Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
Sir Ron Young | |
Birth Name: | Ronald Leslie Young |
Nationality: | New Zealander |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Office: | Justice of the High Court |
Term Start: | 2001 |
Term End: | 2015 |
Order2: | 4th Chief District Court judge |
Term Start2: | 1993 |
Term End2: | 2001 |
Predecessor2: | Silvia Cartwright |
Successor2: | David Carruthers |
Sir Ronald Leslie Young (born)[1] is a New Zealand jurist. He served as chief District Court judge from 1993 to 2001, and was a High Court judge from 2001 until 2015, when he retired.[2] In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary.[3]