William Black (judge)

William Black
William Black
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	22 September 1879; Holywood, County Down, Ireland
Died	11 March 1967 (aged 87); Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
Spouse	Julia O'Connor (m. 1910)
Children	3
Education	Methodist College Belfast
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin; King's Inns;

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.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

He was married to Julia O'Connor with whom he had three children with.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dempsey, Pauric (2009). "Black, William Bullick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ Walker, B (17 January 2012). A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace. Springer. p. 63. ISBN 9780230363403. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ Supreme Court. "Former Judges of the Supreme Court". www.supremecourt.ie. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ Walker, B (17 January 2012). A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace. Springer. p. 62. ISBN 9780230363403. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[DIB-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dempsey, Pauric (2009). "Black, William Bullick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[2] Walker, B (17 January 2012). A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace. Springer. p. 63. ISBN 9780230363403. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[3] Supreme Court. "Former Judges of the Supreme Court". www.supremecourt.ie. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[4] Walker, B (17 January 2012). A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace. Springer. p. 62. ISBN 9780230363403. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

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