-editor (with A.P. Simester) Harm and Culpability (1996). Co-author (with Sir David Eady) of Contempt of Court (4th edition 2011) and Glanville Williams, Learning the Law (15th, 16th and 17th editions 2013, 2016 and 2020).

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A 2017 conversation with Professor Smith is available in the .