William Young (judge)

Sir William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young KNZM QC (born 14 April 1952) is a Supreme Court Judge, and former President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by Attorney-General Chris Finlayson in June 2010, taking effect from 1 July.[2]


Sir William Young

Young in 2020
Justice of the Supreme Court
Assumed office
1 July 2010
President of the Court of Appeal
In office
2006–2010
Preceded bySir Noel Anderson
Succeeded byMark O'Regan[1]
Personal details
Born (1952-04-14) 14 April 1952
Christchurch, New Zealand
Spouse(s)
Susan Mary Young
(m. 1979)
RelationsNeville Young (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
University of Cambridge

Early life, family, and early career

Born in Christchurch on 14 April 1952,[3] Young was educated at Christ's College, University of Canterbury (LLB (Hons)) and University of Cambridge (PhD) in the United Kingdom with a thesis Duress and abuse of inequality of bargaining position.[4] In 1979, he and his wife, Susan, were married, and they went on to have three children.[3]

After obtaining his PhD, Young worked in the Christchurch law firm R A Young Hunter & Co, before moving to the independent bar to become a barrister sole in 1988. Young was made a Queen's Counsel in 1991 and acted in several high-profile cases, including the Winebox Inquiry of the 1990s.

Judge

Young was appointed a High Court Judge in Christchurch in 1997, a Court of Appeal Judge when the Supreme Court was created in 2004, and to the position of President in January 2006.[5] Young was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court with effect from 1 July 2010.[6] Young in R v Wanhalla described model jury directions in a criminal trial on the standard of proof required.

In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Young was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as president of the Court of Appeal.[7] In 2009, following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion.[8]

Non-judicial involvement

While a barrister, Young was involved with the New Zealand Law Society educational programme and, since appointment to the bench, with the Institute of Judicial Studies, being the primary author of its Criminal Jury Trials Bench Book. He wrote "Summing Up to Juries – What Jury Research says about Current Rules and Practice" [2003] Crim LR 665 and co-authored a chapter in Witness Testimony: Psychological, Investigative and Evidential Perspectives (Oxford University Press 26 October 2006).[9]

References

  1. Chris Finlayson (9 June 2010). "New Supreme Court judge and Court of Appeal President announced". Beehive.
  2. "New Supreme Court judge appointed". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. p. 971. ISSN 1172-9813.
  4. "Info". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. "The Judges of the Court of Appeal". Courts of New Zealand. Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  6. "The Judges of the Supreme Court" ""Courts of New Zealand."" Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  7. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2007". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  8. Eames, David (1 August 2009). "Arise Sir Russell – 72 accept revived knighthoods". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  9. "2009 Conference Presenters" AMINZ Inc. Retrieved 22 September 2010
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