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{{Short description|New Zealand jurist}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name             = Sir Thaddeus McCarthy
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZ|KBE|size=100%}}
| order            = [[Court of Appeal of New Zealand|President of the Court of Appeal]]
| term_start       = 1973
| term_end         = 1976
| predecessor      = [[Alexander Turner (jurist)|Alexander Turner]]
| successor        = [[Clifford Richmond]]
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1907|08|24|df=yes}} 
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| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2001|04|11|1907|08|24|df=yes}}
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'''Sir Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZ|KBE|size=85%}} (24 August 1907 – 11 April 2001) was a [[New Zealand]] jurist.

McCarthy was educated at [[St Bede's College, Christchurch]], and then studied law at [[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University College]], [[University of New Zealand|New Zealand]] and graduated in 1928. He was admitted as a solicitor only in 1929, completed an LLM degree (in 1930), and in 1931 was admitted as a barrister. He practised at the [[Wellington]] bar for 26 years until his appointment to the bench. McCarthy was in active service overseas during the [[Second World War]]. He prosecuted [[Walter James Bolton]], who was executed in 1957, the last person executed in New Zealand.

McCarthy was appointed to the [[High Court of New Zealand|Supreme Court]] bench in 1957, and from 1958 onwards he served periodically as a temporary judge of the [[Court of Appeal of New Zealand]]. He sat in the ''[[Rees v Sinclair]]'' case. Sir Thaddeus was President of the Court of Appeal from 1973 to 1976, and was the presiding member of an unprecedented seven [[Royal Commission]]s. He was also a Commissioner of Security Appeals.

McCarthy had a reputation as a "plain English" judge with an outstanding ability to make complex matters understandable. He was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[1964 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|1964 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette |date=1 January 1964|supp=3 |issue=43202 |page=39}}</ref> and a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] on [[1974 Special Honours (New Zealand)|3 May 1974]].<ref>{{London Gazette |date=3 May 1974 |issue=46280 |page=5486}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Member of the Order of New Zealand]], New Zealand's highest civilian honour, on 6 February 1994.

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