Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
David Williams | |
Order: | 5th |
Office: | Chief Justice of the Cook Islands |
Term Start: | 2005 |
Term End: | 13 May 2010 |
Predecessor: | Laurence Greig |
Successor: | Tom Weston |
Birth Name: | David Arthur Rhodes Williams |
Birth Date: | 1941 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Alma Mater: | University of Auckland (LLB) Harvard Law School (LLM)[1] |
Sir David Arthur Rhodes Williams (born 17 April 1941) is a New Zealand lawyer, jurist, and international arbitrator. From 2005 to 2010 he served as Chief Justice of the Cook Islands.[2]
Williams was born in 1941 in Auckland.[3] In the 2017 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to international law and international arbitration.[4]