Tom Weston
New Zealand lawyer, Cook Islands judge and poet
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Thomas Crowley Weston KC (born 1958) is a New Zealand lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Cook Islands. He is also known as a poet.
Tom Weston | |
|---|---|
| 6th Chief Justice of the Cook Islands | |
| In office 13 May 2010 – 2016 | |
| Preceded by | David Williams |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Biography
Weston was born in 1958 in Christchurch. He attended the University of Canterbury,[1] from where he graduated with LL.B. (Hons).[2]
Weston has a long history as a commercial litigator.[3] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1999,[4] and later that year was appointed to the Rules Committee, the body responsible for setting court rules.[5] He was reappointed in 2002 for a further term of three years.[6]
From 2006, was a part-time judge of the Cook Islands High Court and Court of Appeal.[3] Between 2010 and 2016, he was Chief Justice of the Cook Islands, replacing his legal partner David Williams.[7]
Weston has published several books of poems. Small Humours of Daylight deals mostly with travel by sea between islands, and was reviewed by Graham Brazier for The New Zealand Herald.[8]
