List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

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Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW as of February 2020 include :

  • Current judges
  • Chief Justices of NSW
  • Presidents of the NSW Court of Appeal
  • Judge Commissaries in the Vice Admiralty Court
  • Chief Judges in Equity
  • Chief Judges in Common law
  • Judges of Appeal
  • Acting judges [a]
  • Masters / Associate judges [2]

It does not include Judge Advocates of NSW who sat on the Court of Civil Jurisdiction between 1788 and 1814 nor judges of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of NSW between 1814 and 1823.

Position Name Appointment
commenced
Appointment
ended
Term in office Comments Notes
Chief Justice Sir Francis Forbes 13 October 1823 1 July 1837 13 years, 261 days [3]
Sir James Dowling [b] 30 August 1837 27 September 1844 7 years, 28 days [4]
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] 14 November 1845 5 November 1873 27 years, 356 days [5]
Sir James Martin KCB, QC 19 November 1873 4 November 1886 12 years, 350 days [6]
Sir Julian Salomons 12 November 1886 27 November 1886 15 days [7]
Sir Frederick Darley GCMG, PC 29 November 1886 4 January 1910 23 years, 36 days [8]
Sir William Cullen KCMG 28 January 1910 27 January 1925 14 years, 365 days [9]
Sir Philip Street KCMG [d] 28 January 1925 31 January 1934 9 years, 3 days [10]
Sir Frederick Jordan KCMG 1 February 1934 4 November 1949 15 years, 276 days [11]
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d] 6 January 1950 27 January 1960 10 years, 21 days [12]
Herbert Evatt KStJ 15 February 1960 24 October 1962 2 years, 251 days [13]
Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG 25 October 1962 22 May 1972 9 years, 210 days [14]
Sir John Kerr AK, GCMG, GCVO 23 May 1972 27 June 1974 2 years, 35 days Appointed Governor-General [15]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] 28 June 1974 1 November 1988 14 years, 126 days [16]
Murray Gleeson AC[e] 2 November 1988 21 May 1998 9 years, 200 days Appointed Chief Justice of Australia
James Spigelman AC 19 May 1998 25 May 2011 13 years, 6 days [17]
Tom Bathurst AC 1 June 2011 10 years, 80 days [18][19]
Acting Chief Justice [c] 22 February 1826 27 May 1826 94 days [21]
Sir James Dowling [b] 16 April 1836 29 August 1837 1 year, 135 days [4]
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] 7 October 1844 13 November 1845 1 year, 37 days [5]
Sir John Dickinson 15 February 1860 17 February 1861 1 year, 2 days [22]
Henry Stephen [c] 16 June 1902 25 February 1904 1 year, 254 days [23]
Sir George Simpson 1 February 1909 4 January 1910 337 days
17 April 1918 15 May 1918 28 days [24]
Sir Philip Street KCMG [d] 28 July 1924 27 January 1925 183 days [10]
1 February 1929 31 December 1929 333 days [25]
Sir John Harvey 30 June 1933 31 January 1934 215 days [26]
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d] 16 September 1949 4 November 1949 49 days [12]
Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG 12 March 1962 24 October 1962 226 days [14]
John Clancy CMG 8 October 1964 5 February 1965 120 days [27]
Sir Gordon Wallace 1 October 1968 3 February 1969 125 days [28]
Sir Bernard Sugerman 10 August 1970 11 October 1970 62 days [29]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] 28 May 1974 16 June 1974 19 days [16]
Athol Moffitt CMG 16 August 1979 16 September 1979 31 days [30]
Michael Kirby AC, CMG[f] 4 July 1988
7 October 1993
9 July 1995
28 July 1988
5 November 1993
4 August 1995
24 days
29 days
26 days
Appointed to the High Court
AO 16 August 1996 1 November 1996 77 days
Keith Mason AC 31 October 1998 14 November 1998 14 days
President, Court of Appeal Sir Gordon Wallace 1 January 1966 21 January 1970 4 years, 20 days [28]
Sir Bernard Sugerman 2 January 1970 30 September 1972 2 years, 272 days [29]
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE 1 October 1972 7 February 1974 1 year, 129 days Appointed to the High Court [31]
Athol Moffitt CMG 8 February 1974 25 June 1984 10 years, 138 days [30]
Michael Kirby AC CMG[f] 24 September 1984 2 February 1996 11 years, 131 days Appointed to the High Court
AO 19 February 1996 3 February 1997 350 days
Keith Mason AC 4 February 1997 30 May 2008 11 years, 116 days
James Allsop 2 June 2008 28 February 2013 4 years, 271 days Judge of the Federal Court (2001–)
Margaret Beazley AO 1 March 2013 28 February 2019 5 years, 364 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991)
Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992)
Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996)
Governor of NSW (2019–)
[32][33]
Andrew Bell 28 February 2019 2 years, 173 days [33]
Judge of Appeal Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE 1 January 1966 7 February 1974 8 years, 37 days Appointed to the High Court [31]
Sir Bernard Sugerman 1 January 1966 30 September 1972 6 years, 273 days [29]
1 January 1966 28 April 1973 7 years, 117 days [34]
Cyril Walsh 1 January 1966 2 October 1969 15 years, 236 days Appointed to the High Court [35]
1 January 1966 21 January 1973 7 years, 20 days [36]
Kenneth Asprey 1 January 1966 6 July 1975 9 years, 186 days [37]
Anthony Mason AC CBE 1 May 1969 6 August 1972 3 years, 97 days Appointed to the High Court,
subsequently appointed Chief Justice of Australia
7 October 1969 28 February 1973 3 years, 144 days [38]
Athol Moffitt CMG 22 January 1970 25 June 1984 14 years, 155 days [30]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] 31 July 1972 1 November 1988 16 years, 93 days [16]
31 July 1972 29 June 1974 1 year, 333 days
Robert Hope AC CMG 7 August 1972 23 July 1989 16 years, 350 days [39]
AO 1 October 1972 18 February 1983 10 years, 140 days
9 February 1973 22 October 1984 11 years, 256 days
Sir Nigel Bowen KBE 24 July 1973 19 December 1976 3 years, 148 days Chief Justice of the Federal Court (1976–1990)
Harold Glass AO 14 March 1974 3 July 1987 13 years, 111 days
Gordon Samuels AC 12 August 1974 23 March 1992 17 years, 224 days [40]
AO 1 November 1974 3 February 1997 22 years, 94 days
3 June 1983 31 December 2001 18 years, 211 days
Michael McHugh 31 October 1984 13 February 1989 4 years, 105 days Appointed to the High Court
20 July 1987 14 February 1997 9 years, 209 days
Roderick Meagher 31 January 1989 16 March 2004 15 years, 45 days [41]
AO 30 January 1990 11 January 2007 16 years, 346 days
18 November 1991 2 May 2005 13 years, 165 days [42]
2 April 1992 5 October 1993 1 year, 186 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009)
AM 6 October 1993 8 November 2002 9 years, 33 days
Terence Cole RFD 22 August 1994 18 May 1998 3 years, 269 days
Margaret Beazley AO 29 April 1996 28 February 2019 22 years, 305 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991)
Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992)
Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996)
President of the Court of Appeal (2013–2019)
Governor of NSW (2019–)
[32]
Paul Stein AM 8 April 1997 11 April 2003 6 years, 3 days
Roger Giles 11 June 1998 23 December 2011 13 years, 195 days
AC 18 February 1999 16 April 2001 2 years, 57 days
Dyson Heydon 14 February 2000 10 February 2003 2 years, 361 days Appointed to the High Court
David Hodgson AO 23 April 2001 9 August 2011 1 year, 364 days
Murray Tobias AM, 28 April 2003 25 March 2011 7 years, 331 days
Ruth McColl AO 29 April 2003 27 January 2019 15 years, 273 days [43]
17 March 2004 28 February 2007 2 years, 348 days [44]
John Basten 2 May 2005 16 years, 110 days [42]
Joseph Campbell 29 January 2007 19 December 2012 5 years, 325 days
Virginia Bell 29 January 2008 19 December 2008 325 days Appointed to the High Court
Robert Macfarlan [g] 8 September 2008 12 years, 346 days [45]
Peter Young AO 6 March 2009 23 April 2012 3 years, 48 days [46]
Anthony Meagher 10 August 2011 10 years, 10 days [47]
Reginald Barrett 25 January 2012 20 April 2015 3 years, 85 days [48][49]
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD 23 April 2012 9 years, 119 days
Julie Ward 12 November 2012 8 years, 281 days
Peter McClellan AM 21 February 2013 8 February 2018 4 years, 352 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998-2005)
Chief Royal Commissioner of the child abuse Royal Commission
[50]
Arthur Emmett AO 7 March 2013 30 September 2015 2 years, 207 days Judge of the Federal Court (1997–2013) [51]
[e] 29 April 2013 8 years, 113 days [52]
Mark Leeming 3 June 2013 8 years, 78 days [53]
Carolyn Simpson 11 June 2015 29 March 2018 2 years, 291 days [54]
30 March 2016 5 years, 143 days
Richard White 15 March 2017 4 years, 158 days [55][56]
Paul Brereton AM, RFD [h] 23 August 2018 2 years, 362 days [57]
Lucy McCallum 27 January 2019 2 years, 205 days [43]
Additional Judge of Appeal 18 November 1970
8 February 1972
1 February 1975
1 October 1971
7 August 1972
19 December 1978
317 days
181 days
3 years, 321 days
[58]
ED 20 April 1973 13 March 1976 2 years, 328 days [59]
20 April 1973 31 January 1975 1 year, 286 days [60]
AO 22 December 1976 1 April 1986 9 years, 100 days [61]
13 August 1979 11 February 1986 6 years, 182 days [62]
13 March 1996 12 May 1996 60 days
RFD 4 October 1996 3 December 1996 60 days
Acting Judge of Appeal Athol Moffitt CMG 10 February 1966

10 August 1966 181 days [30]
Robert Hope AC CMG 14 August 1989 14 October 1992 3 years, 61 days [39]
Gordon Samuels AC 23 March 1992 7 April 1993 1 year, 15 days [40]
20 February 1997
3 May 1999
30 June 1997
2 May 2005
130 days
5 years, 364 days
27 March 1997
5 June 2000
26 March 1998
30 June 2000
364 days
25 days
2 March 1998 3 July 1998 123 days
AC 1 July 1998 30 June 1999 364 days
31 May 1999 26 November 2003 4 years, 179 days Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998) [63]
Terence Cole RFD 31 May 1999 1 August 1999 62 days
Jane Mathews AO 8 February 2001 7 February 2005 3 years, 365 days [64]
30 April 2001
24 September 2001
29 June 2001
30 November 2001
60 days
67 days
AC 4 June 2001
3 September 2001
29 June 2001
30 November 2001
25 days
88 days
3 June 2002
5 February 2004
28 June 2002
4 February 2005
25 days
365 days
24 January 2003 23 January 2005 1 year, 365 days Independent Commission Against Corruption (2004–2009)
Jeffrey Miles 28 April 2003 27 April 2005 1 year, 364 days Formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT [42]
Paul Stein AM 2 February 2004 1 February 2006 1 year, 364 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1983–1985)
Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997)
Ronald Sackville AO 1 September 2008 2019 7–8 years Judge of the Federal Court (1994–2008)
6 September 2010 31 December 2010 116 days
Peter Young AO 1 May 2012 31 December 2012 244 days [46]
Arthur Emmett AO 30 September 2015 5 years, 324 days [51]
Reginald Barrett 16 March 2016 5 years, 157 days
Carolyn Simpson 30 March 2018 3 years, 143 days [54]
Chief Judge
at Common Law
20 April 1973 31 January 1975 1 year, 286 days [60]
1 January 1975 19 December 1978 3 years, 352 days [58]
Colin Begg 28 September 1983 9 September 1984 347 days [65]
Jack Lee 4 August 1988 8 October 1991 3 years, 65 days
David Hunt 28 November 1991 31 March 1998 6 years, 123 days Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
James Wood AO 1 April 1998 31 August 2005 7 years, 152 days [42]
Peter McClellan AM 2 September 2005 21 February 2013 7 years, 172 days [42]
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD 22 February 2013 8 years, 179 days
Chief Judge
in Equity
Sir John Harvey 10 February 1925 31 January 1935 9 years, 355 days [26]
Harold Sprent Nicholas 17 November 1939 7 January 1948 8 years, 51 days [66]
8 September 1958 30 September 1972 14 years, 22 days [34]
AO 22 December 1976 1 April 1986 9 years, 100 days [61]
2 April 1986 16 April 1993 7 years, 14 days
17 April 1993 29 August 1997 4 years, 134 days
David Hodgson AO 30 August 1997 22 April 2001 3 years, 235 days
Peter Young AO 23 April 2001 5 March 2009 7 years, 316 days [46]
Patricia Bergin 6 March 2009 14 March 2017 8 years, 8 days
Julie Ward 15 March 2017 4 years, 158 days [55]
Chief Judge,
Commercial Division
Andrew Rogers 21 December 1987 3 May 1993 5 years, 133 days
Barry O'Keefe AM, RFD, ED 19 May 1993 13 November 1994 1 year, 178 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999)
Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999
Roger Giles 8 December 1994 11 June 1998 3 years, 185 days
Chief Judge,
Criminal Division
13 August 1979 11 February 1986 6 years, 182 days [62]
Chief Judge,
Family Law Division
ED 20 April 1973 13 March 1976 2 years, 328 days [59]
Judge [c] 5 March 1826 31 December 1832 6 years, 301 days Appointed by Legislative Council 17 August 1825 [21]
Sir James Dowling [b] 6 August 1827 27 September 1844 17 years, 52 days [4]
William Burton 22 December 1832 6 July 1844 11 years, 197 days Appointed a judge in Madras [67]
John Willis 7 November 1837 8 February 1841 3 years, 93 days [68]
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] 27 March 1841 5 November 1873 34 years, 205 days [5]
Sir John Dickinson 2 October 1844 17 February 1861 16 years, 138 days [22]
Roger Therry 18 February 1846 31 January 1859 12 years, 347 days [69]
William à Beckett 1 October 1846 23 January 1852 5 years, 114 days [70]
Samuel Milford 1 April 1857 26 May 1865 8 years, 55 days [71]
Edward Wise 15 February 1860 28 September 1865 5 years, 217 days [72]
Alfred Cheeke 12 June 1865 14 March 1876 10 years, 276 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1859–1865) [73]
John Hargrave 23 June 1865 11 October 1881 16 years, 110 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1859) [74]
Peter Faucett 4 October 1865 8 February 1888 22 years, 125 days [75]
Sir William Manning 28 April 1876 17 October 1887 11 years, 172 days [76]
Sir William Charles Windeyer [i] 9 August 1881 31 August 1896 15 years, 22 days [77]
Sir Joseph Innes [j] 14 October 1881 28 October 1896 15 years, 14 days [78]
Henry Stephen [c] 19 May 1887 25 February 1904 16 years, 282 days [23]
[k] 18 October 1887 1 February 1908 20 years, 106 days [79][80]
3 January 1888 9 November 1889 1 year, 310 days [81][82]
William Foster 14 February 1888 18 December 1894 6 years, 307 days [83]
13 November 1889 8 August 1898 8 years, 268 days [84][85]
Sir George Simpson 18 December 1894 11 April 1910 15 years, 114 days [86]
Henry Cohen 10 September 1896 5 January 1912 15 years, 117 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1881–1882) [87]
21 November 1896 31 December 1917 21 years, 40 days [88][89]
23 August 1898 31 December 1906 8 years, 130 days [90][91]
16 June 1902 31 July 1922 20 years, 45 days [24][92]
Sir Philip Street KCMG [d] 1 February 1907 31 January 1934 26 years, 364 days [10]
11 February 1908 16 December 1920 12 years, 309 days [93]
27 April 1910 22 January 1929 18 years, 270 days [94]
5 March 1912 6 October 1932 20 years, 215 days [25][95]
George Rich 2 July 1912 4 April 1913 276 days Appointed to the High Court [96]
Sir John Harvey 15 April 1913 31 January 1936 22 years, 291 days [26][97]
Sir Charles Wade KCMG 15 March 1920 26 September 1922 2 years, 195 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW
Attorney General (1904–1910)
Premier (1907–1910)
[98]
Augustus James 6 January 1921 27 February 1934 13 years, 52 days [99]
1 September 1922 22 November 1929 7 years, 82 days [100]
CBE [k] 30 October 1922 27 August 1933 10 years, 301 days [101][102]
[j] 10 February 1925 16 November 1940 15 years, 280 days [103][104]
14 February 1927 17 November 1949 22 years, 276 days [100]
Sir Percival Halse-Rogers KBE 7 June 1928 7 October 1945 17 years, 122 days [105]
[c] 10 June 1929 28 April 1939 9 years, 322 days [106]
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d] 7 October 1931 27 January 1960 28 years, 112 days [12]
[l] 9 August 1932 31 August 1956 24 years, 22 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1929–1930 & 1934)
[107]
Francis Stewart Boyce 28 August 1932 27 June 1940 7 years, 304 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1916–1917) [108]
Harold Sprent Nicholas 1 February 1935 7 January 1948 12 years, 340 days [66]
Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG 16 October 1935 31 August 1941 5 years, 319 days [109]
25 May 1937 [m] 28 June 1958 21 years, 34 days [111]
Sir William FL Owen KBE [k] 25 October 1937 21 September 1961 23 years, 331 days Appointed to the High Court [112]
Sir Dudley Williams MC 17 June 1940 14 October 1940 119 days Appointed to the High Court [113]
1 August 1940 26 September 1950 10 years, 56 days [114]
28 November 1940 2 July 1952 11 years, 217 days [115]
Sir Leslie Herron KBE, CMG, KStJ 10 February 1941 22 May 1972 31 years, 102 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1939–1941) [14]
John Clancy CMG 9 July 1947 29 May 1965 17 years, 324 days [27]
Sir Bernard Sugerman 10 September 1947 30 September 1972 25 years, 20 days [29]
5 April 1948 16 November 1953 5 years, 225 days [116]
Ted Kinsella 18 January 1950 9 June 1963 13 years, 142 days Judge of the District Court of NSW 1943
Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (1943–1950)
[117]
[n] 13 November 1950 5 April 1954 3 years, 143 days [118]
3 September 1951 7 March 1975 23 years, 185 days [60]
28 April 1952 28 April 1973 21 years, 0 days [34]
Alan Taylor 5 May 1952 2 September 1952 120 days Appointed to the High Court [119]
Athol Richardson 5 May 1952 16 October 1967 15 years, 164 days [120]
[h] 13 October 1952 7 May 1974 21 years, 206 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1952) [121]
Bill Dovey 30 March 1953 9 April 1964 11 years, 10 days [122]
25 September 1953 31 October 1973 20 years, 36 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953)
[123]
9 October 1953 26 July 1971 17 years, 290 days [124]
Cyril Walsh 8 February 1954 2 October 1969 15 years, 236 days Appointed to the High Court [35]
8 February 1954 29 April 1962 8 years, 80 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954) [125]
6 May 1955 5 June 1965 10 years, 30 days [126]
2 September 1955 29 June 1974 18 years, 300 days
5 December 1955 28 February 1973 17 years, 85 days [38]
5 December 1955 27 February 1979 23 years, 84 days [127]
3 April 1958 31 December 1963 5 years, 272 days [128]
Rae Else-Mitchell CMG 8 September 1958 1 October 1974 16 years, 23 days [129]
OBE [g] 28 July 1959 31 October 1974 15 years, 95 days [130]
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE 21 March 1960 7 February 1974 13 years, 323 days Appointed to the High Court [31]
Sir Gordon Wallace 21 March 1960 21 January 1970 9 years, 306 days [28]
John Nagle AO 21 March 1960 10 July 1983 23 years, 111 days [38]
10 October 1961 19 December 1978 17 years, 70 days [58]
ED 29 June 1962 13 March 1976 13 years, 258 days [59]
Athol Moffitt CMG 9 November 1962 25 June 1984 21 years, 229 days [30]
Kenneth Asprey 25 June 1963 6 July 1975 12 years, 11 days [37]
Colin Begg 3 April 1964 9 September 1984 20 years, 159 days [65]
4 August 1964 2 February 1978 13 years, 182 days
31 August 1964 11 February 1986 21 years, 164 days [62]
19 October 1964 9 April 1975 10 years, 172 days [131]
8 November 1965 21 January 1973 7 years, 74 days [36]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d] 29 November 1965 1 November 1988 22 years, 338 days [16]
29 November 1965 29 November 1975 10 years, 0 days [132]
Jack Lee 12 September 1966 8 October 1991 25 years, 26 days
AO 17 October 1967 18 February 1983 15 years, 124 days
AO 19 August 1968 1 April 1986 17 years, 225 days [61]
Leycester Meares AC CMG 2 June 1969 4 February 1979 9 years, 247 days
CBE [n] 2 June 1969 30 April 1981 11 years, 332 days
Robert Hope AC CMG 22 September 1969 23 July 1989 19 years, 304 days [39]
7 October 1969 19 March 1981 11 years, 163 days
AO [o] 22 January 1970 3 August 1988 18 years, 194 days
18 October 1971 29 July 1983 11 years, 284 days [133]
Philip Woodward 19 October 1971 2 February 1982 10 years, 106 days
23 August 1972 1 March 1985 12 years, 190 days [134]
AO 8 August 1972 3 February 1997 24 years, 179 days
9 October 1972 22 October 1984 12 years, 13 days
Gordon Samuels AC 20 November 1972 23 March 1992 19 years, 124 days [40]
AO 6 February 1973 8 December 1979 6 years, 305 days Judge of the Federal Court (1979–1987)
Hal Wootten 17 September 1973 7 October 1983 10 years, 20 days
Harold Glass AO 17 September 1973 3 July 1987 13 years, 289 days
18 February 1974 20 June 1984 10 years, 123 days
[l] 8 April 1974 1 August 1990 16 years, 115 days [135]
25 July 1974 16 April 1993 18 years, 265 days
26 August 1974 24 December 1978 4 years, 120 days [136]
21 October 1974 28 January 1990 15 years, 99 days
4 November 1974 6 April 1989 14 years, 153 days
20 February 1975 1 October 1982 7 years, 223 days [137]
6 June 1975 2 June 1986 10 years, 361 days [138]
Sir William Deane AC KBE 1 February 1977 31 March 1977 58 days Judge of the Federal Court (1977–1982)
Subsequently appointed to the High Court
AM 26 April 1977 8 November 2002 25 years, 196 days
Edwin Lusher 29 September 1977 16 June 1986 8 years, 260 days
1 May 1978 21 February 1992 13 years, 296 days
4 December 1978 31 March 1989 10 years, 117 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1978) [139]
David Hunt 5 March 1979 31 March 1998 19 years, 26 days Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International
Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
Bill Fisher AO 30 July 1979 17 November 1981 2 years, 110 days President Industrial Commission of NSW (1981–1998)
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1998-2002
[140]
30 July 1979 29 August 1997 18 years, 30 days
Andrew Rogers 14 December 1979 3 May 1993 13 years, 140 days
Donald Stewart 24 June 1981 31 December 1984 3 years, 190 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1981) [141]
13 July 1981 1 November 1987 6 years, 111 days Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998) [63]
13 July 1981 11 April 1988 6 years, 273 days [142]
Kep Enderby 22 February 1982 26 June 1992 10 years, 125 days
Jeffrey Miles 8 March 1982 16 June 1985 3 years, 100 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT
1 February 1983 14 February 1997 14 years, 13 days
David Hodgson AO 31 October 1983 9 August 2011 27 years, 282 days
21 November 1983 28 February 1999 15 years, 99 days
28 November 1983 17 February 1995 11 years, 81 days
James Wood AO 1 February 1984 31 August 2005 21 years, 211 days [42]
Mervyn Finlay 13 August 1984 8 September 1995 11 years, 26 days
29 October 1984 13 November 1998 14 years, 15 days
RFD 11 February 1985 11 October 2010 25 years, 242 days

[143]

Peter Young AO 4 March 1985 23 April 2012 27 years, 50 days [46]
Peter McInerney 8 July 1985 12 March 1999 13 years, 247 days
3 March 1986 6 February 1994 7 years, 340 days Chief Judge, Compensation Court of NSW (1994–2004)
12 May 1986 28 February 2007 20 years, 292 days [44]
16 June 1986 25 October 1996 10 years, 131 days
1 August 1986 4 August 1996 10 years, 3 days
Jane Mathews AO 7 July 1987 3 July 1994 6 years, 361 days President Administrative Appeals Tribunal [64]
RFD 2 November 1987 5 November 2000 13 years, 3 days
AM 29 April 1988 9 June 1993 5 years, 41 days
Roger Giles 6 May 1988 23 December 2011 23 years, 231 days
Terence Cole RFD 5 May 1988 18 May 1998 10 years, 13 days
19 September 1988 15 July 2007 18 years, 299 days
Brian Sully 24 July 1989 19 March 2007 17 years, 238 days [144]
25 July 1989 20 March 1998 8 years, 238 days
26 July 1989 9 August 1993 4 years, 14 days
RFD 27 August 1990 3 October 2000 10 years, 37 days
24 September 1990 16 March 2001 10 years, 173 days
18 May 1991 9 December 2011 20 years, 205 days
AM, RFD, ED [i] 14 April 1992 28 November 2008 16 years, 228 days
18 May 1992 13 June 2000 8 years, 26 days [145]
RFD 10 August 1992 31 March 2005 12 years, 233 days [42]
2 February 1993 1 May 2005 12 years, 88 days [42]
14 May 1993 6 June 2012 19 years, 23 days
Barry O'Keefe AM, RFD, ED 19 May 1993 22 March 2004 10 years, 308 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999)
Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999
[41]
Kim Santow OAM 30 August 1993 31 December 2007 14 years, 123 days
Carolyn Simpson 22 December 1993 29 March 2018 24 years, 97 days [54]
28 February 1994 13 December 1994 288 days Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994-2014)
29 April 1994 21 July 2002 8 years, 83 days
Vince Bruce 4 July 1994 8 March 1999 4 years, 247 days [146]
John Dowd AO 25 July 1994 23 August 2004 10 years, 29 days [41]
31 January 1995 16 October 2001 6 years, 258 days
20 February 1995 28 August 1998 3 years, 189 days
27 February 1995 27 February 2005 10 years, 0 days

[42]

AM 16 October 1995 17 March 2016 20 years, 153 days
26 August 1996 21 March 2009 24 years, 359 days
17 March 1997 31 March 2009 12 years, 14 days
1 September 1997 3 May 2012 14 years, 245 days
Greg James 14 April 1998 1 May 2005 7 years, 17 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990) [42]
28 July 1998 10 February 2017 18 years, 197 days Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission
David Kirby [f] 12 August 1998 14 October 2011 13 years, 63 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1989) [147]
31 August 1998 5 March 2010 11 years, 186 days
8 December 2016 22 years, 245 days[148] Judge, Vice President & President of the Industrial Court of NSW
(18 December 1998 - 7 December 2016)
[149]
Patricia Bergin 1 March 1999 14 March 2017 18 years, 13 days
Virginia Bell 25 March 1999 19 December 2008 9 years, 269 days Appointed to the High Court
26 June 2000 29 June 2012 12 years, 3 days [150]
11 October 2000 14 May 2010 9 years, 215 days
Peter McClellan AM 29 January 2001 25 August 2003 2 years, 208 days Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court
(25 August 2003 – 1 September 2005)
Reginald Barrett 19 March 2001 20 April 2015 14 years, 32 days [151]
George Palmer 23 April 2001 3 June 2011 10 years, 41 days
Joseph Campbell 26 October 2001 19 December 2012 11 years, 54 days
Terrence Buddin 30 January 2002 16 March 2012 10 years, 46 days
4 February 2002 27 May 2013 11 years, 112 days
David Ipp 21 October 2002 13 November 2009 7 years, 23 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2009-2014)
Jeff Shaw 4 February 2003 12 November 2004 1 year, 282 days [41]
5 February 2003 1 July 2013 10 years, 146 days
21 August 2003 31 January 2019 15 years, 163 days [43]
David Hislop 23 March 2004 26 March 2014 10 years, 3 days [41]
Richard White 27 April 2004 17 years, 115 days [56]
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD 16 August 2004 17 years, 4 days [41]
1 February 2005 16 years, 200 days [42]
8 March 2005 21 December 2016 11 years, 288 days Chief Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2017-2022) [42][152]
Megan Latham 12 April 2005 27 July 2018 13 years, 106 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998-2005)
Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014-2016)
[42][153]
AM 3 May 2005 16 years, 109 days [42]
Paul Brereton AM, RFD [h] 15 August 2005 16 years, 5 days [57]
AM 28 August 2006 14 years, 357 days Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002-2014)
Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014- )
[154]
30 January 2007 14 years, 202 days [155]
12 February 2007 14 years, 189 days [156]
Elizabeth Fullerton 19 February 2007 14 years, 182 days [157]
Lucy McCallum 30 January 2008 13 years, 202 days
5 May 2008 13 years, 107 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (2002-2008) [158]
Julie Ward 29 September 2008 12 years, 325 days [159]
2 March 2009 12 years, 171 days [160]
4 May 2009 26 March 2010 326 days [161]
Michael Slattery [o] 25 May 2009 12 years, 87 days [162]
29 June 2009 12 years, 52 days [163]
Monika Schmidt 27 July 2009 11 September 2019 10 years, 46 days Judge of the Industrial Court of NSW (1993–2009) [164][165]
12 April 2010 2019 8–9 years [166]
13 April 2010 11 years, 129 days [167]
Peter Garling RFD 7 June 2010 11 years, 74 days [168]
John Sackar 1 February 2011 10 years, 200 days [169]
4 July 2011 10 years, 47 days [170]
Christine Adamson 17 October 2011 9 years, 307 days [171]
31 January 2012 9 years, 201 days [48][172]
1 February 2012 9 years, 200 days [48][173]
Robert Beech-Jones 12 March 2012 9 years, 161 days [174]
2 May 2012 9 years, 110 days [175]
12 June 2012 9 years, 69 days [176]
6 August 2012 9 years, 14 days [177]
12 November 2012 8 years, 281 days
8 April 2013 8 years, 134 days [178]
20 June 2013 8 years, 61 days [179]
16 August 2013 8 years, 4 days [180]
25 October 2013 7 years, 299 days [181]
29 April 2014 7 years, 113 days [182]
Helen Wilson 3 November 2014 6 years, 290 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2014) [183]
11 June 2015 6 years, 70 days
Natalie Adams 5 April 2016 5 years, 137 days
Julia Lonergan 21 March 2017 4 years, 152 days [55]
6 April 2017 4 years, 136 days [184]
Kelly Rees 5 September 2018 2 years, 349 days [185]
31 October 2018 2 years, 293 days NSW Crown Solicitor (2015–2018)
President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2018–)
[186]
30 January 2019 2 years, 202 days [43]
31 January 2019 2 years, 201 days [187]
16 September 2019 1 year, 338 days [165]
15 April 2020 1 year, 127 days [188]
Additional Judge Samuel Milford 1 January 1856 31 March 1857 1 year, 89 days [71]
Acting judge John Kinchela April 1836 September 1837 1 year, 124–182 days
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] 30 April 1839 26 March 1841 1 year, 330 days [5]
Henry Stephen [c] 1 October 1876 31 October 1886 10 years, 91 days [23]
[b] 1 April 1878 31 December 1881 3 years, 274 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1889) [189]
Arthur Holroyd 2 April 1879 5 April 1879 3 days [190]
12 August 1887 28 December 1887 138 days [81][82]
Alfred Backhouse 1895 1898 2–3 years Judge of the District Court of NSW (1884–1921) [191]
30 May 1898 31 December 1907 9 years, 215 days [93]
George Rich 7 June 1911 2 July 1912 1 year, 25 days [96]
Alexander Gerard Ralston KC 23 September 1919
18 October 1922
1 March 1923
28 July 1924
1 June 1925
31 December 1919
31 December 1922
12 April 1924
14 February 1925
31 December 1925
99 days
74 days
1 year, 42 days
201 days
213 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1894, 1905, 1907 1920) [192]
Augustus James 21 September 1920 5 January 1921 106 days [99]
Sir David Maughan 28 July 1924
6 May 1936
27 January 1925
31 March 1937
183 days
329 days
[193]
8 June 1926 12 February 1927 249 days [100]
[l] 10 June 1929
9 February 1934
30 March 1930
8 August 1934
293 days
180 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1934–1956)
[107]
11 June 1929 31 December 1929 203 days [194]
Francis Stewart Boyce 17 June 1932 27 August 1932 71 days [108]
Richard Windeyer [i] 23 November 1936 15 February 1937 112 days [195][196]
8 March 1937 24 May 1937 77 days [111]
18 November 1937 5 September 1938 308 days [115]
Charles Hardwick CMG 9 January 1939 31 May 1939 142 days [197]
14 February 1939 31 May 1939 106 days [198]
[p] 1 June 1939 30 April 1940 334 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1933–1949) [199]
Sir Dudley Williams MC 17 November 1939 16 June 1940 212 days [113]
17 March 1941 30 April 1941 44 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1933
Judge of the Supreme Court (1955–1965)
[126]
[n] 5 January 1949 12 November 1950 1 year, 311 days [118]
7 January 1952 25 January 1952 18 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954) [125]
Gerald O'Sullivan 7 January 1952
12 January 1953
25 January 1952
1 February 1953
18 days
20 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1950–1960) [200]
12 January 1953 8 February 1953 27 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1977) [201]
12 January 1953
11 June 1956
8 February 1953
26 October 1956
27 days
137 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1952–1967) [202]
30 March 1953 24 September 1953 178 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1953–1973)
[123]
9 April 1953 8 October 1953 17 years, 290 days [124]
13 September 1955 4 December 1955 82 days [127]
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE 1 July 1959 31 December 1959 183 days Appointed to the High Court [31]
Kenneth Asprey 24 October 1962 24 June 1963 243 days [37]
[q] 12 September 1966 28 February 1967 169 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1968–1974) [203]
AO 3 June 1968 18 August 1968 76 days [61]
10 October 1983 16 December 1983 67 days
AO [o] 12 September 1988 3 December 1992 4 years, 113 days
31 January 1989 28 April 1989 87 days
27 February 1989
26 February 1990
12 May 1989
4 May 1990
74 days
67 days
[204]
27 February 1989
26 February 1990
29 September 1997
12 May 1989
4 May 1990
19 December 1997
74 days
67 days
81 days
Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990) [205]
7 April 1989 6 April 1991 1 year, 364 days
13 June 1989 31 August 1990 10 years, 89 days [134]
14 August 1989 13 October 1989 60 days [145]
RFD 2 April 1990 1 June 1990 60 days
Vince Bruce 4 June 1990
1 July 1991
3 August 1990
30 August 1991
60 days
60 days
[146]
Jack Lee 8 October 1991 4 December 1992 1 year, 57 days
AM 25 October 1993
12 September 1994
31 January 1994
31 December 1994
98 days
110 days
1 August 1994 31 December 1994 152 days
29 July 1996 1 November 1996 95 days
4 March 1999 3 March 2005 5 years, 364 days
10 May 1999 9 May 2004 4 years, 365 days
Peter McInerney 24 May 1999 23 May 2001 1 year, 364 days
1 July 1999 30 June 2002 2 years, 364 days
14 June 2000 13 June 2003 2 years, 364 days [145]
David Ipp 29 January 2001 1 January 2003 1 year, 337 days
RFD 8 February 2001 7 February 2005 3 years, 365 days
24 January 2002 23 January 2003 364 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009)
3 June 2002 28 June 2002 25 days Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994-2014)
Jane Mathews AO 2005 2018 12–13 years Judge of the District Court of NSW (1980–1987)
AM, RFD, ED [i] 17 August 2009 30 November 2012 3 years, 105 days
AM 20 July 2016 5 years, 31 days
Monika Schmidt
Judge Commissary
Vice-Admiralty Court
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c] 7 October 1844 5 November 1873 29 years, 29 days [5]
Sir James Martin KCB, QC 19 November 1873 4 November 1886 12 years, 350 days [6]
Deputy Commissary
Vice-Admiralty Court
John Kinchela September 1837 November 1840 3 years, 32–90 days
Samuel Milford 22 October 1844 31 January 1859 14 years, 101 days [71]
Samuel Milford 9 March 1859 26 May 1865 6 years, 78 days [71]
Acting Commissary
Vice-Admiralty Court
Samuel Milford 1 August 1844 21 October 1844 81 days [71]
Surrogate Judge
Vice-Admiralty Court
Henry Stephen [c] 1 January 1882 31 December 1884 2 years, 365 days [23]
Judge at Port Phillip [r] John Willis 8 February 1841 24 June 1843 [s] 2 years, 136 days [68]
William Jeffcott 1 July 1843 December 1844 1 year, 153 days [209]
Roger Therry 9 January 1845 17 February 1846 1 year, 39 days [69]
William à Beckett 28 February 1846 23 January 1852 5 years, 329 days Became first Chief Justice of Victoria 24 January 1852 [70]
Judge at Moreton Bay [t] Samuel Milford 21 January 1856 14 February 1859 3 years, 24 days [71]
Alfred Lutwyche 15 February 1859 7 August 1861 2 years, 173 days Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland [211]
Master in Equity William Carter 1 December 1823
1829
22 November 1841
1828
1832
1843
4–5 years
2–3 years
1–2 years
John Kinchela 30 November 1840 September 1841 275–304 days
Samuel Milford 24 January 1843 31 December 1855 12 years, 341 days [71]
1 April 1857 10 May 1866 9 years, 39 days [81][82]
Arthur Holroyd 11 May 1866 19 January 1885 18 years, 253 days [190]
Henry F Barton 20 January 1885 25 October 1902 18 years, 278 days [212]
Henry P Owen 4 November 1902 31 July 1918 15 years, 269 days [213]
William Parker 1 August 1918 25 July 1940 21 years, 359 days [214]
John Hooton 26 July 1940 1959 18–19 years
Edward Dawes 1959 1976 16–17 years
Brian Cohen 1976 1983 6–7 years
Denis Gressier 1983 1991 7–8 years
AM, RFD, ED [i] 1989 April 1992 2–3 years
Master in Lunacy Arthur Holroyd 16 May 1866 19 January 1885 18 years, 248 days [190]
Henry F Barton 20 January 1885 25 October 1902 18 years, 278 days [212]
Henry P Owen 4 November 1902 31 July 1918 15 years, 269 days [213]
Master 1 July 1972 5 June 1975 2 years, 339 days
Master, Common Law 1975 1989 13–14 years
1976 July 1986 9–10 years
John Hogan 1982 1989 6–7 years
Terence Greenwood 1982 1997 14–15 years
James Monaghan 6 August 1986 2 December 1988 2 years, 118 days [215]
Master, Common Law / Associate Judge Bryan Malpass 1989 30 October 2008 18–19 years
Master / Associate Judge Joanne Harrison 1997 23–24 years
Master in Equity / Associate Judge John McLaughlin 1989 4 July 2010 20–21 years
Richard Macready 1992 27 February 2013 20–21 years
Associate Judge 5 July 2010 11 November 2012 2 years, 129 days [216]
Acting Master in Equity Frederick Salisbury 8 June 1897 31 December 1897 206 days
Harry Henry 1 November 1928
22 May 1933
31 January 1929
February 1934
91 days
255–282 days
Geofrey Stuckey 4 December 1937 31 January 1938 58 days
Deputy Master in Equity Frederick Salisbury 3 April 1905 31 May 1905 58 days

Notes[]

  1. ^ The dates for acting judges and acting judges of appeal are from the date of their first commission until the date of their last commission. The judge may not have had a commission for the entire period and may not have sat throughout that period.
    From 1918 until 1990 a judge was required to retire at age 70. Since 1990 a judge is required to retire at age 72 but may be appointed an acting judge until age 77.[1]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d was the son of Chief Justice Sir James Dowling.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l The Stephen family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.[20] was the father of Sir Alfred Stephen, grandfather of (Matthew) Henry Stephen and great grandfather of .
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j The Street family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.[20] Sir Philip Street was the father of Sir Kenneth Street and the grandfather of Sir Laurence Street
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b is the son of AC, the former Secretary of the NSW Premier's Department & brother of Justin Gleeson, the former Solicitor-General of Australia and is unrelated to Murray Gleeson AC whose daughter Jacqueline Gleeson is a judge of the Federal Court.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Michael Kirby is the elder brother of David Kirby.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b is the father of
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c is the father of Paul Brereton
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e The Windeyer family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.[20]
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Sir Joseph Innes was the father of
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c was the father of and the grandfather of Sir William FL Owen.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c was the father of .
  13. ^ Roper was appointed as a Judge of the Land and Valuation Court on 25 May 1937. Every six months from 1937 to 1939, he received an additional commission as an acting judge of the Supreme Court. In 1940 his appointment as a Supreme Court judge was backdated to 25 May 1937.[110]
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c is the father of
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c is the father of Michael Slattery
  16. ^ was the son of High Court judge Sir Edmund Barton.
  17. ^ was the son of a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
  18. ^ A resident judge was appointed for the Port Phillip District between 1840 and 1852 when the district became the colony of Victoria.[206]
  19. ^ Willis was notified on 24 June 1843 that he had been amoved by Governor Gipps, however the Privy Council subsequently held that while there were sufficient grounds for his removal, he should have been given an opportunity to be heard.[207] His appointment was revoked by the Queen in August 1846.[208]
  20. ^ A resident judge was appointed for the Moreton Bay District from 1852,[210] until the district became the colony of Queensland

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