New Zealand lawyer, Cook Islands judge and poet
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
^ "Weston, Tom" . New Zealand Book Council . Retrieved 6 April 2014 .
^ "Mr Thomas (Tom) Weston QC" . New Zealand Bar Association . Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014 .
^ a b "Tom Weston QC" . Bankside Chambers. Retrieved 14 May 2010 .
^ "Queens Counsel Appts" . The New Zealand Gazette . 27 May 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2010 .
^ "Judicature Appointments Rules" . The New Zealand Gazette . 12 August 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2010 .
^ "Reappointment to the Rules Committee,Thomas Crowley Weston QC" . The New Zealand Gazette . 11 July 2002. Retrieved 14 May 2010 .
^ "New Chief Justice sworn in" . Cook Islands News. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2021 .
^ Brazier, Graham (14 July 2008). "Poignant and heart-shaped words" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 8 April 2014 .
^ Vincent, David; Weston, Tom (1981). Too Lost to Land . Mumbles Road. ISBN 0473001160 .
^ Weston, Tom (1982). The Red Orchestra . Griffin Press. ISBN 0959765301 .
^ Weston, Tom (1996). The Ambiguous Companion . Hazard Press. ISBN 1877161047 .
^ Weston, Tom (2004). Naming the Mind Like Trees . Steele Roberts Publishing Limited. ISBN 1877338230 .
^ Weston, Tom (2008). Small Humours of Daylight . Steele Roberts Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1877448218 .
^ Weston, Tom (2014). Only One Question . Steele Roberts Aotearoa. ISBN 9781927242582 .
^ 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 .
^ Dean, Miriam Rose; Weston, Tom; Butterworths of New Zealand; New Zealand Law Society (2001). Competition Law Update . New Zealand Law Society .
^ Land, John; Weston, Tom; New Zealand Law Society (2012). Competition Law: Must Knows . New Zealand Law Society .
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