Horton Williams

The Honourable Horton Clement Williams QC (born 21 April 1933) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia.[1]

Horton Clement Williams
Born(1933-04-21)21 April 1933
Sydney
NationalityAustralian
EducationNewington College
University of Adelaide
OccupationSolicitor, barrister, Queen's Counsel, judge
TitleThe Honourable Horton Williams QC
Spouse(s)1958, Helen (died 1991)
1996, Marie Gregory
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Parent(s)H R Williams

Early life

Williams was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1947–1950).[2] In 1950 his family moved to South Australia and he enrolled at the University of Adelaide and graduated in law.

Williams was a Judge's Associate from 1954 until 1956 and was admitted to the South Australian Bar in 1955. From 1956 until 1977 he was in private practice. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974.

In 1995, he was appointed as the inaugural presiding member of South Australia's Gaming Supervisory Authority, the supervising regulator for the Adelaide Casino and licensed gaming machine premises, effective 1 July 1995. Williams resigned this position on 31 August 1995 to accept appointment as a Justice of the State's Supreme Court.

Other legal positions held included chairman of the Judicial Conference of Australia, vice-president of the Australian Bar Association and president of the South Australian Bar Association .

Community involvement

Williams was Commodore of the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron from 1991 until 1993.

gollark: Oh, and he is apparently entirely incapable of generalization or remembering things from more than 15 seconds ago.
gollark: He doesn't understand some things, which is fine I guess, but he also doesn't seem to understand the things he needs to understand to understand those things either, and seems to think he's done with things when the arbitrary computer marking thing™ says so even when it's repeatedly blatantly wrong, and wants me to just give him answers so he'll apparently learn from them.
gollark: Trying to explain "algebraic proof" to Zachary is so intensely frustrating.
gollark: I don't think that's right either.
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References
  1. Who's Who in Australia (Crown Content, 2008) pp 2242
  2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 216
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