Masters of the Bench

Sir William Young was President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand from 2006-2010.  He has a degree in law conferred by the University of Canterbury and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.  He worked in a law office in Christchurch before taking up practice as a barrister in crime, civil, commercial and tax litigation, acting latterly for, among others, the NZ Serious Fraud Office and the NZ Commissioner of Inland Revenue.  He took Silk in 1991.  He was appointed a Judge of the High Court of New Zealand in 1997 and a Judge of the Court of Appeal in 2004.