List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW as of February 2020[update] include :
- Current judges
- Chief Justices of NSW
- Presidents of the NSW Court of Appeal
- Chief Judges in Equity
- Chief Judges in Common law
- Judges of Appeal
- Acting judges [a]
- Masters / Associate judges [2]
It does not include Judge Advocates of NSW who sat on the Court of Civil Jurisdiction between 1788 and 1814 nor judges of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of NSW between 1814 and 1823.
Position | Name | Appointment commenced | Appointment ended | Term in office | Comments | Notes | |
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Chief Justice | Sir Francis Forbes | 13 October 1823 | 1 July 1837 | 13 years, 261 days | [3] | ||
Sir James Dowling [b] | 30 August 1837 | 27 September 1844 | 7 years, 28 days | [4] | |||
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] | 14 November 1845 | 5 November 1873 | 27 years, 356 days | [5] | |||
Sir James Martin KCB, QC | 19 November 1873 | 4 November 1886 | 12 years, 350 days | [6] | |||
Sir Julian Salomons | 12 November 1886 | 27 November 1886 | 15 days | [7] | |||
Sir Frederick Darley GCMG, PC | 29 November 1886 | 4 January 1910 | 23 years, 36 days | [8] | |||
Sir William Cullen KCMG | 28 January 1910 | 27 January 1925 | 14 years, 365 days | [9] | |||
Sir Philip Street KCMG [d] | 28 January 1925 | 31 January 1934 | 9 years, 3 days | [10] | |||
Sir Frederick Jordan KCMG | 1 February 1934 | 4 November 1949 | 15 years, 276 days | [11] | |||
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d] | 6 January 1950 | 27 January 1960 | 10 years, 21 days | [12] | |||
Herbert Evatt KStJ | 15 February 1960 | 24 October 1962 | 2 years, 251 days | [13] | |||
Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG | 25 October 1962 | 22 May 1972 | 9 years, 210 days | [14] | |||
Sir John Kerr AK, GCMG, GCVO | 23 May 1972 | 27 June 1974 | 2 years, 35 days | Appointed Governor-General | [15] | ||
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] | 28 June 1974 | 1 November 1988 | 14 years, 126 days | [16] | |||
Murray Gleeson AC[e] | 2 November 1988 | 21 May 1998 | 9 years, 200 days | Appointed Chief Justice of Australia | |||
James Spigelman AC | 19 May 1998 | 25 May 2011 | 13 years, 6 days | [17] | |||
Tom Bathurst AC | 1 June 2011 | 5 March 2022 | 13 years, 78 days | [18][19] | |||
Andrew Bell | 5 March 2022 | 2 years, 166 days | President of the Court of Appeal (2019–2022) | [20] | |||
Acting Chief Justice | John Stephen [c] | 22 February 1826 | 27 May 1826 | 94 days | [22] | ||
Sir James Dowling [b] | 16 April 1836 | 29 August 1837 | 1 year, 135 days | [4] | |||
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] | 7 October 1844 | 13 November 1845 | 1 year, 37 days | [5] | |||
Sir John Dickinson | 15 February 1860 | 17 February 1861 | 1 year, 2 days | [23] | |||
Henry Stephen [c] | 16 June 1902 | 25 February 1904 | 1 year, 254 days | [24] | |||
Sir George Simpson | 1 February 1909 | 4 January 1910 | 337 days | ||||
Robert Pring | 17 April 1918 | 15 May 1918 | 28 days | [25] | |||
Sir Philip Street KCMG [d] | 28 July 1924 | 27 January 1925 | 183 days | [10] | |||
Sir David Ferguson | 1 February 1929 | 31 December 1929 | 333 days | [26] | |||
Sir John Harvey | 30 June 1933 | 31 January 1934 | 215 days | [27] | |||
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d] | 16 September 1949 | 4 November 1949 | 49 days | [12] | |||
Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG | 12 March 1962 | 24 October 1962 | 226 days | [14] | |||
John Clancy CMG | 8 October 1964 | 5 February 1965 | 120 days | [28] | |||
Sir Gordon Wallace | 1 October 1968 | 3 February 1969 | 125 days | [29] | |||
Sir Bernard Sugerman | 10 August 1970 | 11 October 1970 | 62 days | [30] | |||
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] | 28 May 1974 | 16 June 1974 | 19 days | [16] | |||
Athol Moffitt CMG | 16 August 1979 | 16 September 1979 | 31 days | [31] | |||
Michael Kirby AC, CMG[f] | 4 July 1988 7 October 1993 9 July 1995 | 28 July 1988 5 November 1993 4 August 1995 | 24 days 29 days 26 days | Appointed to the High Court | |||
Dennis Mahoney AO | 16 August 1996 | 1 November 1996 | 77 days | ||||
Keith Mason AC | 31 October 1998 | 14 November 1998 | 14 days | ||||
President, Court of Appeal | Sir Gordon Wallace | 1 January 1966 | 21 January 1970 | 4 years, 20 days | [29] | ||
Sir Bernard Sugerman | 2 January 1970 | 30 September 1972 | 2 years, 272 days | [30] | |||
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE | 1 October 1972 | 7 February 1974 | 1 year, 129 days | Appointed to the High Court | [32] | ||
Athol Moffitt CMG | 8 February 1974 | 25 June 1984 | 10 years, 138 days | [31] | |||
Michael Kirby AC CMG[f] | 24 September 1984 | 2 February 1996 | 11 years, 131 days | Appointed to the High Court | |||
Dennis Mahoney AO | 19 February 1996 | 3 February 1997 | 350 days | ||||
Keith Mason AC | 4 February 1997 | 30 May 2008 | 11 years, 116 days | ||||
James Allsop | 2 June 2008 | 28 February 2013 | 4 years, 271 days | Judge of the Federal Court (2001–2008) Appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court) | |||
Margaret Beazley AO | 1 March 2013 | 28 February 2019 | 5 years, 364 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991) Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992) Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996) Appointed Governor of NSW | [33][34] | ||
Andrew Bell | 28 February 2019 | 5 March 2022 | 3 years, 5 days | Appointed Chief Justice | [34] | ||
Julie Ward | 5 March 2022 | 2 years, 166 days | Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022) | [35] | |||
Judge of Appeal | Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE | 1 January 1966 | 7 February 1974 | 8 years, 37 days | Appointed to the High Court | [32] | |
Sir Bernard Sugerman | 1 January 1966 | 30 September 1972 | 6 years, 273 days | [30] | |||
Charles McLelland | 1 January 1966 | 28 April 1973 | 7 years, 117 days | [36] | |||
Cyril Walsh | 1 January 1966 | 2 October 1969 | 15 years, 236 days | Appointed to the High Court | [37] | ||
John Holmes | 1 January 1966 | 21 January 1973 | 7 years, 20 days | [38] | |||
Kenneth Asprey | 1 January 1966 | 6 July 1975 | 9 years, 186 days | [39] | |||
Anthony Mason AC CBE | 1 May 1969 | 6 August 1972 | 3 years, 97 days | Appointed to the High Court, subsequently appointed Chief Justice of Australia | |||
Sir James Manning | 7 October 1969 | 28 February 1973 | 3 years, 144 days | [40] | |||
Athol Moffitt CMG | 22 January 1970 | 25 June 1984 | 14 years, 155 days | [31] | |||
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] | 31 July 1972 | 1 November 1988 | 16 years, 93 days | [16] | |||
Martin Hardie | 31 July 1972 | 29 June 1974 | 1 year, 333 days | ||||
Robert Hope AC CMG | 7 August 1972 | 23 July 1989 | 16 years, 350 days | [41] | |||
Raymond Reynolds AO | 1 October 1972 | 18 February 1983 | 10 years, 140 days | ||||
Francis Hutley | 9 February 1973 | 22 October 1984 | 11 years, 256 days | ||||
Sir Nigel Bowen KBE | 24 July 1973 | 19 December 1976 | 3 years, 148 days | Chief Justice of the Federal Court (1976–1990) | |||
Harold Glass AO | 14 March 1974 | 3 July 1987 | 13 years, 111 days | ||||
Gordon Samuels AC | 12 August 1974 | 23 March 1992 | 17 years, 224 days | [42] | |||
Dennis Mahoney AO | 1 November 1974 | 3 February 1997 | 22 years, 94 days | ||||
Bill Priestley | 3 June 1983 | 31 December 2001 | 18 years, 211 days | ||||
Michael McHugh | 31 October 1984 | 13 February 1989 | 4 years, 105 days | Appointed to the High Court | |||
John Clarke | 20 July 1987 | 14 February 1997 | 9 years, 209 days | ||||
Roddy Meagher | 31 January 1989 | 16 March 2004 | 15 years, 45 days | [43] | |||
Kenneth Handley AO | 30 January 1990 | 11 January 2007 | 16 years, 346 days | ||||
Simon Sheller | 18 November 1991 | 2 May 2005 | 13 years, 165 days | [44] | |||
Jerrold Cripps | 2 April 1992 | 5 October 1993 | 1 year, 186 days | Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009) | |||
Phillip Powell AM | 6 October 1993 | 8 November 2002 | 9 years, 33 days | ||||
Terence Cole | 22 August 1994 | 18 May 1998 | 3 years, 269 days | ||||
Margaret Beazley AO | 29 April 1996 | 28 February 2019 | 22 years, 305 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991) Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992) Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996) President of the Court of Appeal (2013–2019) Appointed Governor of NSW | [33] | ||
Paul Stein AM | 8 April 1997 | 11 April 2003 | 6 years, 3 days | ||||
Roger Giles | 11 June 1998 | 23 December 2011 | 13 years, 195 days | ||||
Gerald Fitzgerald AC | 18 February 1999 | 16 April 2001 | 2 years, 57 days | ||||
Dyson Heydon | 14 February 2000 | 10 February 2003 | 2 years, 361 days | Appointed to the High Court | |||
David Hodgson AO | 23 April 2001 | 9 August 2011 | 1 year, 364 days | ||||
Murray Tobias AM, | 28 April 2003 | 25 March 2011 | 7 years, 331 days | ||||
Ruth McColl AO | 29 April 2003 | 27 January 2019 | 15 years, 273 days | [45] | |||
John Bryson | 17 March 2004 | 28 February 2007 | 2 years, 348 days | [46] | |||
John Basten | 2 May 2005 | 19 years, 108 days | [44] | ||||
Joseph Campbell | 29 January 2007 | 19 December 2012 | 5 years, 325 days | ||||
Virginia Bell | 29 January 2008 | 19 December 2008 | 325 days | Appointed to the High Court | |||
Robert Macfarlan [g] | 8 September 2008 | 22 February 2023 | 14 years, 167 days | [47][48] | |||
Peter Young AO | 6 March 2009 | 23 April 2012 | 3 years, 48 days | [49] | |||
Anthony Meagher | 10 August 2011 | 13 years, 8 days | [50] | ||||
Reginald Barrett | 25 January 2012 | 20 April 2015 | 3 years, 85 days | [51][52] | |||
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD | 23 April 2012 | 31 August 2021 | 9 years, 130 days | ||||
Julie Ward | 12 November 2012 | 5 March 2022 | 9 years, 113 days | Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022) Appointed President of the Court of Appeal | |||
Peter McClellan AM | 21 February 2013 | 8 February 2018 | 4 years, 352 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998–2005) Chief Royal Commissioner of the child abuse Royal Commission | [53] | ||
Arthur Emmett AO | 7 March 2013 | 30 September 2015 | 2 years, 207 days | Judge of the Federal Court (1997–2013) | [54] | ||
Fabian Gleeson[e] | 29 April 2013 | 11 years, 111 days | [55] | ||||
Mark Leeming | 3 June 2013 | 11 years, 76 days | [56] | ||||
Carolyn Simpson | 11 June 2015 | 29 March 2018 | 2 years, 291 days | [57] | |||
Anthony Payne | 30 March 2016 | 8 years, 141 days | |||||
Richard White | 15 March 2017 | 7 years, 156 days | [58][59] | ||||
Paul Brereton AM, RFD [h] | 23 August 2018 | 30 May 2023 | 4 years, 280 days | Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission | [60][61] | ||
Lucy McCallum | 27 January 2019 | 7 March 2022 | 3 years, 39 days | Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory | [45][62] | ||
Robert Beech-Jones | 31 August 2021 | 2 years, 353 days | Appointed to the High Court | ||||
Anna Mitchelmore | 28 March 2022 | 2 years, 143 days | [63] | ||||
Jeremy Kirk | 21 April 2022 | 2 years, 119 days | [64] | ||||
Christine Adamson | 3 February 2023 | 1 year, 197 days | [65] | ||||
Katrina Stern | 8 June 2023 | 1 year, 71 days | [66] | ||||
Additional Judge of Appeal | Robert Taylor | 18 November 1970 8 February 1972 1 February 1975 | 1 October 1971 7 August 1972 19 December 1978 | 317 days 181 days 3 years, 321 days | [67] | ||
David Selby ED | 20 April 1973 | 13 March 1976 | 2 years, 328 days | [68] | |||
John McClemens | 20 April 1973 | 31 January 1975 | 1 year, 286 days | [69] | |||
Michael Helsham AO | 22 December 1976 | 1 April 1986 | 9 years, 100 days | [70] | |||
John O'Brien | 13 August 1979 | 11 February 1986 | 6 years, 182 days | [71] | |||
Thomas William Waddell | 13 March 1996 | 12 May 1996 | 60 days | ||||
Alan Abadee RFD | 4 October 1996 | 3 December 1996 | 60 days | ||||
Acting Judge of Appeal | Athol Moffitt CMG | 10 February 1966 | 10 August 1966 | 181 days | [31] | ||
Robert Hope AC CMG | 14 August 1989 | 14 October 1992 | 3 years | [41] | |||
Gordon Samuels AC | 23 March 1992 | 7 April 1993 | 1 year | [42] | |||
John Brownie | 20 February 1997 3 May 1999 | 30 June 1997 2 May 2005 | 130 days 5 year | ||||
John Clarke | 27 March 1997 5 June 2000 | 26 March 1998 30 June 2000 | 1 years 25 days | ||||
Ken Carruthers | 2 March 1998 | 3 July 1998 | 123 days | ||||
Gerald Fitzgerald AC | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 1999 | 1 year | ||||
Michael Foster | 31 May 1999 | 26 November 2003 | 4 years | Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998) | [72] | ||
Terence Cole RFD | 31 May 1999 | 1 August 1999 | 62 days | ||||
Jane Mathews AO | 8 February 2001 | 7 February 2005 | 3 years | [73] | |||
James Rolfe | 30 April 2001 24 September 2001 | 29 June 2001 30 November 2001 | 60 days 67 days | ||||
Gerald Fitzgerald AC | 4 June 2001 3 September 2001 | 29 June 2001 30 November 2001 | 25 days 88 days | ||||
Michael Campbell | 3 June 2002 5 February 2004 | 28 June 2002 4 February 2005 | 25 days 365 days | ||||
Jerrold Cripps | 24 January 2003 | 23 January 2005 | 2 years | Independent Commission Against Corruption (2004–2009) | |||
Jeffrey Miles | 28 April 2003 | 27 April 2005 | 2 years | Formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT | [44] | ||
Paul Stein AM | 2 February 2004 | 1 February 2006 | 2 years | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1983–1985) Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997) | |||
Ronald Sackville AO | 1 September 2008 | 13 July 2019 | 10 years | Judge of the Federal Court (1994–2008) | |||
Roderick Howie | 6 September 2010 | 31 December 2010 | 116 days | ||||
Peter Young AO | 1 May 2012 | 31 December 2012 | 244 days | [49] | |||
Arthur Emmett AO | 30 September 2015 | 2021 | 6 years | [54] | |||
Reginald Barrett | 16 March 2016 | 30 June 2020 | 4 years | ||||
Carolyn Simpson | 30 March 2018 | 6 years | [57] | ||||
Chief Judge at Common Law | John McClemens | 20 April 1973 | 31 January 1975 | 1 year, 286 days | [69] | ||
Robert Taylor | 1 January 1975 | 19 December 1978 | 3 years, 352 days | [67] | |||
Colin Begg | 28 September 1983 | 9 September 1984 | 347 days | [74] | |||
Jack Lee | 4 August 1988 | 8 October 1991 | 3 years, 65 days | ||||
David Hunt | 28 November 1991 | 31 March 1998 | 6 years, 123 days | Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia | |||
James Wood AO | 1 April 1998 | 31 August 2005 | 7 years, 152 days | [44] | |||
Peter McClellan AM | 2 September 2005 | 21 February 2013 | 7 years, 172 days | [44] | |||
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD | 22 February 2013 | 31 August 2021 | 9 years, 130 days | ||||
Robert Beech-Jones | |31 August 2021 | 2 years, 353 days | Appointed to the High Court | ||||
Chief Judge in Equity | Sir John Harvey | 10 February 1925 | 31 January 1935 | 9 years, 355 days | [27] | ||
Harold Sprent Nicholas | 17 November 1939 | 7 January 1948 | 8 years, 51 days | [75] | |||
Charles McLelland | 8 September 1958 | 30 September 1972 | 14 years, 22 days | [36] | |||
Michael Helsham AO | 22 December 1976 | 1 April 1986 | 9 years, 100 days | [70] | |||
Thomas William Waddell | 2 April 1986 | 16 April 1993 | 7 years, 14 days | ||||
Malcolm McLelland | 17 April 1993 | 29 August 1997 | 4 years, 134 days | ||||
David Hodgson AO | 30 August 1997 | 22 April 2001 | 3 years, 235 days | ||||
Peter Young AO | 23 April 2001 | 5 March 2009 | 7 years, 316 days | [49] | |||
Patricia Bergin | 6 March 2009 | 14 March 2017 | 8 years, 8 days | ||||
Julie Ward | 15 March 2017 | 5 March 2022 | 4 years, 355 days | Appointed President of the Court of Appeal | [58] | ||
David Hammerschlag | 17 March 2022 | 2 years, 154 days | [63] | ||||
Chief Judge, Commercial Division | Andrew Rogers | 21 December 1987 | 3 May 1993 | 5 years, 133 days | |||
Barry O'Keefe AM, RFD, ED | 19 May 1993 | 13 November 1994 | 1 year, 178 days | Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999) Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999 | |||
Roger Giles | 8 December 1994 | 11 June 1998 | 3 years, 185 days | ||||
Chief Judge, Criminal Division | John O'Brien | 13 August 1979 | 11 February 1986 | 6 years, 182 days | [71] | ||
Chief Judge, Family Law Division | David Selby ED | 20 April 1973 | 13 March 1976 | 2 years, 328 days | [68] | ||
Judge | John Stephen [c] | 5 March 1826 | 31 December 1832 | 6 years, 301 days | Appointed by Legislative Council 17 August 1825 | [22] | |
Sir James Dowling [b] | 6 August 1827 | 27 September 1844 | 17 years, 52 days | [4] | |||
William Burton | 22 December 1832 | 6 July 1844 | 11 years, 197 days | Appointed a judge in Madras | [76] | ||
John Willis | 7 November 1837 | 8 February 1841 | 3 years, 93 days | [77] | |||
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] | 27 March 1841 | 5 November 1873 | 34 years, 205 days | [5] | |||
Sir John Dickinson | 2 October 1844 | 17 February 1861 | 16 years, 138 days | [23] | |||
Roger Therry | 18 February 1846 | 31 January 1859 | 12 years, 347 days | [78] | |||
William à Beckett | 1 October 1846 | 23 January 1852 | 5 years, 114 days | [79] | |||
Samuel Milford | 1 April 1857 | 26 May 1865 | 8 years, 55 days | [80] | |||
Edward Wise | 15 February 1860 | 28 September 1865 | 5 years, 217 days | [81] | |||
Alfred Cheeke | 12 June 1865 | 14 March 1876 | 10 years, 276 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1859–1865) | [82] | ||
John Hargrave | 23 June 1865 | 11 October 1881 | 16 years, 110 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1859) | [83] | ||
Peter Faucett | 4 October 1865 | 8 February 1888 | 22 years, 125 days | [84] | |||
Sir William Manning | 28 April 1876 | 17 October 1887 | 11 years, 172 days | [85] | |||
Sir William Charles Windeyer [i] | 9 August 1881 | 31 August 1896 | 15 years, 22 days | [86] | |||
Sir Joseph Innes [j] | 14 October 1881 | 28 October 1896 | 15 years, 14 days | [87] | |||
Henry Stephen [c] | 19 May 1887 | 25 February 1904 | 16 years, 282 days | [24] | |||
Sir William Owen [k] | 18 October 1887 | 1 February 1908 | 20 years, 106 days | [88][89] | |||
George Deffell | 3 January 1888 | 9 November 1889 | 1 year, 310 days | [90][91] | |||
William Foster | 14 February 1888 | 18 December 1894 | 6 years, 307 days | [92] | |||
Charles James Manning | 13 November 1889 | 8 August 1898 | 8 years, 268 days | [93][94] | |||
Sir George Simpson | 18 December 1894 | 11 April 1910 | 15 years, 114 days | [95] | |||
Henry Cohen | 10 September 1896 | 5 January 1912 | 15 years, 117 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1881–1882) | [96] | ||
Archibald Simpson | 21 November 1896 | 31 December 1917 | 21 years, 40 days | [97][98] | |||
Gregory Walker | 23 August 1898 | 31 December 1906 | 8 years, 130 days | [99][100] | |||
Robert Pring | 16 June 1902 | 31 July 1922 | 20 years, 45 days | [25][101] | |||
Sir Philip Street KCMG [d] | 1 February 1907 | 31 January 1934 | 26 years, 364 days | [10] | |||
Richard Sly | 11 February 1908 | 16 December 1920 | 12 years, 309 days | [102] | |||
Sir Alexander Gordon | 27 April 1910 | 22 January 1929 | 18 years, 270 days | [103] | |||
Sir David Ferguson | 5 March 1912 | 6 October 1932 | 20 years, 215 days | [26][104] | |||
George Rich | 2 July 1912 | 4 April 1913 | 276 days | Appointed to the High Court | [105] | ||
Sir John Harvey | 15 April 1913 | 31 January 1936 | 22 years, 291 days | [27][106] | |||
Sir Charles Wade KCMG | 15 March 1920 | 26 September 1922 | 2 years, 195 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW Attorney General (1904–1910) Premier (1907–1910) | [107] | ||
Augustus James | 6 January 1921 | 27 February 1934 | 13 years, 52 days | [108] | |||
James Lang Campbell | 1 September 1922 | 22 November 1929 | 7 years, 82 days | [109] | |||
Sir Langer Owen CBE [k] | 30 October 1922 | 27 August 1933 | 10 years, 301 days | [110][111] | |||
Reginald Long Innes [j] | 10 February 1925 | 16 November 1940 | 15 years, 280 days | [112][113] | |||
Sir Colin Davidson | 14 February 1927 | 17 November 1949 | 22 years, 276 days | [109] | |||
Sir Percival Halse-Rogers KBE | 7 June 1928 | 7 October 1945 | 17 years, 122 days | [114] | |||
Edward Milner Stephen [c] | 10 June 1929 | 28 April 1939 | 9 years, 322 days | [115] | |||
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d] | 7 October 1931 | 27 January 1960 | 28 years, 112 days | [12] | |||
Victor Maxwell [l] | 9 August 1932 | 31 August 1956 | 24 years, 22 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1929–1930 & 1934) | [116] | ||
Francis Stewart Boyce | 28 August 1932 | 27 June 1940 | 7 years, 304 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1916–1917) | [117] | ||
Harold Sprent Nicholas | 1 February 1935 | 7 January 1948 | 12 years, 340 days | [75] | |||
Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG | 16 October 1935 | 31 August 1941 | 5 years, 319 days | [118] | |||
Ernest David Roper | 25 May 1937 [m] | 28 June 1958 | 21 years, 34 days | [120] | |||
Sir William FL Owen KBE [k] | 25 October 1937 | 21 September 1961 | 23 years, 331 days | Appointed to the High Court | [121] | ||
Sir Dudley Williams MC | 17 June 1940 | 14 October 1940 | 119 days | Appointed to the High Court | [122] | ||
Reginald Schofield Bonney | 1 August 1940 | 26 September 1950 | 10 years, 56 days | [123] | |||
Henry George Edwards | 28 November 1940 | 2 July 1952 | 11 years, 217 days | [124] | |||
Sir Leslie Herron KBE, CMG, KStJ | 10 February 1941 | 22 May 1972 | 31 years, 102 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1939–1941) | [14] | ||
John Clancy CMG | 9 July 1947 | 29 May 1965 | 17 years, 324 days | [28] | |||
Sir Bernard Sugerman | 10 September 1947 | 30 September 1972 | 25 years, 20 days | [30] | |||
Francis Dwyer | 5 April 1948 | 16 November 1953 | 5 years, 225 days | [125] | |||
Ted Kinsella | 18 January 1950 | 9 June 1963 | 13 years, 142 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW 1943 Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (1943–1950) | [126] | ||
Stanley Toose [n] | 13 November 1950 | 5 April 1954 | 3 years, 143 days | [127] | |||
John McClemens | 3 September 1951 | 7 March 1975 | 23 years, 185 days | [69] | |||
Charles McLelland | 28 April 1952 | 28 April 1973 | 21 years, 0 days | [36] | |||
Alan Taylor | 5 May 1952 | 2 September 1952 | 120 days | Appointed to the High Court | [128] | ||
Athol Richardson | 5 May 1952 | 16 October 1967 | 15 years, 164 days | [129] | |||
Russell Brereton [h] | 13 October 1952 | 7 May 1974 | 21 years, 206 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1952) | [130] | ||
Bill Dovey | 30 March 1953 | 9 April 1964 | 11 years, 10 days | [131] | |||
Hugh Maguire | 25 September 1953 | 31 October 1973 | 20 years, 36 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953) | [132] | ||
Frederick Myers | 9 October 1953 | 26 July 1971 | 17 years, 290 days | [133] | |||
Cyril Walsh | 8 February 1954 | 2 October 1969 | 15 years, 236 days | Appointed to the High Court | [37] | ||
John Nield | 8 February 1954 | 29 April 1962 | 8 years, 80 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954) | [134] | ||
Keith Ferguson | 6 May 1955 | 5 June 1965 | 10 years, 30 days | [135] | |||
Martin Hardie | 2 September 1955 | 29 June 1974 | 18 years, 300 days | ||||
Sir James Manning | 5 December 1955 | 28 February 1973 | 17 years, 85 days | [40] | |||
Wilfred Collins | 5 December 1955 | 27 February 1979 | 23 years, 84 days | [136] | |||
Rex Chambers | 3 April 1958 | 31 December 1963 | 5 years, 272 days | [137] | |||
Rae Else-Mitchell CMG | 8 September 1958 | 1 October 1974 | 16 years, 23 days | [138] | |||
Bruce MacFarlan OBE [g] | 28 July 1959 | 31 October 1974 | 15 years, 95 days | [139] | |||
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE | 21 March 1960 | 7 February 1974 | 13 years, 323 days | Appointed to the High Court | [32] | ||
Sir Gordon Wallace | 21 March 1960 | 21 January 1970 | 9 years, 306 days | [29] | |||
John Nagle AO | 21 March 1960 | 10 July 1983 | 23 years, 111 days | [40] | |||
Robert Taylor | 10 October 1961 | 19 December 1978 | 17 years, 70 days | [67] | |||
David Selby ED | 29 June 1962 | 13 March 1976 | 13 years, 258 days | [68] | |||
Athol Moffitt CMG | 9 November 1962 | 25 June 1984 | 21 years, 229 days | [31] | |||
Kenneth Asprey | 25 June 1963 | 6 July 1975 | 12 years, 11 days | [39] | |||
Colin Begg | 3 April 1964 | 9 September 1984 | 20 years, 159 days | [74] | |||
Philip Allen | 4 August 1964 | 2 February 1978 | 13 years, 182 days | ||||
John O'Brien | 31 August 1964 | 11 February 1986 | 21 years, 164 days | [71] | |||
Simon Isaacs | 19 October 1964 | 9 April 1975 | 10 years, 172 days | [140] | |||
John Holmes | 8 November 1965 | 21 January 1973 | 7 years, 74 days | [38] | |||
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] | 29 November 1965 | 1 November 1988 | 22 years, 338 days | [16] | |||
Norman Jenkyn | 29 November 1965 | 29 November 1975 | 10 years, 0 days | [141] | |||
Jack Lee | 12 September 1966 | 8 October 1991 | 25 years, 26 days | ||||
Raymond Reynolds AO | 17 October 1967 | 18 February 1983 | 15 years, 124 days | ||||
Michael Helsham AO | 19 August 1968 | 1 April 1986 | 17 years, 225 days | [70] | |||
Leycester Meares AC CMG | 2 June 1969 | 4 February 1979 | 9 years, 247 days | ||||
Paul Toose CBE [n] | 2 June 1969 | 30 April 1981 | 11 years, 332 days | ||||
Robert Hope AC CMG | 22 September 1969 | 23 July 1989 | 19 years, 304 days | [41] | |||
Gordon Carmichael | 7 October 1969 | 19 March 1981 | 11 years, 163 days | ||||
John Slattery AO [o] | 22 January 1970 | 3 August 1988 | 18 years, 194 days | ||||
Antony Larkins | 18 October 1971 | 29 July 1983 | 11 years, 284 days | [142] | |||
Philip Woodward | 19 October 1971 | 2 February 1982 | 10 years, 106 days | ||||
Kevin Holland | 23 August 1972 | 1 March 1985 | 12 years, 190 days | [143] | |||
Dennis Mahoney AO | 8 August 1972 | 3 February 1997 | 24 years, 179 days | ||||
Francis Hutley | 9 October 1972 | 22 October 1984 | 12 years, 13 days | ||||
Gordon Samuels AC | 20 November 1972 | 23 March 1992 | 19 years, 124 days | [42] | |||
Ian Sheppard AO | 6 February 1973 | 8 December 1979 | 6 years, 305 days | Judge of the Federal Court (1979–1987) | |||
Hal Wootten | 17 September 1973 | 7 October 1983 | 10 years, 20 days | ||||
Harold Glass AO | 17 September 1973 | 3 July 1987 | 13 years, 289 days | ||||
Arthur Francis Rath | 18 February 1974 | 20 June 1984 | 10 years, 123 days | ||||
Victor Maxwell [l] | 8 April 1974 | 1 August 1990 | 16 years, 115 days | [144] | |||
Thomas William Waddell | 25 July 1974 | 16 April 1993 | 18 years, 265 days | ||||
Philip Jeffrey | 26 August 1974 | 24 December 1978 | 4 years, 120 days | [145] | |||
David Yeldham | 21 October 1974 | 28 January 1990 | 15 years, 99 days | ||||
George Needham | 4 November 1974 | 6 April 1989 | 14 years, 153 days | ||||
William Ash | 20 February 1975 | 1 October 1982 | 7 years, 223 days | [146] | |||
Henry Cantor | 6 June 1975 | 2 June 1986 | 10 years, 361 days | [147] | |||
Sir William Deane AC KBE | 1 February 1977 | 31 March 1977 | 58 days | Judge of the Federal Court (1977–1982) Subsequently appointed to the High Court | |||
Phillip Powell AM | 26 April 1977 | 8 November 2002 | 25 years, 196 days | ||||
Edwin Lusher | 29 September 1977 | 16 June 1986 | 8 years, 260 days | ||||
John Kearney | 1 May 1978 | 21 February 1992 | 13 years, 296 days | ||||
Adrian Roden | 4 December 1978 | 31 March 1989 | 10 years, 117 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1978) | [148] | ||
David Hunt | 5 March 1979 | 31 March 1998 | 19 years, 26 days | Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia | |||
Bill Fisher AO | 30 July 1979 | 17 November 1981 | 2 years, 110 days | President Industrial Commission of NSW (1981–1998) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1998-2002 | [149] | ||
Malcolm McLelland | 30 July 1979 | 29 August 1997 | 18 years, 30 days | ||||
Andrew Rogers | 14 December 1979 | 3 May 1993 | 13 years, 140 days | ||||
Donald Stewart | 24 June 1981 | 31 December 1984 | 3 years, 190 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1981) | [150] | ||
Michael Foster | 13 July 1981 | 1 November 1987 | 6 years, 111 days | Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998) | [72] | ||
Thomas Reynolds | 13 July 1981 | 11 April 1988 | 6 years, 273 days | [151] | |||
Kep Enderby | 22 February 1982 | 26 June 1992 | 10 years, 125 days | ||||
Jeffrey Miles | 8 March 1982 | 16 June 1985 | 3 years, 100 days | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT | |||
John Clarke | 1 February 1983 | 14 February 1997 | 14 years, 13 days | ||||
David Hodgson AO | 31 October 1983 | 9 August 2011 | 27 years, 282 days | ||||
John Brian | 21 November 1983 | 28 February 1999 | 15 years, 99 days | ||||
Ken Carruthers | 28 November 1983 | 17 February 1995 | 11 years, 81 days | ||||
James Wood AO | 1 February 1984 | 31 August 2005 | 21 years, 211 days | [44] | |||
Mervyn Finlay | 13 August 1984 | 8 September 1995 | 11 years, 26 days | ||||
Rex Smart | 29 October 1984 | 13 November 1998 | 14 years, 15 days | ||||
Michael Grove RFD | 11 February 1985 | 11 October 2010 | 25 years, 242 days | [152] | |||
Peter Young AO | 4 March 1985 | 23 April 2012 | 27 years, 50 days | [49] | |||
Peter McInerney | 8 July 1985 | 12 March 1999 | 13 years, 247 days | ||||
Michael Campbell | 3 March 1986 | 6 February 1994 | 7 years, 340 days | Chief Judge, Compensation Court of NSW (1994–2004) | |||
John Bryson | 12 May 1986 | 28 February 2007 | 20 years, 292 days | [46] | |||
John Brownie | 16 June 1986 | 25 October 1996 | 10 years, 131 days | ||||
Colin Allen | 1 August 1986 | 4 August 1996 | 10 years, 3 days | ||||
Jane Mathews AO | 7 July 1987 | 3 July 1994 | 6 years, 361 days | President Administrative Appeals Tribunal | [73] | ||
Peter Newman RFD | 2 November 1987 | 5 November 2000 | 13 years, 3 days | ||||
Ray Loveday AM | 29 April 1988 | 9 June 1993 | 5 years, 41 days | ||||
Roger Giles | 6 May 1988 | 23 December 2011 | 23 years, 231 days | ||||
Terence Cole RFD | 5 May 1988 | 18 May 1998 | 10 years, 13 days | ||||
Tim Studdert | 19 September 1988 | 15 July 2007 | 18 years, 299 days | ||||
Brian Sully | 24 July 1989 | 19 March 2007 | 17 years, 238 days | [153] | |||
Jeremy Badgery-Parker | 25 July 1989 | 20 March 1998 | 8 years, 238 days | ||||
George Sharpe | 26 July 1989 | 9 August 1993 | 4 years, 14 days | ||||
Alan Abadee RFD | 27 August 1990 | 3 October 2000 | 10 years, 37 days | ||||
James Rolfe | 24 September 1990 | 16 March 2001 | 10 years, 173 days | ||||
Bruce James | 18 May 1991 | 9 December 2011 | 20 years, 205 days | ||||
William Victor Windeyer AM, RFD, ED [i] | 14 April 1992 | 28 November 2008 | 16 years, 228 days | ||||
Morris Ireland | 18 May 1992 | 13 June 2000 | 8 years, 26 days | [154] | |||
David Levine RFD | 10 August 1992 | 31 March 2005 | 12 years, 233 days | [44] | |||
John Dunford | 2 February 1993 | 1 May 2005 | 12 years, 88 days | [44] | |||
Robert Shallcross Hulme | 14 May 1993 | 6 June 2012 | 19 years, 23 days | ||||
Barry O'Keefe AM, RFD, ED | 19 May 1993 | 22 March 2004 | 10 years, 308 days | Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999) Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999 | [43] | ||
Kim Santow OAM | 30 August 1993 | 31 December 2007 | 14 years, 123 days | ||||
Carolyn Simpson | 22 December 1993 | 29 March 2018 | 24 years, 97 days | [57] | |||
Reg Blanch | 28 February 1994 | 13 December 1994 | 288 days | Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994–2014) | |||
Robert Hunter | 29 April 1994 | 21 July 2002 | 8 years, 83 days | ||||
Vince Bruce | 4 July 1994 | 8 March 1999 | 4 years, 247 days | [155] | |||
John Dowd AO | 25 July 1994 | 23 August 2004 | 10 years, 29 days | [43] | |||
Theodore Simos | 31 January 1995 | 16 October 2001 | 6 years, 258 days | ||||
Russell Bainton | 20 February 1995 | 28 August 1998 | 3 years, 189 days | ||||
Harold Sperling | 27 February 1995 | 27 February 2005 | 10 years, 0 days | [44] | |||
Peter Hidden AM | 16 October 1995 | 17 March 2016 | 20 years, 153 days | ||||
Graham Barr | 26 August 1996 | 21 March 2009 | 27 years, 358 days | ||||
John Hamilton | 17 March 1997 | 31 March 2009 | 12 years, 14 days | [156] | |||
Clifford Einstein | 1 September 1997 | 3 May 2012 | 14 years, 245 days | ||||
Greg James | 14 April 1998 | 1 May 2005 | 7 years, 17 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990) | [44] | ||
Michael Adams | 28 July 1998 | 10 February 2017 | 18 years, 197 days | Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission | |||
David Kirby [f] | 12 August 1998 | 14 October 2011 | 13 years, 63 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1989) | [157] | ||
Robert Austin | 31 August 1998 | 5 March 2010 | 11 years, 186 days | ||||
Michael Walton | 8 December 2016 | 25 years, 244 days | Judge, Vice President & President of the Industrial Court of NSW (18 December 1998 - 7 December 2016) | [158][159] | |||
Patricia Bergin | 1 March 1999 | 14 March 2017 | 18 years, 13 days | ||||
Virginia Bell | 25 March 1999 | 19 December 2008 | 9 years, 269 days | Appointed to the High Court | |||
Anthony Whealy | 26 June 2000 | 29 June 2012 | 12 years, 3 days | [160] | |||
Roderick Howie | 11 October 2000 | 14 May 2010 | 9 years, 215 days | ||||
Peter McClellan AM | 29 January 2001 | 25 August 2003 | 2 years, 208 days | Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court (25 August 2003 – 1 September 2005) | |||
Reginald Barrett | 19 March 2001 | 20 April 2015 | 14 years, 32 days | [161] | |||
George Palmer | 23 April 2001 | 3 June 2011 | 10 years, 41 days | ||||
Joseph Campbell | 26 October 2001 | 19 December 2012 | 11 years, 54 days | ||||
Terrence Buddin | 30 January 2002 | 16 March 2012 | 10 years, 46 days | ||||
Ian Gzell | 4 February 2002 | 27 May 2013 | 11 years, 112 days | [162] | |||
David Ipp | 21 October 2002 | 13 November 2009 | 7 years, 23 days | Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2009–2014) | |||
Jeff Shaw | 4 February 2003 | 12 November 2004 | 1 year, 282 days | [43] | |||
William Nicholas | 5 February 2003 | 1 July 2013 | 10 years, 146 days | ||||
Robert McDougall | 21 August 2003 | 31 January 2019 | 15 years, 163 days | [45] | |||
David Hislop | 23 March 2004 | 26 March 2014 | 10 years, 3 days | [43] | |||
Richard White | 27 April 2004 | 20 years, 113 days | [59] | ||||
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD | 16 August 2004 | 31 August 2021 | 17 years, 15 days | [43] | |||
Peter Johnson | 1 February 2005 | 19 years, 199 days | [44] | ||||
Peter Hall | 8 March 2005 | 21 December 2016 | 11 years, 288 days | Chief Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2017–2022) | [44][163] | ||
Megan Latham | 12 April 2005 | 27 July 2018 | 13 years, 106 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998–2005) Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014–2016) | [44][164] | ||
Stephen Rothman AM | 3 May 2005 | 19 years, 107 days | [44] | ||||
Paul Brereton AM, RFD [h] | 15 August 2005 | 30 May 2023 | 17 years, 288 days | Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission | [60][61] | ||
Derek Price AM | 28 August 2006 | 17 years, 356 days | Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002–2014) Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014- ) | [165] | |||
David Hammerschlag | 30 January 2007 | 17 years, 201 days | Appointed Chief Judge in Equity (2022-) | [166] | |||
Ian Harrison | 12 February 2007 | 17 years, 188 days | [167] | ||||
Elizabeth Fullerton | 19 February 2007 | 17 years, 181 days | [168] | ||||
Lucy McCallum | 30 January 2008 | 7 March 2022 | 14 years, 36 days | Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory | |||
Nigel Rein | 5 May 2008 | 18 March 2022 | 13 years, 317 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (2002–2008) | [169][64] | ||
Julie Ward | 29 September 2008 | 15 years, 324 days | [170] | ||||
Robert Allan Hulme | 2 March 2009 | 15 years, 169 days | [171] | ||||
Robert Forster | 4 May 2009 | 26 March 2010 | 326 days | [172] | |||
Michael Slattery [o] | 25 May 2009 | 15 years, 85 days | [173] | ||||
David Davies | 29 June 2009 | 15 years, 50 days | [174] | ||||
Monika Schmidt | 27 July 2009 | 11 September 2019 | 10 years, 46 days | Judge of the Industrial Court of NSW (1993–2009) | [175][176] | ||
Michael Pembroke | 12 April 2010 | 12 April 2020 | 10 years, 0 days | [177] | |||
Michael Ball | 13 April 2010 | 14 years, 127 days | [178] | ||||
Peter Garling RFD | 7 June 2010 | 14 years, 72 days | [179] | ||||
John Sackar | 1 February 2011 | 13 years, 199 days | [180] | ||||
Ashley Black | 4 July 2011 | 13 years, 45 days | [181] | ||||
Christine Adamson | 17 October 2011 | 12 years, 306 days | [182] | ||||
Geoffrey Bellew | 31 January 2012 | Appointed [Chairman of the New South Wales Parole Board] | 12 years, 200 days | [51][183] | |||
James Stevenson | 1 February 2012 | 12 years, 199 days | [51][184] | ||||
Robert Beech-Jones | 12 March 2012 | 12 years, 159 days | Appointed to the High Court | [185] | |||
Stephen Campbell | 2 May 2012 | 12 years, 108 days | [186] | ||||
Richard Button | 12 June 2012 | 12 years, 67 days | [187] | ||||
Geoff Lindsay | 6 August 2012 | 12 years, 12 days | [188] | ||||
Philip Hallen | 12 November 2012 | 30 June 2023 | 10 years, 230 days | [189] | |||
Francois Kunc | 8 April 2013 | 11 years, 132 days | [190] | ||||
Stephen Robb | 20 June 2013 | 11 years, 59 days | [191] | ||||
Rowan Darke | 16 August 2013 | 16 August 2023 | 10 years, 0 days | [192][193] | |||
Robertson Wright | 25 October 2013 | 10 years, 298 days | [194] | ||||
Peter Hamill | 29 April 2014 | 10 years, 111 days | [195] | ||||
Helen Wilson | 3 November 2014 | 9 years, 289 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2014) | [196] | |||
Des Fagan | 11 June 2015 | 9 years, 68 days | |||||
Natalie Adams | 5 April 2016 | 8 years, 135 days | |||||
Julia Lonergan | 21 March 2017 | 7 years, 150 days | [58] | ||||
Guy Parker | 6 April 2017 | 7 years, 134 days | [197] | ||||
Kelly Rees | 5 September 2018 | 5 years, 348 days | [198] | ||||
Lea Armstrong | 31 October 2018 | 5 years, 292 days | NSW Crown Solicitor (2015–2018) President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2018–) | [199] | |||
Trish Henry | 30 January 2019 | 5 years, 201 days | [45] | ||||
Mark Ierace | 31 January 2019 | 5 years, 200 days | [200] | ||||
Richard Cavanagh | 16 September 2019 | 4 years, 337 days | [176] | ||||
Kate Williams | 15 April 2020 | 4 years, 125 days | [201] | ||||
Hament Dhanji | 20 September 2021 | 2 years, 333 days | [202] | ||||
Elisabeth Peden | 6 April 2022 | 2 years, 134 days | [64] | ||||
Mark Richmond | 19 April 2022 | 2 years, 121 days | [64] | ||||
Michael Meek | 5 May 2022 | 2 years, 105 days | [203] | ||||
Dina Yehia | 4 July 2022 | 2 years, 45 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014–2022) | [204] | |||
Nicholas Chen | 11 July 2022 | 2 years, 38 days | [204] | ||||
Sarah McNaughton | 11 October 2022 | 1 year, 312 days | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2016–2022) | [205] | |||
Richard Howard Weinstein SC | 1 February 2023 | 1 year, 199 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (2019–2023) | [65] | |||
Deborah Anne Sweeney | 8 February 2023 | 1 year, 192 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (2006–2023) | [65] | |||
Scott Nixon | 8 February 2023 | 1 year, 10 days | [206] | ||||
Anthony McGrath | 15 February 2023 | 1 year, 3 days | [206] | ||||
Sarah Huggett | 29 November 2023 | 16 April 2024 | 263 days | [207] | |||
Additional Judge | Samuel Milford | 1 January 1856 | 31 March 1857 | 1 year, 89 days | [80] | ||
Acting Judge | John Kinchela | April 1836 | September 1837 | 1 year | |||
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] | 30 April 1839 | 26 March 1841 | 1–2 years | [5] | |||
Henry Stephen [c] | 1 October 1876 | 31 October 1886 | 9–10 years | [24] | |||
James Sheen Dowling [b] | 1 April 1878 | 31 December 1881 | 2–3 years | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1889) | [208] | ||
Arthur Holroyd | 2 April 1879 | 5 April 1879 | 3 days | [209] | |||
William Charles Windeyer | August 1879 | 9 August 1881 | 2 years, 0 days | Appointed judge | |||
George Deffell | 12 August 1887 | 28 December 1887 | 138 days | [90][91] | |||
Alfred Backhouse | 1895 | 1898 | 2–3 years | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1884–1921) | [210] | ||
Richard Sly | 30 May 1898 | 31 December 1907 | 9 years | [102] | |||
George Rich | 7 June 1911 | 2 July 1912 | 1 year | [105] | |||
Alexander Gerard Ralston KC | 23 September 1919 18 October 1922 1 March 1923 28 July 1924 1 June 1925 | 31 December 1919 31 December 1922 12 April 1924 14 February 1925 31 December 1925 | 99 days 74 days 1 year 201 days 213 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1894, 1905, 1907 1920) | [211] | ||
Augustus James | 21 September 1920 | 5 January 1921 | 106 days | [108] | |||
Sir David Maughan | 28 July 1924 6 May 1936 | 27 January 1925 31 March 1937 | 183 days 329 days | [212] | |||
Sir Colin Davidson | 8 June 1926 | 12 February 1927 | 249 days | [109] | |||
Victor Maxwell [l] | 10 June 1929 9 February 1934 | 30 March 1930 8 August 1934 | 293 days 180 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928) Judge of the Supreme Court (1934–1956) | [116] | ||
John Hammond | 11 June 1929 | 31 December 1929 | 203 days | [213] | |||
Francis Stewart Boyce | 17 June 1932 | 27 August 1932 | 71 days | [117] | |||
Richard Windeyer [i] | 23 November 1936 | 15 February 1937 | 112 days | [214][215] | |||
Ernest David Roper | 8 March 1937 | 24 May 1937 | 77 days | [120] | |||
Henry George Edwards | 18 November 1937 | 5 September 1938 | 308 days | [124] | |||
Charles Hardwick CMG | 9 January 1939 | 31 May 1939 | 142 days | [216] | |||
Arthur Pitt | 14 February 1939 | 31 May 1939 | 106 days | [217] | |||
Edmund Alfred Barton [p] | 1 June 1939 | 30 April 1940 | 334 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1933–1949) | [218] | ||
Sir Dudley Williams MC | 17 November 1939 | 16 June 1940 | 212 days | [122] | |||
Keith Ferguson | 17 March 1941 | 30 April 1941 | 44 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1933 Judge of the Supreme Court (1955–1965) | [135] | ||
Stanley Toose [n] | 5 January 1949 | 12 November 1950 | 1 years | [127] | |||
John Nield | 7 January 1952 | 25 January 1952 | 18 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954) | [134] | ||
Gerald O'Sullivan | 7 January 1952 12 January 1953 | 25 January 1952 1 February 1953 | 18 days 20 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1950–1960) | [219] | ||
John Brennan | 12 January 1953 | 8 February 1953 | 27 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1977) | [220] | ||
Frank Stephen | 12 January 1953 11 June 1956 | 8 February 1953 26 October 1956 | 27 days 137 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1952–1967) | [221] | ||
Hugh Maguire | 30 March 1953 | 24 September 1953 | 178 days | Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947) Judge of the Supreme Court (1953–1973) | [132] | ||
Frederick Myers | 9 April 1953 | 8 October 1953 | 182 days | [133] | |||
Wilfred Collins | 13 September 1955 | 4 December 1955 | 82 days | [136] | |||
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE | 1 July 1959 | 31 December 1959 | 183 days | Appointed to the High Court | [32] | ||
Kenneth Asprey | 24 October 1962 | 24 June 1963 | 243 days | [39] | |||
Hereward Henchman [q] | 12 September 1966 | 28 February 1967 | 169 days | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1968–1974) | [222] | ||
Michael Helsham AO | 3 June 1968 | 18 August 1968 | 76 days | [70] | |||
Ken Carruthers | 10 October 1983 | 16 December 1983 | 67 days | ||||
John Slattery AO [o] | 12 September 1988 | 3 December 1992 | 4 years | ||||
James Rolfe | 31 January 1989 | 28 April 1989 | 87 days | ||||
Peter Capelin | 27 February 1989 26 February 1990 | 12 May 1989 4 May 1990 | 74 days 67 days | [223] | |||
Calvin Callaway | 27 February 1989 26 February 1990 29 September 1997 | 12 May 1989 4 May 1990 19 December 1997 | 74 days 67 days 81 days | Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990) | [224] | ||
George Needham | 7 April 1989 | 6 April 1991 | 2 years | ||||
Kevin Holland | 13 June 1989 | 31 August 1990 | 10 years | [143] | |||
Morris Ireland | 14 August 1989 | 13 October 1989 | 60 days | [154] | |||
Alan Abadee RFD | 2 April 1990 | 1 June 1990 | 60 days | ||||
Vince Bruce | 4 June 1990 1 July 1991 | 3 August 1990 30 August 1991 | 60 days 60 days | [155] | |||
Jack Lee | 8 October 1991 | 4 December 1992 | 1 year | ||||
Ray Loveday AM | 25 October 1993 12 September 1994 | 31 January 1994 31 December 1994 | 98 days 110 days | ||||
George Sharpe | 1 August 1994 | 31 December 1994 | 152 days | ||||
John Hamilton | 29 July 1996 | 1 November 1996 | 95 days | ||||
Rex Smart | 4 March 1999 | 3 March 2005 | 6 years | ||||
Ken Carruthers | 10 May 1999 | 9 May 2004 | 5 years | ||||
Peter McInerney | 24 May 1999 | 23 May 2001 | 2 years | ||||
Jeremy Badgery-Parker | 1 July 1999 | 30 June 2002 | 3 years | ||||
Morris Ireland | 14 June 2000 | 13 June 2003 | 3 years | [154] | |||
David Ipp | 29 January 2001 | 1 January 2003 | 1–2 years | ||||
Peter Newman RFD | 8 February 2001 | 7 February 2005 | 3 years | ||||
Jerrold Cripps | 24 January 2002 | 23 January 2003 | 1 year | Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009) | |||
Reg Blanch | 3 June 2002 | 28 June 2002 | 25 days | Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994–2014) | |||
Jane Mathews AO | 8 February 2001 | 18 December 2017 | 16 years | Judge of the District Court of NSW (1980–1987) | |||
William Victor Windeyer AM, RFD, ED [i] | 17 August 2009 | 30 November 2012 | 3 years | ||||
Peter Hidden AM | 20 July 2016 | 2021 | 5 years | ||||
Monika Schmidt | 3 February 2020 | 4 years | |||||
Judge at Port Phillip [r] | John Willis | 8 February 1841 | 24 June 1843 [s] | 2 years, 136 days | [77] | ||
William Jeffcott | 1 July 1843 | December 1844 | 1 year, 153 days | [228] | |||
Roger Therry | 9 January 1845 | 17 February 1846 | 1 year, 39 days | [78] | |||
William à Beckett | 28 February 1846 | 23 January 1852 | 5 years, 329 days | Became first Chief Justice of Victoria 24 January 1852 | [79] | ||
Judge at Moreton Bay [t] | Samuel Milford | 21 January 1856 | 14 February 1859 | 3 years, 24 days | [80] | ||
Alfred Lutwyche | 15 February 1859 | 7 August 1861 | 2 years, 173 days | Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland | [230] | ||
Master in Equity | William Carter | 1 December 1823 1829 22 November 1841 | 1828 1832 1843 | 4–5 years 2–3 years 1–2 years | |||
John Kinchela | 30 November 1840 | September 1841 | 275–304 days | ||||
Samuel Milford | 24 January 1843 | 31 December 1855 | 12 years, 341 days | [80] | |||
George Deffell | 1 April 1857 | 10 May 1866 | 9 years, 39 days | [90][91] | |||
Arthur Holroyd | 11 May 1866 | 19 January 1885 | 18 years, 253 days | [209] | |||
Henry F Barton | 20 January 1885 | 25 October 1902 | 18 years, 278 days | [231] | |||
Henry P Owen | 4 November 1902 | 31 July 1918 | 15 years, 269 days | [232] | |||
William Parker | 1 August 1918 | 25 July 1940 | 21 years, 359 days | [233] | |||
John Hooton | 26 July 1940 | 1959 | 18–19 years | ||||
Edward Dawes | 1959 | 1976 | 16–17 years | ||||
Brian Cohen | 1976 | 1983 | 6–7 years | ||||
Denis Gressier | 1983 | 1991 | 7–8 years | ||||
William Victor Windeyer AM, RFD, ED [i] | 1989 | April 1992 | 2–3 years | ||||
Master in Lunacy | Arthur Holroyd | 16 May 1879 | 19 January 1885 | 5 years, 248 days | [209] | ||
Henry F Barton | 20 January 1885 | 25 October 1902 | 18 years, 278 days | [231] | |||
Henry P Owen | 4 November 1902 | 31 July 1918 | 15 years, 269 days | [232] | |||
Master | Henry Cantor | 1 July 1972 | 5 June 1975 | 2 years, 339 days | |||
Master, Common Law | George Sharpe | 1975 | 1989 | 13–14 years | |||
Colin Allen | 1976 | July 1986 | 9–10 years | ||||
John Hogan | 1982 | 1989 | 6–7 years | ||||
Terence Greenwood | 1982 | 1997 | 14–15 years | ||||
James Monaghan | 6 August 1986 | 2 December 1988 | 2 years, 118 days | [234] | |||
Master, Common Law / Associate Judge | Bryan Malpass | 1989 | 30 October 2008 | 18–19 years | |||
Master / Associate Judge | Joanne Harrison | 1997 | 26–27 years | ||||
Master in Equity / Associate Judge | John McLaughlin | 1989 | 4 July 2010 | 20–21 years | |||
Richard Macready | 1992 | 27 February 2013 | 20–21 years | ||||
Associate Judge | Philip Hallen | 5 July 2010 | 11 November 2012 | 2 years, 129 days | [235] | ||
Acting Master in Equity | Frederick Salisbury | 8 June 1897 | 31 December 1897 | 206 days | |||
Harry Henry | 1 November 1928 22 May 1933 | 31 January 1929 February 1934 | 91 days 255–282 days | ||||
Geofrey Stuckey | 4 December 1937 | 31 January 1938 | 58 days | ||||
Deputy Master in Equity | Frederick Salisbury | 3 April 1905 | 31 May 1905 | 58 days |
Notes
- ^ The dates for acting judges and acting judges of appeal are from the date of their first commission until the date of their last commission. The judge may not have had a commission for the entire period and may not have sat throughout that period.
From 1918 until 1990 a judge was required to retire at age 70. Since 1990 a judge is required to retire at age 72 but may be appointed an acting judge until age 77.[1] - ^ a b c d James Sheen Dowling was the son of Chief Justice Sir James Dowling.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Stephen family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.[21] John Stephen was the father of Sir Alfred Stephen, grandfather of (Matthew) Henry Stephen and great grandfather of Edward Milner Stephen.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Street family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.[21] Sir Philip Street was the father of Sir Kenneth Street and the grandfather of Sir Laurence Street
- ^ a b Fabian Gleeson is the son of Gerald Gleeson AC, the former Secretary of the NSW Premier's Department & brother of Justin Gleeson, the former Solicitor-General of Australia and is unrelated to Murray Gleeson AC whose daughter Jacqueline Gleeson is a judge of the Federal Court.
- ^ a b c Michael Kirby is the elder brother of David Kirby.
- ^ a b Bruce MacFarlan is the father of Robert MacFarlan
- ^ a b c Russell Brereton is the father of Paul Brereton
- ^ a b c d e The Windeyer family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.[21]
- ^ a b Sir Joseph Innes was the father of Regniald Long Innes
- ^ a b c Sir William Owen was the father of Sir Langer Owen and the grandfather of Sir William FL Owen.
- ^ a b c Victor Maxwell (1887-1975) was the father of Victor Maxwell (1922-1997).
- ^ Roper was appointed as a Judge of the Land and Valuation Court on 25 May 1937. Every six months from 1937 to 1939, he received an additional commission as an acting judge of the Supreme Court. In 1940 his appointment as a Supreme Court judge was backdated to 25 May 1937.[119]
- ^ a b c Stanley Toose is the father of Paul Toose
- ^ a b c John Slattery is the father of Michael Slattery
- ^ Edmund Alfred Barton was the son of High Court judge Sir Edmund Barton.
- ^ Hereward John Humfry Henchman was the son of Hereward Humfry Henchman a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
- ^ A resident judge was appointed for the Port Phillip District between 1840 and 1852 when the district became the colony of Victoria.[225]
- ^ Willis was notified on 24 June 1843 that he had been amoved by Governor Gipps, however the Privy Council subsequently held that while there were sufficient grounds for his removal, he should have been given an opportunity to be heard.[226] His appointment was revoked by the Queen in August 1846.[227]
- ^ A resident judge was appointed for the Moreton Bay District from 1852,[229] until the district became the colony of Queensland
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