William Black | |
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Judge of the Supreme Court | |
In office 14 November 1942 – 28 February 1951 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Douglas Hyde |
Judge of the High Court | |
In office 20 July 1939 – 14 November 1942 | |
Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
Appointed by | Douglas Hyde |
Personal details | |
Born | Holywood, County Down, Ireland | 22 September 1879
Died | 11 March 1967 Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland | (aged 87)
Spouse |
Julia O'Connor (
m. 1910) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Methodist College Belfast |
Alma mater | |
William Bullick Black KC (22 September 1879 – 11 March 1967) was an Irish judge and barrister who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1942 to 1951 and a Judge of the High Court from 1939 to 1942.
Black was born in Holywood, County Down, in 1879. Black's father, James, was a Methodist minister. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast and later at Trinity College Dublin. [1]
Black attended the King's Inns, Dublin, where he qualified as a barrister. At King's Inns, he won a number of debating and oratorical prizes before he was called to the Bar in 1901. [1]
Black was a campaigner for Sinn Féin before later supporting Fianna Fáil. [1] [2]
In 1939, Black was appointed a High Court judge. Then, in 1942, he was made a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland and served until 1951. [3] He dissented against the ruling in the Corcoran case (1950) and also the 1951 Tilson case that enforced the Ne Temere decree. [1] [4]
The Council of Europe elected Black as Ireland's representative in the European Commission of Human Rights in 1954. [1]
He was married to Julia O'Connor with whom he had three children with. [1]