Peter Young (judge)

Peter Young AO
Born	Peter Wolstenholme Young (1940-04-24) 24 April 1940 Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Education	Sydney Church of England Grammar
Alma mater	Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Occupation	Retired Judge
Spouse(s)	Pamela Young
Children	Marcus, Belinda, James

Peter Wolstenholme Young AO (born on (1940-04-24)24 April 1940 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired Australian judge; serving as a judge for 27 years, retiring in 2012.

Career

Born in Sydney, Young was educated at 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, was appointed as a Senior Counsel in 1993.

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.

In 2004, Young was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia for service to law and the administration of justice, to legal scholarship and to the community through the Anglican Church of Australia.