The Honourable Harold Hyam Glass

Nom de plume Benjamin Sydney
Judge
Born
21 August 1918, Randwick RD, New South Wales
Died
29 March 1989, Sydney, New South Wales
Sex
Male
Father
Sydney Benjamin Glass [qv]
Mother
Rachel Green
Married Irma _

Legal admissions

Degrees

1938Bachelor of ArtsThe University of Sydney
1941Bachelor of LawsThe University of Sydney

Career

  • Admitted as barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW 1948.
  • QC NSW 1962.
  • Judge, Supreme Court of NSW 1973-87, Judge of Appeal 1974-87.
  • Visiting Prof of Advocacy, UNSW.
  • Novelist.
  • AO 1988.

Military service

  • Second World War: Lieutenant RAN. After WWII: Rear-Adm RANR (Judge Advocate Gen for the Navy 1981).

Sources

Other:
  • DVA (as Hyman), NSWBI 35323/1918, NSWDI 8136/1989, CofAG 1981 Issue No G29 p18, AJHS burials, AJHS mil, Hebrew Standard 13 Mar 1941 p4, Aust Jewish Times 7 Apr 1989 p42.
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