List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

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Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory as of March 2022,[1] including Chief Justices, Judges, Acting Judges, Additional Judges and Masters / Associate Justices.

Position Name Term begin Term end Term
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, 34 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, 70 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 7 years, 282 days
David Mossop 13 February 2017 7 years, 58 days
Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson 26 March 2018 6 years, 16 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, 2 days
Linda Ashford 1 July 2014 19 June 2020 5 years, 354 days
Stephen Walmsley 1 July 2014 9 years, 285 days
Dennis Cowdroy 1 July 2014 30 July 2016 1 year, 365 days
David Robinson 1 July 2014 9 years, 285 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 2 years, 315 days
Peter Graeme Berman 1 June 2019 4 years, 315 days
Audrey Suzanne Balla 1 June 2019 4 years, 315 days
Verity McWilliam 21 December 2020 3 years, 112 days
Megan Latham 1 June 2021 2 years, 315 days
John Burns 1 November 2021 2 years, 162 days
Stephen Norrish 1 November 2021 2 years, 162 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, 152 days
Jayne Jagot 11 November 2009 14 years, 152 days
Anna Katzmann 17 September 2010 13 years, 207 days
John Gilmour 6 July 2012 11 years, 280 days
Michael Wigney 9 December 2013 10 years, 124 days
Melissa Perry 14 May 2014 9 years, 333 days
Berna Collier 3 May 2016 7 years, 344 days
Robert Bromwich 5 September 2016 7 years, 219 days
Natalie Charlesworth 14 November 2017 6 years, 149 days
Katrina Banks-Smith 22 August 2019 4 years, 233 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 6 years, 290 days

Notes

  1. ^ On 7 May 1982 the title was changed from Chief Judge to Chief Justice.
  2. ^ a b c Chief Justice who previously served as a Judge.
  3. ^ a b c Judge who later served as a Chief Justice.
  4. ^ Acting Judge who previously served as Chief Justice.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c Additional Judge who previously served as a Judge.
  7. ^ From 21 April 2015 the title of Master was changed to Associate Judge.

References

  1. ^ "Chronological list of Former and Current Judges, Associate Judge and Masters". Supreme Court of the ACT. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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