Sir Charles Perrin Skerrett KCMG KC (2 September 1863 – 13 February 1929) was the fifth Chief Justice of New Zealand, from 1926 to 1929.

He was a sergeant in the Army in India; as he lacked a private income needed by officers.

He joined the Post Office, then the Treasury, then to the Department of Justice as a clerk in the Wellington Magistrates' Court.

He went into private practice, and was associated with the Wellington law firms of Skerrett and Wyllie and Chapman Tripp.

In 1922, in his role as president of the New Zealand Football Association,[1] Skerrett was given the Chatham Cup by Captain Prickett of HMS Chatham as a thank you to New Zealand for its hospitality to the ship and crew.