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Judges - History

AJ = Acting Justice
CJ = Later Chief Justice
J = Justice
JA = Justice of Appeal
P = President of Court of Appeal
RJ = Later a Reserve Justice

Current List of Appointments of Judges

Chief Justice	Period of office
The Hon. Marilyn Louise Warren AC	25.11.2003 -

 

President of the Court of Appeal
The Hon. Chris Maxwell	18.07.2005 -

 

Judges of the Court of Appeal
The Hon. Peter Buchanan	28.10.1997 -
The Hon. Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle	08.06.2004 -
The Hon. David John Ashley	21.06.2005 -
The Hon. Marcia Ann Neave AO	27.02.2006 -
The Hon. Robert Frank Redlich	08.05.2006 -
The Hon. Julie Anne Dodds-Streeton	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. Mark Weinberg	28.07.2008 -
The Hon. Philip Mandie	17.08.2009 -
The Hon. Bernard Daniel Bongiorno	17.08.2009 -

 

Judges of the Trial Division
The Hon. Philip Damien Cummins	17.02.1988 -
The Hon. David McCartin Michael Byrne	20.08.1991-
The Hon. David Lindsey Harper AM	11.03.1992 -
The Hon. Hartley Roland Hansen	06.04.1994 -
The Hon. David John Habersberger	03.07.2001 -
The Hon. Robert Stanley Osborn	09.05.2002 -
The Hon. Katharine Mary Williams	25.10.2002 -
The Hon. Stephen William Kaye	16.12.2003 -
The Hon. Simon Paul Whelan	17.03.2004 -
The Hon. Elizabeth Jane Hollingworth	07.06.2004 -
The Hon. Kevin Harcourt Bell	10.02.2005 -
The Hon. Kim William Spencer Hargrave	18.03.2005 -
The Hon. Betty June King	21.06.2005 -
The Hon. Anthony Lewis Cavanough	08.05.2006 -
The Hon. Elizabeth Helen Curtain	03.10.2006 -
The Hon. Gaetano (Tony) Pagone	24.05.2007 -
The Hon. Paul Anthony Coghlan	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. Ross McKenzie Robson	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. John Herbert Lytton Forrest	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. Lex Lasry	23.10.2007 -
The Hon. James G Judd	06.03.2008 -
The Hon. Peter Norman Vickery	06.05.2008 -
The Hon. Emilios John Kyrou	15.05.2008 -
The Hon. David Francis Rashleigh Beach	05.09.2008 -
The Hon. Jennifer Davies	06.04.2009 -

 

Reserve Judges
None

 

History of Appointments of Judges

Chief Justices	Period of office
Sir William a'Beckett (1806 - 1869)	19.01.1852 - 20.02.1857
Sir William Foster Stawell (1815 - 1889)	25.02.1857 - 24.09.1886
George Higinbotham, Esq.(1827 - 1892)	24.09.1886 - 31.12.1892
The Hon. Sir John Madden (1844 - 1918)	09.01.1893 - 10.03.1918
The Hon. Sir William Hill Irvine (1858 - 1943)	09.04.1918 - 30.09.1935
The Hon. Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann (1869 - 1958)	01.10.1935 - 31.01.1944
The Hon. Sir Edmund Francis Herring (1892 - 1982)	02.02.1944 - 01.09.1964
The Hon. Sir Henry Arthur Winneke (1908 - 1985)	02.09.1964 - 31.05.1974
The Hon. Sir John McIntosh Young (1919 - 2008)	01.06.1974 - 16.12.1991
The Hon. John Harber Phillips (1933 - 2009)	17.12.1991 - 17.10.2003
The Hon. Marilyn Louise Warren	25.11.2003 -
President of the Court of Appeal
The Hon. John Spence Winneke	07.06.1995 - 15.07.2005
The Hon. Chris Maxwell	18.07.2005 -
Judges of the Court of Appeal
The Hon. Robert Brooking (1930 - ), RJ	07.06.1995 - 06.03.2002
The Hon. Robert Clive Tadgell (1934 - )	07.06.1995 - 30.05.2001
The Hon. William Frederick Ormiston	07.06.1995 - 24.02.2006
The Hon. John David Phillips, RJ	07.06.1995 - 22.05.2004
The Hon. Kenneth Madison Hayne (1945 - )	07.06.1995 - 21.09.1997
The Hon. Stephen Pendrill Charles	07.06.1995 - 21.04.2006
The Hon. Frank Hortin Callaway	07.06.1995 - 23.02.2007
The Hon. John Michael Batt	06.05.1997 - 03.06.2005
The Hon. Susan Coralie Kenny (1953 - )	25.07.1997 - 15.10.1998
The Hon. Peter Buchanan	28.10.1997 -
The Hon. Alex Chernov AO	13.10.1998 - 29.02.2008
The Hon. Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent AO	12.06.2001 - 21.08.2009
The Hon. Geoffrey Michael Eames	15.03.2002 - 27.07.2007
The Hon. Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle	08.06.2004 -
The Hon. David John Ashley	21.06.2005 -
The Hon. Marcia Ann Neave AO	27.02.2006 -
The Hon. Robert Frank Redlich	08.05.2006 -
The Hon. Murray Bryon Kellam AO	16.05.2007 -15.06.2009
The Hon. Julie Anne Dodds-Streeton	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. Mark Weinberg	28.07.2008 -
The Hon. Philip Mandie	17.08.2009 -
The Hon. Bernard Daniel Bongiorno	17.08.2009 -
Judges - Supreme Court of New South Wales and Port Phillip District of New South Wales, 1841 - 1851
John Walpole Willis (1793 - 1877)	08.02.1841 - 24.06.1843
Sir William Jeffcott (1800 - 1855)	01.07.1843 - Dec. 1844
Sir Richard Therry (1800 - 1874)	09.01.1845 - Feb. 1846
Sir William a'Beckett (1806 - 1869) CJ	28.02.1846 - 19.01.1852
Judges - Victoria
Sir Redmond Barry (1813 - 1880)	19.01.1852 - 23.11.1880
Sir Edward Eyre Williams (1813 - 1880)	21.07.1852 - 30.04.1874
Sir Robert Molesworth (1806 - 1890)	17.06.1856 - 06.05.1886
Thomas Howard Fellows, Esq. (1823 - 1878)	18.12.1872 - 08.04.1878
James Wilberforce Stephen, Esq. (1822 - 1881)	01.05.1874 - 14.08.1881
George Higinbotham, Esq.(1827 - 1892)CJ	19.07.1880 - 23.09.1886
Sir Hartley Williams (1843 - 1929)	04.07.1881 - 09.06.1903
Sir Edward Dundas Holroyd (1828 - 1916)	19.08.1881 - 09.05.1906
George Briscoe Kerferd, Esq. (1831 - 1889)	01.01.1886 - 31.12.1889
George Henry Frederick Webb, Esq. (1827 - 1891)	06.05.1886 - 20.09.1891
The Hon. Sir Thomas a'Beckett (1836 - 1919)	30.09.1886 - 30.06.1917
The Hon. Sir Henry Edward Agincourt Hodges (1844 - 1919)	AJ 12.02.1889; J 20.01.1890 - 08.08.1919
The Hon. Sir Joseph Henry Hood (1846 - 1922)	AJ 01.02.1890; J 05.10.1891 - 31.12.1921
The Hon. Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen (1859 - 1933)	19.03.1906 - 17.05.1933
The Hon. William John Schutt (1868 - 1933)	24.07.1919 - 31.12.1926
The Hon. Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann (1869 - 1958), CJ	24.07.1919 - 30.09.1935
The Hon. Sir William Gilbert Stewart McArthur (1861 - 1935)	27.01.1920 - 31.03.1934
The Hon. Sir James Ross Macfarlan (1872 - 1955)	30.01.1922 - 31.12.1949
The Hon. Sir Charles John Lowe (1880 - 1969)	28.01.1927 - 31.01.1964
The Hon. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (1882 - 1961)	01.06.1933 - 12.08.1961
The Hon. Fred Russell Beauchamp Martin (1887 - 1981)	29.01.1934 - 31.01.1957
The Hon. Sir Norman O'Bryan (1894 - 1968)	AJ 02.02.1939 - 31.08.1939; J 01.09.1939 - 16.10.1966
The Hon. Sir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar (1892 - 1961)	01.08.1945 - 10.02.1950
The Hon. Sir John Vincent Barry (1903 - 1969)	14.01.1947 - 08.11.1969
The Hon. Sir Arthur Dean (1893 - 1970)	08.02.1949 - 24.05.1965
The Hon. Sir Reginald Richard Sholl (1902 - 1988)	01.02.1950 - 31.01.1966
The Hon. Thomas Weetman Smith (1901 - 2000)	AJ 01.02.1950 - 09.02.1950; J 10.02.1950 - 16.09.1973
The Hon. Sir Edward Herbert Hudson (1898 - 1966)	AJ 27.09.1950 - 11.02.1953; J 22.12.1953 - 15.12.1966
The Hon. Sir Robert Vincent Monahan (1898 - 1975)	AJ 03.03.1955 - 30.10.1955; J 31.10.1955 - 11.04.1970
The Hon. Sir George Augustus Pape (1903 - 1987)	18.02.1957 - 28.01.1975
The Hon. Sir Alexander Duncan Grant Adam (1902 - 1986)	21.05.1957 - 29.11.1974c
The Hon. Sir Douglas Macfarlan Little (1904 - 1990)	03.02.1959 - 30.08.1974
The Hon. Sir Urban Gregory Joseph Gowans (1904 - 1994)	22.08.1961 - 08.09.1976
The Hon. Sir Oliver James Gillard (1906 - 1984)	02.10.1962 - 13.05.1978
The Hon. Sir John Erskine Starke (1913 - 1994)	31.01.1964 - 30.11.1985
The Hon. Sir Edward Hamilton Esler Barber (1905 - 1991)	AJ 07.04.1964 - 24.02.1965; J 25.05.1965 - 25.02.1977
The Hon. Sir Murray Vincent McInerney (1911 - 1988)	AJ 28.05.1965 - 30.09.1965; J 26.10.1965 - 10.02.1983
The Hon. Sir George Hermann Lush (1912 - 2000)	01.02.1966 - 05.10.1983
The Hon. Clifford Inch Menhennitt (1912 - 1979)	AJ 27.04.1966 - 16.10.1966; J 17.10.1966 - 28.10.1979
The Hon. Hibbert Richard Newton (1921 - 1977)	10.01.1967 - 01.06.1977
The Hon. Francis Robert Nelson (1906 - 1985)	AJ 01.02.1968 - 29.03.1968; AJ 15.07.1968 - 30.08.1968; J 25.03.1969 - 14.06.1977
The Hon. Sir Kevin Victor Anderson (1912 - 1999)	29.04.1969 - 04.09.1984
The Hon. William Charles Crockett (1924 - 2007)	02.12.1969 - 16.04.1996
The Hon. Sir Ninian Martin Stephen (1923 - )	30.06.1970 - 29.02.1972
The Hon. William Kaye (1919 - )	01.03.1972 - 08.02.1991
The Hon. Sir John Gerald Norris (1903 - 1990)	AJ 01.03.1968 - 29.03.1968; AJ 01.05.1968 - 30.06.1968; AJ 01.10.1968 - 30.11.1968; J 01.01.1973 - 11.06.1975
The Hon. Benjamin James Dunn (1905 - 1983)	AJ 01.05.1968 - 20.06.1968; AJ 01.10.1968 - 30.11.1968; J 01.01.1973-31.07.1977
The Hon. Peter Murphy (1923 - 2004), RJ	12.04.1973 - 15.04.1992
The Hon. William Oliver Harris (1921 - 1978)	09.10.1973 - 17.08.1978
The Hon. John McIntosh Young (1919 - 2008), CJ	30.04.1974 - 31.05.1974
The Hon. Basil Lathrop Murray (1917 - 1999)	05.09.1974 - 11.05.1988
The Hon. Richard Kelsham Fullagar (1926 - 2001 ), RJ	29.01.1975 - 11.02.1994
The Hon. Kenneth Joseph Jenkinson (1927 - 2001)	18.02.1975 - 01.11.1982
The Hon. Richard George De Burgh Griffith (1925 – 1976)	10.06.1975 - 01.12.1976
The Hon. Richard Elgin McGarvie (1926 - 2003)	01.06.1976 - 22.04.1992
The Hon. Norman Michael O'Bryan (1930 - ), RJ	02.02.1977 - 06.05.1992
The Hon. Robert Brooking (1930 - ), JA	22.02.1977 - 06.03.2002
The Hon. Kenneth Henry Marks (1924 - 2005)	15.06.1977 - 28.01.1994
The Hon. Ian Gray (1926 - ), RJ	12.07.1977 - 30.03.1990
The Hon. Alfred Capel King (1919 - 2008)	19.07.1977 - 13.02.1991
The Hon. Barry Watson Beach (1931 - )	18.07.1978 - 15.02.2003
The Hon. Sir James Augustine Gobbo (1931 - )	18.07.1978 - 28.02.1994
The Hon. Alec James Southwell (1926 - ), RJ	03.04.1979 - 11.04.1997
The Hon. Robert Clive Tadgell (1934 - ), JA	04.03.1980 - 30.05.2001
The Hon. Alastair Bothwick Nicholson (1938 - )	16.11.1982 - 31.01.1988
The Hon. George Hampel (1933 - )	16.03.1983 - 31.08.2000
The Hon. William Frederick Ormiston, JA	22.11.1983 - 24.02.2006
The Hon. Howard Tomaz Nathan (1936 - ), RJ	22.11.1983 - 17.04.1997
The Hon. John Harber Phillips (1933 - 2009), CJ	07.11.1984 - 13.08.1990
The Hon. Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent, JA	30.04.1985 - 21.08.2009
The Hon. Bernard George Teague	13.10.1987 - 15.02.2008
The Hon. Philip Damien Cummins	17.02.1988 -
The Hon. Allan William McDonald (1937 - )	19.05.1988 - 31.08.2002
The Hon. Thomas Harrison Smith	01.05.1990 - 04.08.2009
The Hon. John David Phillips (1936 - ), JA, RJ	22.05.1990 - 22.05.2004
The Hon. David John Ashley, JA	21.08.1990 -
The Hon. John Joseph Hedigan (1931- )	30.01.1991 - 30.08.2001
The Hon. John Allen Coldrey	19.02.1991  - 04.04.2008
The Hon. David McCartin Michael Byrne	20.08.1991-
The Hon. David Lindsey Harper AM	11.03.1992 -
The Hon. Kenneth Madison Hayne (1945 - ), JA	08.04.1992 - 21.09.1997
The Hon. Geoffrey Michael Eames, JA	26.05.1992 - 27.07.2007
The Hon. John Michael Batt, JA	08.03.1994 - 03.06.2005
The Hon. Hartley Roland Hansen	06.04.1994 -
The Hon. Philip Mandie, JA	10.05.1994 -
The Hon. John Spence Winneke, P	07.06.1995 - 15.07.2005
The Hon. Stephen Pendrill Charles, JA	07.06.1995 - 21.04.2006
The Hon. Frank Hortin Callaway, JA	07.06.1995 - 23.02.2007
The Hon. Rosemary Anne Balmford, RJ	06.03.1996 - 14.09.2003
The Hon. Eugene William Gillard	06.05.1997 - 31.10.2007
The Hon. Alex Chernov, JA	06.05.1997 - 29.02.2008
The Hon. Susan Coralie Kenny (1953 - ), JA	25.07.1997 - 15.10.1998
The Hon. Peter Buchanan, JA	28.10.1997 -
The Hon. Murray Bryon Kellam	28.01.1998 - 15.06.2009
The Hon. Marilyn Louise Warren, CJ	13.10.1998 -
The Hon. Bernard Daniel Bongiorno, JA	18.12.2000 -
The Hon. David John Habersberger	03.07.2001 -
The Hon. Geoffrey Raymond Flatman (1944 - 2002)	18.07.2001 - 18.09.2002
The Hon. Gaetano (Tony) Pagone	03.10.2001 - 30.06.2002
The Hon. Robert Stanley Osborn	09.05.2002 -
The Hon. Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle, JA	23.07.2002 -
The Hon. Julie Anne Dodds-Streeton	23.07.2002 -
The Hon. Robert Frank Redlich, JA	25.10.2002 -
The Hon. Katharine Mary Williams	25.10.2002 -
The Hon. Stuart Ross Morris	09.4.2003 - 09.04.2007
The Hon. Stephen William Kaye	16.12.2003 -
The Hon. Simon Paul Whelan	17.03.2004 -
The Hon. Elizabeth Jane Hollingworth	08.06.2004 -
The Hon. Kevin Harcourt Bell	10.02.2005 -
The Hon. Kim William Spencer Hargrave	18.03.2005 -
The Hon. Betty June King	21.06.2005 -
The Hon. Chris Maxwell	18.07.2005 -
The Hon. Marcia Ann Neave AO	27.02.2006 -
The Hon. Anthony Lewis Cavanough	08.05.2006 -
The Hon. Elizabeth Helen Curtain	03.10.2006 -
The Hon. Gaetano (Tony) Pagone	24.05.2007 -
The Hon. Paul Anthony Coghlan	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. Ross McKenzie Robson	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. John Herbert Lytton Forrest	08.08.2007 -
The Hon. Lex Lasry	23.10.2007 -
The Hon. James G Judd	06.03.2008 -
The Hon. Peter Norman Vickery	06.05.2008 -
The Hon. Emilios John Kyrou	15.05.2008 -
The Hon. Mark Weinberg	28.07.2008 -
The Hon. David Francis Rashleigh Beach	05.09.2008 -
The Hon. Jennifer Davies	06.04.2009 -
Reserve Judges
The Hon. Peter Murphy (1923 - 2004)	16.04.1992 - 05.05.1993
The Hon. Richard Kelsham Fullagar (1926 - 2001)	12.02.1994 - 09.05.1994
The Hon. Norman Michael O'Bryan (1930 - )	07.05.1992 - 07.04.2004
The Hon. Robert Brooking (1930 - )	14.05.2002 - 21.09.2003
The Hon. Ian Gray (1926 - )	30.03.1990 - 05.03.2001
The Hon. Alec James Southwell (1926 - )	09.09.1997 - 31.10.2001
The Hon. Howard Tomaz Nathan (1936 - )	18.04.1997 - 01.09.2005
The Hon. Rosemary Anne Balmford	29.09.2003 - 31.05.2005
The Hon. John David Phillips	22.05.2004 - 28.02.2005