Harold Glass

Harold Glass

The Honourable Harold H. Glass AO, RADM, QC
President of the New South Wales Bar Association
In office 1973–1973
Judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court
In office 1973–1974
Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
In office 1974–1987
Judge Advocate General for Royal Australian Navy
In office 1978–1983
Born	21 August 1918 New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Irma Glass
Children	Arthur, Jon
Occupation	Judge, Jurist
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Royal Australian Navy
Years of service	1942 – 1946
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War II

Harold Hyam Glass A.O., R.F.D., Q.C., (21 Aug. 1918 - 29 Mar. 1989) was a former judge of the Supreme Court of NSW, Judge of the NSW Court of Appeal and Judge Advocate General for the Royal Australian Navy.

Early Life and Military Service

Glass was born in Sydney in 1918, the son of lawyer S. B. Glass. He was raised a Jew and identified strongly as a secular Jew for the remainder of his life. He excelled as a student of Sydney Boys High School and on completion of his secondary studies took an Arts Degree at the University of Sydney, majoring in French and German. During his time at the University of Sydney, he shared the medal in philosophy with the eminent twentieth century philosopher John Leslie Mackie. He served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1942 to 1946 at the rank of Lieutenant.

Legal Career

Returning to Sydney after the war, Glass took his Bachelor of Laws degree and articled at Lieberman & Tobias for two years before being admitted to the NSW Bar in 1948. He practised at the bar until his appointment to the bench at the NSW Supreme Court in 1973, taking silk in 1962, and sitting as President of the NSW Bar Association in 1973. He was appointed a Judge of Appeal in 1974.

Naval Career

Glass rejoined the RAN as a Commander Special Branch, ARNR as a member of the Reserve Legal Panel in 1966, being promoted to Captain Special Branch in 1963. He was appointed to the office of Judge Advocate-General with the rank of Rear Admiral in 1978 and was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1980, shortly before he was placed on the retired list. He continued to serve as the Judge Advocate-General for the Navy until 1983. He was Australia's leading counsel at the Board of Enquiry at Subic Bay into the collision between the Frank E. Evans and the HMAS Melbourne.

Academic and Other Work

Glass lectured in contracts and torts at the University of Sydney soon after he graduated. Later he lectured at that University in procedure, and after he retired he became a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales. He was the co-author of The Liability of Employers, one of the few really first rate Australian legal treatises, and the editor of the valuable Essays on Evidence. In addition, he contributed articles to the leading legal journals. Glass also, under the nom de plume Benjamin Sidney, published two works of legal fiction namely "Discord Within The Bar" in 1981, and "Sherman for the Plaintiff" in 1987.). The Harold H. Glass Memorial Prize was established at the University of Western Australia to honour the memory of Glass, and is awarded each year to the most able student in the subject of Torts.

References

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