Peter Young (judge)
{{Short description|Australian judge}}
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| name = Peter Young
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| birth_name = Peter Wolstenholme Young
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1940|04|24}}
| birth_place = Sydney
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| nationality = Australian
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| occupation = Retired judge
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| education = Sydney Church of England Grammar
| alma_mater = Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
| spouse = Pamela Young
| children = Marcus, Melinda, James
| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW
| term_start = 4 March 1985
| term_end = 23 April 2012
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| office2 = Chief Judge in Equity
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| term_start2 = 23 April 2001
| term_end2 = 5 March 2009
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Peter Wolstenholme Young, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO,|KC}} (born {{birth date|df=y|1940|04|24}}, in Sydney) is a retired Australian judge who served as a judge on the Supreme Court of New South Wales for 27 years, retiring in 2012.
Career
Born in Sydney, Young was educated at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School before graduating with a Bachelor of Laws from the Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney. Young's family has a strong legal pedigree. His father, James Young, was admitted as a barrister in 1933; Young's grandfather, James Young Snr., was admitted as a barrister in 1903; and Young's great-grandfather, Richard Young, was admitted as a barrister in 1873. In more recent years, Young's eldest son, Marcus, also a barrister, joined the bar in 1993 and was appointed as a Senior Counsel in 2011.{{cite speech |title=Farewell ceremony for the Honourable Justice Peter Wolstenholme Young AO upon the occasion of his retirement as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales |author=Greg Smith |authorlink=Greg Smith (New South Wales politician) |date=23 April 2012 |location=Sydney |url=http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Publications/Speeches/Pre-2015%20Speeches/Assorted%20-%20L%20to%20Z/young_index.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=18 July 2017}}
Young was appointed as a puisne judge in 1985 before being appointed as Chief Judge in Equity, serving from 2001 until 2009. He was appointed as a judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in 2009 and served until his retirement in 2012. Young was a justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the state of New South Wales, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy.{{cite web|title=Judicial Officer Contact Details|url=http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/supreme_court/ll_sc.nsf/pages/SCO_judicial_contact|work=Supreme Court of New South Wales|accessdate=15 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319031525/http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Supreme_Court/ll_sc.nsf/pages/SCO_judicial_contact|archivedate=19 March 2011}}{{cite web|title=Justice Peter Young |url=http://www.investordaily.com/cps/rde/xchg/id/style/1201.htm|work=Investor Daily|accessdate=15 August 2010|author=Madeleine Collins|date=12 February 2007}}
In 2004, Young was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia for service to the law and the administration of justice, to legal scholarship, and the community through the Anglican Church of Australia.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1056790 |title=YOUNG, Peter Wolstenholme |work=It's an Honour |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |date=14 June 2004 |accessdate=31 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064200/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1056790&search_type=quick&showInd=true |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}
He edited the Australian Law Journal for 24 years, retiring in April 2016.{{cite web |last1=Kirby |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael Kirby (judge) |title=Looking Back on the 7th Editor of the ALJ: The Hon Peter W Young AO QC |url=https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/legal/posts/peter-wolstenholme-young-alj-editor-retires |website=Thomson Reuters |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=11 September 2022}}
Young is currently the chairman of the Sydney Bus Museum.
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Category:Australian King's Counsel
Category:Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Category:People educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School
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