Harold Glass

Rear Admiral Harold Hyam Glass (21 August 1918 – 29 March 1989) was an Australian judge and naval officer. He served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the New South Wales Court of Appeal and was Judge Advocate General for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Early life and military service Glass was born in Sydney on 21 August 1918, and on completion of his secondary studies took an Arts Degree at the University of Sydney, Glass was promoted to the rank of captain in 1963. and the editor of the Essays on Evidence. In addition, he contributed articles to the leading legal journals.

Glass also, under the pen name Benjamin Sidney, published two works of legal fiction, 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.

Glass died on 29 March 1989, in Sydney.