Wyn Williams

Wyn Williams in procession at Llandaff Cathedral in 2013

Sir Wyn Lewis Williams (born 31 March 1951) is a Welsh judge who is a Justice of the High Court.

Early life and education

Wyn Lewis Williams was born in Ferndale in the Rhondda to Ronald and Nellie Williams. Educated at Rhondda Grammar County school he matriculated to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, before entering the Inns of Court Law School in London.^[1]

Legal career

Williams was called to the bar (Inner Temple) in 1974 and made a bencher in 2007. He practised in Cardiff from 1974 to 1988 and in London from 1988 to 2004. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992, and served a Recorder until his appointment as a Specialist Chancery Judge for Wales in 2004. On 11 January 2007, Williams was appointed a High Court judge,^[2] receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. He is currently the Presiding Judge for the Wales Circuit and is also the Deputy Chairman for the Boundary Commission for Wales.^[3]

Other activities

He is active in several organisations, being president of Pendyrus Male Choir, and is closely associated with Tylorstown RFC, the rugby union club he played for as a youth. His connection with rugby was furthered in 2012 when he was appointed as an unpaid and independent chair of the Professional Regional Game Board, an organisation set up by the Welsh Rugby Union to restructure the sport in Wales.^[4]

References

1. Humphries, Bram (28 February 2008). "President sets bench mark". Retrieved 6 December 2012.
2. The London Gazette: no. 58222. p. 601. 17 January 2007.
3. "Appointment – Mr Justice Wyn Williams" (Press release). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
4. "Judge to chair new rugby board to run Welsh rugby". BBC Sport. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.