Sir William David Baragwanath KNZM KC (born 3 August 1940) is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist.
[3] Baragwanath began his legal career as a member of the lawyers’ syndicate in New Zealand.
He acted for both the prosecution and defence in major criminal cases, including murder and fraud trials.
[4] He was succeeded as tribunal president by Ivana Hrdličková on 1 March 2015, but remained an appeals judge.
[6] In the 2011 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a judge of the Court of Appeal.