List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
Appearance
Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory as of March 2022[update],[1] including Chief Justices, Judges, Acting Judges, Additional Judges and Masters / Associate Justices.
Position | Name | Term begin | Term end | Term |
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Chief Judge / Chief Justice [a] | Russell Fox [b] | 1 January 1977 | 3 November 1977 | 306 days |
Sir Richard Blackburn [b] | 7 November 1977 | 31 March 1985 | 7 years, 144 days | |
Jeffrey Miles | 17 June 1985 | 30 September 2002 | 17 years, 105 days | |
Terrence Higgins [b] | 31 January 2003 | 13 September 2013 | 10 years, 225 days | |
Helen Murrell | 28 October 2013 | 4 March 2022 | 8 years, 127 days | |
Lucy McCallum | 8 March 2022 | 2 years, 164 days | ||
President Court of Appeal | Malcolm Gray | 21 December 2007 | 29 July 2011 | 3 years, 220 days |
Judge | Lionel Lukin | 25 January 1934 | 31 October 1943 | 9 years, 279 days |
Thomas Clyne | 25 November 1943 | 18 October 1945 | 1 year, 327 days | |
William Simpson | 24 October 1945 | 30 April 1960 | 14 years, 189 days | |
Sir Reginald Smithers | 22 June 1966 | 2 November 1966 | 133 days | |
Sir John Kerr | 22 June 1966 | 2 November 1966 | 133 days | |
Russell Fox [c] | 7 August 1967 | 31 January 1977 | 9 years, 177 days | |
Sir Richard Blackburn [c] | 28 May 1971 | 6 November 1977 | 6 years, 162 days | |
Francis Xavier Connor | 7 March 1972 | 17 March 1982 | 10 years, 10 days | |
Douglas McGregor | 7 November 1977 | 7 December 1979 | 2 years, 30 days | |
John Kelly | 10 March 1980 | 30 June 1990 | 10 years, 112 days | |
John Gallop | 14 May 1982 | 31 July 2000 | 18 years, 78 days | |
Terrence Higgins [c] | 2 July 1990 | 30 January 2003 | 12 years, 212 days | |
Ken Crispin | 29 September 1997 | October 2007 | 10 years, 2 days | |
Malcolm Gray | 12 October 2000 | July 29, 2011 | 10 years, 290 days | |
Terry Connolly | 31 January 2003 | 25 September 2007 | 4 years, 237 days | |
Hilary Penfold | 1 February 2008 | 23 March 2018 | 16 years, 200 days | |
Richard Refshauge | 1 February 2008 | 11 May 2017 | 9 years, 99 days | |
John Burns | 1 August 2011 | 31 August 2021 | 10 years, 30 days | |
Michael Elkaim | 4 July 2016 | 8 years, 46 days | ||
David Mossop | 13 February 2017 | 7 years, 188 days | ||
Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson | 26 March 2018 | 6 years, 146 days | ||
Acting Judge | George Dethridge | 1 October 1935 | 30 November 1935 | 60 days |
Harold Piper | 1 March 1939 | 30 November 1939 | 274 days | |
10 October 1942 | 31 October 1942 | 21 days | ||
13 November 1942 | 31 October 1943 | 352 days | ||
Kenneth John Carruthers | 1 May 1995 | 22 December 1995 | 235 days | |
Alan Hogan | 8 July 1996 | 13 December 1996 | 158 days | |
Jeffrey Miles [d] | 1 October 2002 | 31 December 2005 | 3 years, 91 days | |
John Nield | 26 July 2010 | 2011 | 0–1 years | |
29 July 2015 | 28 January 2016 | 183 days | ||
Jane Mathews | 26 July 2010 | 2011 | 0–1 years | |
Bernard Teague | 1 September 2010 | 2011 | 0–1 years | |
Margaret Sidis | 9 April 2012 | 11 May 2014 | 12 years, 132 days | |
Linda Ashford | 1 July 2014 | 19 June 2020 | 5 years, 354 days | |
Stephen Walmsley | 1 July 2014 | 10 years, 49 days | ||
Dennis Cowdroy | 1 July 2014 | 30 July 2016 | 1 year, 365 days | |
David Robinson | 1 July 2014 | 10 years, 49 days | ||
Anthony Whealy | December 2014 | 15 December 2015 | 1 year | |
David Ashley | 20 July 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 365 days | |
Murray Kellam | 8 March 2017 | 19 March 2020 | 3 years, 11 days | |
Robert Crowe | 1 June 2019 | 31 May 2020 | 365 days | |
1 June 2021 | 3 years, 79 days | |||
Peter Graeme Berman | 1 June 2019 | 5 years, 79 days | ||
Audrey Suzanne Balla | 1 June 2019 | 5 years, 79 days | ||
Verity McWilliam | 21 December 2020 | 3 years, 242 days | ||
Megan Latham | 1 June 2021 | 3 years, 79 days | ||
John Burns | 1 November 2021 | 2 years, 292 days | ||
Stephen Norrish | 1 November 2021 | 2 years, 292 days | ||
Additional Judge [e] | Edward Dunphy | 1 October 1958 | 31 December 1982 | 24 years, 91 days |
Sir Edward Morgan | 14 October 1958 | 31 May 1960 | 1 year, 230 days | |
Sir Percy Joske | 4 June 1960 | 21 December 1977 | 17 years, 200 days | |
Sir Richard Eggleston | 16 June 1960 | 31 May 1974 | 13 years, 349 days | |
Alan Bridge | 9 July 1964 | 28 July 1966 | 2 years, 19 days | |
Sir Reginald Smithers [f] | 18 December 1964 | October 1986 | 21 years, 287–317 days | |
Sir John Kerr [f] | 3 November 1966 | 22 May 1972 | 5 years, 201 days | |
Sir Harry Gibbs | 20 July 1967 | 1 August 1970 | 3 years, 12 days | |
Charles Sweeney | 1 May 1969 | 1 July 1971 | 2 years, 61 days | |
Sir John Nimmo | 2 May 1969 | 26 March 1974 | 4 years, 328 days | |
Sir Edward Woodward | 25 February 1972 | 1990 | 17–18 years | |
Robert Franki | 25 May 1972 | 1986 | 13–14 years | |
John Sweeney | 5 September 1974 | 7 May 1981 | 6 years, 244 days | |
Phillip Evatt | 6 September 1974 | unknown | ||
Robert St John | 9 April 1975 | 31 March 1985 | 9 years, 356 days | |
Raymond Northrop | 23 March 1976 | 31 August 1998 | 22 years, 161 days | |
Gerard Brennan | 22 July 1976 | 12 February 1981 | 4 years, 205 days | |
Douglas McGregor [f] | 8 December 1979 | 15 June 1985 | 5 years, 189 days | |
Daryl Davies | 17 May 1978 | 20 December 1998 | 20 years, 217 days | |
John Lockhart | 17 January 1979 | 11 June 1999 | 20 years, 145 days | |
Ian Sheppard | 20 March 1980 | 23 May 1997 | 17 years, 64 days | |
Trevor Morling | 11 February 1981 | 1993 | 11–12 years | |
Tony Fitzgerald | 19 November 1981 | 20 June 1984 | 2 years, 214 days | |
Kenneth Jenkinson | 26 May 1983 | 13 January 1997 | 13 years, 232 days | |
Bryan Beaumont | 3 June 1983 | 11 June 2002 | 19 years, 8 days | |
Murray Wilcox | 23 April 1983 | 30 September 2006 | 23 years, 160 days | |
Jeffrey Spender | 23 April 1983 | 19 July 2010 | 27 years, 87 days | |
Cecil Pincus | 23 April 1985 | 16 December 1991 | 6 years, 237 days | |
Michael Foster | 25 November 1987 | 27 November 1998 | 11 years, 2 days | |
Donnell Ryan | 27 April 1989 | 2 June 2011 | 22 years, 36 days | |
John von Doussa | 17 April 1989 | 6 June 2003 | 14 years, 50 days | |
Margaret Beazley | 22 June 1994 | 26 April 1996 | 1 year, 309 days | |
Antony Whitlam | 7 April 1995 | 30 April 2005 | 10 years, 23 days | |
Marcus Einfeld | 12 August 1996 | 16 April 2001 | 4 years, 247 days | |
Rodney Madgwick | 12 August 1996 | 21 April 2008 | 11 years, 253 days | |
Richard Cooper | 1 October 1996 | 14 March 2005 | 8 years, 164 days | |
Roger Gyles | 12 February 2001 | 22 August 2008 | 7 years, 192 days | |
Mark Weinberg | 17 February 2003 | 18 July 2008 | 5 years, 152 days | |
Robert French | November 2003 | 1 September 2008 | 4 years, 276–305 days | |
Donald Hill | November 2003 | 25 August 2005 | 1 year, 268–297 days | |
Michael Moore | November 2003 | 1 August 2011 | 7–8 years 2801 273-244 days
7 years, 273–244 days | |
Brian Tamberlin | November 2003 | 29 March 2009 | 5 years, 119–148 days | |
Shane Marshall | November 2003 | 16 September 2013 | 9 years, 290–319 days | |
Anthony North | November 2003 | 7 September 2018 | 15 years, 281–310 days | |
Margaret Stone | November 2003 | 22 March 2012 | 8 years, 113–142 days | |
James Allsop | November 2003 | 7 April 2008 | 4 years, 129–158 days | |
Bradley Selway | November 2003 | 11 April 2005 | 1 year, 132–161 days | |
Annabelle Bennett | November 2003 | 23 March 2016 | 12 years, 114–143 days | |
Bruce Lander | November 2003 | 31 August 2013 | 9 years, 274–303 days | |
John Dowsett | August 2004 | 26 April 2018 | 13 years, 238–268 days | |
Dennis Cowdroy | March 2007 | 15 March 2014 | 6–7 years | |
Peter Graham | March 2007 | 6 September 2010 | 3 years, 159–189 days | |
Richard Edmonds | March 2007 | 10 February 2016 | 8 years, 316–346 days | |
Steven Rares | March 2007 | 16–17 years | ||
Anthony Besanko | March 2007 | 16–17 years | ||
John Mansfield | 11 September 2008 | 24 August 2016 | 7 years, 348 days | |
Robert Buchanan | 11 September 2008 | 9 September 2016 | 7 years, 364 days | |
Lindsay Foster | 11 November 2009 | 14 years, 282 days | ||
Jayne Jagot | 11 November 2009 | 14 years, 282 days | ||
Anna Katzmann | 17 September 2010 | 13 years, 337 days | ||
John Gilmour | 6 July 2012 | 12 years, 44 days | ||
Michael Wigney | 9 December 2013 | 10 years, 254 days | ||
Melissa Perry | 14 May 2014 | 10 years, 97 days | ||
Berna Collier | 3 May 2016 | 8 years, 108 days | ||
Robert Bromwich | 5 September 2016 | 7 years, 349 days | ||
Natalie Charlesworth | 14 November 2017 | 6 years, 279 days | ||
Katrina Banks-Smith | 22 August 2019 | 4 years, 363 days | ||
Master / Associate Judge [g] | Alan Hogan | 20 December 1989 | 4 January 1996 | 6 years, 15 days |
Terry Connolly | 19 February 1996 | 30 December 2003 | 7 years, 314 days | |
David Harper | 7 April 2003 | 21 May 2013 | 10 years, 44 days | |
David Mossop | 22 May 2013 | 12 February 2017 | 3 years, 266 days | |
Verity McWilliam | 26 June 2017 | 7 years, 54 days |
Notes
[edit]- ^ On 7 May 1982 the title was changed from Chief Judge to Chief Justice.
- ^ a b c Chief Justice who previously served as a Judge.
- ^ a b c Judge who later served as a Chief Justice.
- ^ Acting Judge who previously served as Chief Justice.
- ^ Introduced in 1958, Additional Judges are judges of other federal courts (such as the Federal Court of Australia) who serve part-time with the Supreme Court in order to reduce the workload on the full Judges.
- ^ a b c Additional Judge who previously served as a Judge.
- ^ From 21 April 2015 the title of Master was changed to Associate Judge.
References
[edit]- ^ "Chronological list of Former and Current Judges, Associate Judge and Masters". Supreme Court of the ACT. Retrieved 9 March 2022.