Chief Justice of Queensland

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The chief justice of Queensland is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Queensland. The chief justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head, responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures.

The current chief justice is the Hon Catherine Holmes, who was sworn in on 11 September 2015. Justice Holmes is the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

List of chief justices of Queensland[]

Name Term Reason for leaving Death
Sir James Cockle 21 February 1863 – 24 June 1879 Retired 27 January 1895
Sir Charles Lilley 25 June 1879 – 13 March 1893 Resigned 20 August 1897
Sir Samuel Griffith, GCMG, KC 13 March 1893 – 4 October 1903 Appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 9 August 1920
Sir Pope Alexander Cooper, KCMG 21 October 1903 – 31 March 1922 Retired 30 August 1923
Thomas McCawley 1 April 1922 – 16 April 1925 Death 16 April 1925
Sir James Blair, KCMG 24 April 1925 – 16 May 1940 Retired 18 November 1944
Hugh Denis Macrossan 17 May 1940 – 23 June 1940 Death 23 June 1940
Sir William Webb, KBE 27 June 1940 – 15 May 1946 Appointed to the High Court of Australia 11 August 1972
Neal Macrossan 23 April 1946 – 30 December 1955 Death 30 December 1955
Sir Alan Mansfield, KCMG 9 February 1956 – 21 February 1966 Appointed as Governor of Queensland 17 July 1980
William Mack 24 February 1966 – 12 May 1971 Retired 26 July 1979
Sir Mostyn Hanger, KBE 13 May 1971 – 18 July 1977 Retired 11 August 1980
Sir Charles Wanstall 19 July 1977 – 17 February 1982 Retired 17 October 1999
Sir Walter Campbell, QC 18 February 1982 – 7 July 1985 Appointed as Governor of Queensland 4 September 2004
Sir Dormer Andrews 8 July 1985 – 7 April 1989 Retired 28 July 2004
John Murtagh Macrossan 10 April 1989 – 16 February 1998 Retired 5 August 2008
Paul de Jersey, AC, QC 21 September 1998 – 8 July 2014 Appointed as Governor of Queensland
Tim Carmody, QC 8 July 2014 – 1 July 2015 Resigned [1]
Catherine Holmes 11 September 2015 – present

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References[]

  1. ^ "Queensland's Chief Justice Tim Carmody resigns in 'dignified end to controversy'". ABC News. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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