Wyn Williams

Sir Wyn Lewis Williamsis a Welsh judge who is the President of Welsh Tribunals. He had been a High Court judge from 2007 until his retirement on 10 February 2017.

Legal Career

Williams was called to the bar (Inner Temple) in 1974 and made a bencher in 2007. He practised in Cardiff from 1974 to 1988 and in London from 1988 to 2004.

He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992, and served as a recorder until his appointment as a specialist Chancery judge for Wales in 2004. On 11 January 2007, Williams was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. He served as a presiding judge for the Wales Circuit and as Deputy Chairman of the Boundary Commission for Wales.

He was appointed president of Welsh tribunals in December 2017.

In February 2022 he began the Statutory Inquiry into the British Post Office scandal, projected to continue throughout 2023.