Background
Wild was born in Blenheim but attended Feilding Agricultural High School.
Wild was born in Blenheim but attended Feilding Agricultural High School.
Victoria University of Wellington.
He famously decided the case of Fitzgerald v Muldoon and Others in 1976. Wild was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1977. He resigned as in early 1978.
One of Sir Richard"s sons, John Wild Queen's Counsel, has since been appointed a Justice of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.