FINE RECORD.
NEW K.C. APPOINTED.
MR. W. J. SIM, CHRISTCHURCH. SERVICE DURING WAR. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRrSTCHURC-H, Wednesday. Letters patent entitling Mr. W. J. Sim, of Christchurch, to practise as a King's Counsel have been signed by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, as Administrator of New Zealand in the absence of the Governor-General, Viscount Gal way. Mr. Sim, who has been a partner in the firm of Duncan, Cotterill and Company for 19 years, has severed his connection with the firm and will take up practice in Wellington. Mr. Sim is a son of the Hon. Sir William Sim, judge of the Arbitration Court and of the Supreme Court of New Zealand from 1907 to 1914, and of the Supreme Court exclusively until his death in 1928. Born in Dunedin in 1890. Mr. Sim was educated at Otago Boys' Hi,i>h School and Wanganui Collegiate School. He graduated as a student of Victoria University College in 1913. Shortly after commencing practice in Wellington he became a member of the linn of Findlay, Dalziell and Sim, but
his legal career was interrupted by the Great War. He enlisted in August, 1914. and was a member of the expeditionary force which occupied Samoa. Immediately after occupation he was appointed Commissioner of Police ami Crown Prosecutor at Samoa. He held these offices until 1915, when he took commissioned rank with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He served with this regiment until 19!!». seeing service in Salonika and winning the Military Cross in action.
Gn his return to New Zealand Air. Sim entered practice in Christchurch and became a partner in the firm of Duncan, Cotterill and Company.
Mr. Sim lias been interested in civic politics and served on the Christchurch City Council from 1925 to 1927. In that term he was chairman of the council's town planning committee. He has taken a prominent part in legal reform and has been a member of the law revision committee and rules committee of the Supreme Court since their inception.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 5
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