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Masters & Associate Judges - History

History of Appointments of Masters and Associate Judges


Part A: Master In Equity		  
Robert Williams Pohlman 6 January 1852 to 19 April 1852
Frederick Wilkinson 19 April 1852 to 6 October 1884
Thomas Prout Webb KC 6 October 1884.
Died in office on 22 November 1916
Harold Alfred Templeton 5 January 1917 to 10 October 1922
Charles Lachlan McKinnon Templeton 10 October 1922 to 16 April 1923
Morris Mondle Phillips 16 April 1923 to 29 April 1941
Eric Smith Vance 29 April 1941 to 31 December 1948

Part B: Chief Clerk		  
Hopson Pinckney Walker 1 January 1884 to 8 October 1900
George Henry Neighbour KC 8 October 1900.
Died in office on 19 December 1915
Morris Mondle Phillips 18 January 1916 to 29 April 1941
Eric Smith Vance 29 April 1941 to 31 December 1948

Part C: Taxing Master		  
Morris Mondle Phillips 1 July 1905 to 7 May 1923
Edgar Henry Trebilco 7 May 1923 to 31 January 1947
Louis Lucas Oliver 3 February 1947 to 31 January 1961
Cyril Edward Fyffe 1 February 1961 to 14 July 1973
Thomas Peter Bruce AM 15 July 1973 to 2 March 2006
Alexander Jamie Wood 7 March 2006

Part D: Master		  
Eric Smith Vance 1 January 1949 to 30 April 1958
Eustace Halley Coghill 1 July 1956 to 31 October 1963
Charles Philip Jacobs MBE 14 November 1960 to 31 December 1976
Stuart Henry Collie 22 January 1962 to 8 July 1976
Eric Noel Bergere 1 November 1963 to 2 November 1983
George Strafford Brett 1 February 1967 to 17 September 1988
Antony Endrey QC 6 July 1976 to 28 February 1977
Peter Anthony Barker 5 April 1977
Died in office on 13 August 1992
Ewan Kenneth Evans 2 August 1983 to 31 January 2011
Charles William George Wheeler 31 July 1990 to 17 February 2005
Thomas Peter Bruce AM 20 July 1993 to 2 March 2006
John Bernard Gaffney OAM 20 July 1993 to 2 April 2001
Kathryn Elizabeth Kings 20 July 1993 to 3 November 2009
Philip Lawrence Cain 26 November 1996 to 7 June 2008
Michael Joseph Louis Dowling QC 15 May 2001 to 5 July 2007
John Efthim 18 July 2005
Alexander Jamie Wood 23 January 2006
Robyn Lansdowne 18 September 2006
Melissa Lee Daly 10 October 2006
Simon Peter Gardiner 5 November 2008

Part E: Senior Master		  
Charles Philip Jacobs MBE 1 January 1977 to 14 April 1983
Kevin John Mahony 15 April 1983

Part F: Listing Master		  
Vincent Mathew Gawne 18 March 1977 to 26 February 1993
Kathryn Elizabeth Kings 23 March 1993 to 3 November 2009

Part G: Registrar of Criminal Appeals		  
John Bernard Gaffney OAM 19 July 1982 to 2 April 2001
Philip Lawrence Cain 3 April 2001 to 7 June 2008

Part H: Registrar of the Court of Appeal		  
John Bernard Gaffney OAM 7 June 1995 to 2 April 2001
Philip Lawrence Cain 3 April 2001 to 7 June 2008
   
Part I: Associate Judge  
The Hon. Nemeer Mukhtar QC 18 August 2009
The Hon. Rita Zammit 16 March 2010
The Hon. Rod Randall 17 May 2011

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