Tom Weston Explained

Tom Weston
Order:6th
Office:Chief Justice of the Cook Islands
Term Start:13 May 2010
Term End:2016
Predecessor:David Williams
Successor:Hugh Williams
Birth Date:1958
Birth Place:Christchurch
Alma Mater:University of Canterbury

Thomas Crowley Weston (born 1958) is a New Zealand lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Cook Islands. He is also known as a poet.

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]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

Books on law

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weston, Tom . . 6 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Mr Thomas (Tom) Weston QC . . 8 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140408225305/https://www.nzbar.org.nz/Person?Action=View&Person_id=815 . 8 April 2014 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Tom Weston QC . Bankside Chambers . 14 May 2010.
  4. Web site: Queens Counsel Appts . . 27 May 1999 . 14 May 2010.
  5. Web site: Judicature Appointments Rules . . 12 August 1999 . 14 May 2010.
  6. Web site: Reappointment to the Rules Committee,Thomas Crowley Weston QC . . 11 July 2002 . 14 May 2010.
  7. Web site: New Chief Justice sworn in . Cook Islands News . 14 May 2010 . 12 February 2021.
  8. News: Brazier . Graham . Poignant and heart-shaped words . 8 April 2014 . . 14 July 2008 . Graham Brazier.
  9. Book: Vincent . David . Weston . Tom . Too Lost to Land . Mumbles Road . 1981 . 0473001160.
  10. Book: Weston, Tom . The Red Orchestra . Griffin Press . 1982 . 0959765301.
  11. Book: Weston, Tom . The Ambiguous Companion . Hazard Press . 1996 . 1877161047.
  12. Book: Weston, Tom . Naming the Mind Like Trees . Steele Roberts Publishing Limited . 2004 . 1877338230.
  13. Book: Weston, Tom . Small Humours of Daylight . Steele Roberts Publishing Limited . 2008 . 978-1877448218.
  14. Book: Weston, Tom . Only One Question . Steele Roberts Aotearoa . 2014 . 9781927242582.
  15. Book: Sheard . Denis . Weston . Tom . Riordan . Pheasant . New Zealand Law Society . New Zealand Law Society . Bank of New Zealand . Bank of New Zealand . Taking Control: A Seminar on Loss Prevention and Risk Management . . 1990.
  16. Book: Dean . Miriam Rose . Weston . Tom . Butterworths of New Zealand . New Zealand Law Society . New Zealand Law Society . Competition Law Update . . 2001.
  17. Book: Land . John . Weston . Tom . New Zealand Law Society . New Zealand Law Society . Competition Law: Must Knows . . 2012.

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