Richard Wild

Richard Wild (1912-1978) was a New Zealand jurist who served as the ninth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1966 to 1978. Born in Blenheim, he came from a judicial family and was nominated for the office by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake and appointed by Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson. He is remembered for deciding the 1976 case Fitzgerald v Muldoon, a significant moment in New Zealand's constitutional history. Diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1977, he resigned as Chief Justice in early 1978 and died in Wellington later that year. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/