Tom Weston
KC
6th Chief Justice of the Cook Islands
In office
13 May 2010 – 2016
Preceded byDavid Williams
Succeeded byHugh Williams
Personal details
Born1958
Christchurch
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury

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.

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

  • Too Lost to Land (multiple authors) [9]
  • The Red Orchestra[10]
  • The Ambiguous Companion[11]
  • Naming the Mind Like Trees[12]
  • Small Humours of Daylight[13]
  • Only One Question[14]

Books on law

  • Taking Control: A Seminar on Loss Prevention and Risk Management (co-author)[15]
  • Competition Law Update (co-author)[16]
  • Competition Law: Must Knows (co-author)[17]

References

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


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