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History of Appointments of Masters


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, K.C. 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, K.C. 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

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, M.B.E. 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, Q.C. 6 July 1976 to 28 February 1977
Peter Anthony Barker 5 April 1977
Died in office on 13 August 1992
Ewan Kenneth Evans Tuesday, 2 August 1983
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, O.A.M. 20 July 1993 to 2 April 2001
Kathryn Elizabeth Kings 20 July 1993
Philip Lawrence Cain 26 November 1996 to 7 June 2008
Michael Joseph Louis Dowling, Q.C. 15 May 2001
John Efthim 18 July 2005
Alexander Jamie Wood 23 January 2006
Robyn Lansdowne 18 September 2006
Melissa Lee Daly 3 October 2006
Simon Peter Gardiner 6 November 2008

Part E: Senior Master
Charles Philip Jacobs, M.B.E. 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

Part G: Registrar Of Criminal Appeals
John Bernard Gaffney, O.A.M. 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, O.A.M. 7 June 1995 to 2 April 2001
Philip Lawrence Cain 3 April 2001 to 7 June 2008
   
Associate Judges  
Nemeer Mukhtar QC 18 August 2009

 

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