List of judges of the Family Court of Australia

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Judges of the Family Court of Australia, include the Chief Justice,[1] Deputy Chief Justice,[2] Judges of the Appeal Division,[3] current,[4] and former judges as of 24 October 2018.[5] They include judges who hold a concurrent commission with the Family Court of Western Australia.[6]

Position Name Appointment
commenced 		Appointment
ended 		Term Comments Notes
Chief Justice Elizabeth Evatt 5 January 1976 5 January 1988 12 years, 0 days
Alastair Nicholson 1 February 1988 2 July 2004 16 years, 152 days
Diana Bryant 5 July 2004 12 October 2017 13 years, 99 days
John Pascoe 13 October 2017 9 December 2018 1 year, 57 days [7]
Will Alstergren 10 December 2018 2 years, 266 days Joint commission as Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia [8]
Deputy Chief Justice 25 June 2004 30 October 2016 12 years, 127 days [9]
Robert McClelland 10 December 2018 2 years, 265 days [10]
Judge of the Appeals Division 22 November 1999 21 years, 283 days
14 April 2005 16 years, 140 days
31 July 2006 15 years, 32 days
11 October 2007 1 May 2019 11 years, 202 days
13 July 2009 12 years, 50 days
9 July 2010 11 years, 54 days
12 July 2011 10 years, 51 days
13 December 2012 8 years, 262 days
14 January 2013 8 years, 230 days [11]
Judge Austin Asche 5 January 1976 3 April 1986 10 years, 88 days
5 January 1976 5 September 1982 6 years, 243 days
5 January 1976 10 January 1986 10 years, 5 days
21 January 1976 15 January 1978 1 year, 359 days
Ray Watson 21 January 1976 1 April 1994 18 years, 70 days
3 February 1976 2 October 1998 22 years, 241 days
6 February 1976 4 July 1988 12 years, 149 days
Kemeri Murray 6 February 1976 16 December 2006 30 years, 313 days
9 February 1976 5 September 1991 15 years, 208 days
27 February 1976 11 December 1988 12 years, 288 days
27 February 1976 13 August 1988 12 years, 168 days
27 February 1976 31 December 2002 26 years, 307 days
27 February 1976 26 October 1996 20 years, 242 days
27 February 1976 27 February 2015 39 years, 0 days
William Griffith Dovey 27 February 1976 31 May 1989 13 years, 93 days
11 June 1976 19 October 1991 15 years, 130 days
11 June 1976 4 February 1995 18 years, 238 days
11 June 1976 22 November 2005 29 years, 164 days
21 June 1976 16 July 1999 23 years, 25 days
12 July 1976 3 January 1994 17 years, 175 days
19 July 1976 20 February 1998 21 years, 223 days
15 October 1976 28 February 1979 2 years, 136 days
15 October 1976 24 April 2003 26 years, 191 days
4 January 1977 3 June 1995 18 years, 150 days
17 January 1977 15 March 2002 25 years, 57 days
17 January 1977 15 March 2002 13 years, 231 days
13 April 1977 10 February 1990 12 years, 303 days
18 April 1977 17 July 1995 18 years, 90 days
28 October 1977 2 January 1987 9 years, 66 days
David Opas 31 October 1977 23 June 1980 2 years, 236 days
3 November 1977 3 March 1995 17 years, 120 days
10 November 1977 10 August 1990 12 years, 273 days
16 November 1977 30 June 1997 19 years, 226 days
18 November 1977 4 May 1981 3 years, 169 days
31 January 1978 31 December 1997 19 years, 334 days
31 January 1978 23 August 2004 26 years, 205 days
10 July 1978 14 August 1985 7 years, 35 days
10 July 1978 19 January 1999 20 years, 193 days
2 July 1979 10 July 1993 14 years, 8 days
10 December 1979 27 January 1998 18 years, 48 days
19 December 1979 1 May 1991 11 years, 133 days
Richard Gee 25 July 1980 1 August 1998 18 years, 7 days
4 September 1981 1 August 1995 13 years, 331 days
11 January 1982 26 January 1998 16 years, 15 days
7 February 1983 31 August 2006 23 years, 205 days
8 September 1983 28 August 1998 14 years, 354 days
12 December 1983 27 June 2011 27 years, 197 days
John Purdy 23 August 1984 23 September 2005 21 years, 31 days
11 March 1985 30 March 1998 13 years, 19 days
1 November 1985 11 February 2005 19 years, 102 days
31 January 1986 5 February 2001 15 years, 5 days
5 June 1986 30 September 1999 13 years, 117 days
12 June 1986 25 February 2008 21 years, 258 days
28 July 1986 30 September 2008 22 years, 64 days
21 August 1986 9 March 2007 20 years, 200 days
5 June 1987 15 July 1998 11 years, 40 days
13 April 1988 10 January 2006 17 years, 272 days
2 May 1988 2 July 2000 12 years, 61 days
1 February 1989 4 March 2011 22 years, 31 days
2 July 1990 3 July 2016 26 years, 1 day
26 October 1990 30 November 2011 21 years, 35 days
18 April 1991 31 July 2009 18 years, 104 days
18 April 1991 8 May 2013 22 years, 20 days
25 July 1991 6 June 2000 8 years, 317 days
26 August 1991 20 September 2005 14 years, 25 days
2 September 1991 31 March 2010 18 years, 210 days
21 September 1993 14 June 2004 10 years, 267 days
23 November 1993 2 June 2010 16 years, 191 days
27 July 1994 31 December 2009 15 years, 157 days
11 October 1994 15 March 2011 16 years, 155 days
11 October 1994 25 June 2004 9 years, 258 days Promoted to Deputy Chief Justice
Linda Dessau 20 June 1995 21 June 2013 18 years, 1 day
30 June 1995 24 February 2006 10 years, 239 days
5 September 1995 31 July 2017 21 years, 329 days
3 March 1997 3 March 2017 20 years, 0 days
1 December 1997 15 January 2008 10 years, 45 days
20 March 1998 29 May 2002 4 years, 70 days
2 April 1998 25 May 2012 14 years, 53 days
Paul Guest 1 May 1998 5 May 2008 10 years, 4 days
1 June 1998 18 July 2008 10 years, 47 days
1 July 1998 22 December 2009 11 years, 174 days
7 September 1998 19 June 2002 3 years, 285 days
14 December 1998 15 December 2008 10 years, 1 day
21 December 1998 1 July 2011 12 years, 192 days
17 May 1999 29 April 2010 10 years, 347 days
19 July 1999 23 July 2013 14 years, 4 days
29 October 1999 4 February 2011 11 years, 98 days
28 November 2000 30 November 2011 11 years, 2 days
18 May 2001 20 years, 106 days
10 October 2001 1 November 2018 17 years, 22 days [12]
26 August 2002 9 May 2013 10 years, 256 days
10 January 2003 31 January 2013 10 years, 21 days
Tim Carmody 7 July 2003 8 July 2008 5 years, 1 day
1 December 2004 6 January 2019 14 years, 36 days Chief Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia [13]
19 August 2005 16 years, 13 days
30 November 2005 15 years, 275 days
Paul Cronin 20 December 2006 18 April 2019 12 years, 119 days
16 November 2007 14 November 2013 5 years, 363 days [5]
31 August 2009 12 years, 1 day Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
8 July 2010 11 years, 55 days
12 July 2010 4 September 2019 11 years, 51 days [14]
12 July 2010 11 years, 51 days
2 February 2011 10 years, 211 days
14 December 2011 9 years, 261 days
15 December 2011 9 years, 260 days
6 December 2012 8 years, 269 days Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
6 December 2012 8 years, 269 days Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
14 January 2013 8 years, 230 days
Jennifer Coate 31 January 2013 8 February 2019 6 years, 25 days [5]
18 July 2013 8 years, 45 days
29 July 2013 8 years, 34 days
8 August 2013 8 years, 24 days
12 August 2013 14 December 2018 5 years, 124 days [5]
12 August 2013 8 years, 19 days
7 March 2016 5 years, 178 days
12 April 2016 5 years, 142 days Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
Shane Gill 16 May 2016 5 years, 108 days
11 January 2018 3 years, 233 days
16 March 2018 3 years, 169 days Chief Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
8 February 2019 2 years, 205 days
8 February 2019 2 years, 205 days
22 February 2019 2 years, 191 days Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
11 March 2019 2 years, 174 days
11 March 2019 2 years, 174 days
25 March 2019 2 years, 160 days
25 March 2019 2 years, 160 days
27 March 2019 2 years, 158 days

References[]

  1. ^ "Chief Justice". Family Court of Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Deputy Chief Justice". Family Court of Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Judges of the Appeals Division". Family Court of Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Judges of the Family Court". Family Court of Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Former judges of the Family Court". Family Court of Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Judges of the Family Court of Western Australia". Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Appointments of new Chief Justice of the Family Court and Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court". Attorney-General of Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Appointments of Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia". www.attorneygeneral.gov.au. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Family Court of Australia Annual Report 2013-14" (PDF). Family Court of Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. p. 102. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  10. ^ Australia, corporateName=Family Court of; email=enquiries@familylawcourts.gov.au; jurisdiction=Commonwealth. "Deputy Chief Justice - Family Court of Australia". www.familycourt.gov.au. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  11. ^ http://www.familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/fcoaweb/about/judges-senior-staff/judges-appeal-division/
  12. ^ "The Bar Association | InBrief". inbrief.nswbar.asn.au. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  13. ^ "WA Family court Chief Judge to retire". WAtoday. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  14. ^ http://www.familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/fcoaweb/about/judges-senior-staff/former-judges/
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