William Black (judge)

William Bullick Black KC (22 September 1879 – 11 March 1967) was an Irish judge and barrister who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1942 to 1951.

William Bullick Black
Judge of the Supreme Court
In office
14 November 1942  28 February 1951
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byDouglas Hyde
Personal details
Born
William Bullick Black

(1879-09-22)22 September 1879
Holywood, County Down, Ireland
Died11 March 1967(1967-03-11) (aged 87)
Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Spouse(s)Julia O'Connor
(m. 1910; d. 1967)
Children3
EducationMethodist College Belfast
Alma mater

Early life and education

Black was born in Holywood, County Down, in 1879. Black's father, James, was a Methodist minister. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast and later at Trinity College, Dublin.[1]

Career

Black attended the King's Inns, Dublin, where he qualified as a barrister. At King's Inns he won a number of debating and oratorical prizes before he was called to the Bar in 1901.[1]

Black was a campaigner for Sinn Féin before later supporting Fianna Fáil.[1][2]

In 1942, he was made a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland and served until 1951.[3] He dissented against the ruling in the Corcoran case (1950) and also the 1951 Tilson case that enforced the Ne Temere decree.[1][4]

The Council of Europe elected Black as Ireland's representative in the European Commission of Human Rights in 1954.[1]

Personal life

He was married to Julia O'Connor.[1]

References

  1. Dempsey, Pauric (2009). "Black, William Bullick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Walker, B (17 January 2012). A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace. Springer. p. 63. ISBN 9780230363403.
  3. Supreme Court. "Former Judges of the Supreme Court". www.supremecourt.ie.
  4. Walker, B (17 January 2012). A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace. Springer. p. 62. ISBN 9780230363403.
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