Sir William Aldous was appointed to the High Court bench from 1980 to 1988. He was made a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1996 and was appointed a member of the Privy Council

Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to give confidential advice on...

 in 1995.

He retired the bench in October 2003 and is presently an arbitrator in intellectual property arbitrations.

He is a member of the Gibraltar Court of Appeal

Court system of Gibraltar

The Court system of Gibraltar is made up as follows:-Privy Council:The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London is the highest Court of Appeal for Gibraltar and hears appeals from the Gibraltar Court of Appeal.-Court of Appeal:...

. In March 2009 he dissented from other Court of Appeal judges, in giving the opinion that the Gibraltar Government's housing allocation policy discriminated against same-sex couples.