Chronological list of Former and Current Judges, Associate Judge and Masters
Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | ||
Name | Title | Period of office |
LUKIN, Lionel Oscar | Judge | 25 January 1934 - 31 October 1943 |
DETHRIDGE, George James | Acting Judge | 1 October 1935 - 30 November 1935 |
PIPER, Harold Bayard | Acting Judge Acting Judge Acting Judge | 1 March 1939 - 30 November 1939 10 October 1942 - 31 October 1942 13 November 1942 - 31 October 1943 |
CLYNE, Sir Thomas Stuart | Judge | 25 November 1943 - 18 October 1945 |
SIMPSON, (Brigadier) William Ballantyne | Judge | 24 October 1945 - 30 April 1960 |
DUNPHY, Edward Arthur | Additional Judge | 1 October 1958 - 31 December 1982 |
MORGAN, Sir Edward James Ranembe | Additional Judge | 14 October 1958 - 31 May 1960 |
JOSKE, Sir Percy Ernest | Additional Judge | 4 June 1960 - 31 December 1977 |
EGGLESTON, Sir Richard Moulton | Additional Judge | 16 June 1960 - 1 July 1974 |
BRIDGE, Alan Bruce Keith Ian | Additional Judge | 9 July 1964 - 28 July 1966 |
SMITHERS, Sir Reginald Allfree | Judge Additional Judge | 22 June 1966 - 2 November 1966 18 December 1964 - 1986 |
KERR, Sir John Robert | Judge Additional Judge | 22 June 1966 - 2 November 1966 3 November 1966 - 22 May 1972 |
GIBBS, Sir Harry Talbot | Additional Judge | 20 July 1967 - 1 August 1970 |
FOX, Russell Walter | Judge Chief Judge | 7 August 1967 - 31 January 1977 1 February 1977 - 3 November 1977 |
SWEENEY, Charles Augustine | Additional Judge | 1 May 1969 - 1 July 1971 |
NIMMO, Sir John Angus | Additional Judge | 2 May 1969 - 26 March 1974 |
BLACKBURN, Sir Richard Arthur | Judge Chief Judge Chief Justice | 28 May 1971 - 6 November 1977 |
CONNOR, Francis Xavier Lockington | Judge | 7 March 1972 - 17 March 1982 |
WOODWARD, Sir (Albert) Edward | Additional Judge | 25 February 1972 – 1990 |
FRANKI, Robert James Anning | Additional Judge | 25 May 1972 – 1986 |
SWEENEY, John Bernard | Additional Judge | 5 September 1974 - 7 May 1981 |
EVATT, Phillip George | Additional Judge | 6 September 1974 – (retired) |
ST JOHN, Robert James Baldwin | Additional Judge | 9 April 1975 - 31 March 1985 |
NORTHROP, Raymond Moyle | Additional Judge | 23 March 1976 - 31 August 1998 |
BRENNAN, Sir (Francis) Gerard | Additional Judge | 22 July 1976 - 12 February 1981 |
McGREGOR, Douglas Gordon Patrick | Judge Additional Judge | 7 November 1977 - 7 December 1979 8 December 1979 - 15 June 1985 |
DAVIES, John Daryl | Additional Judge | 17 May 1978 - 20 December 1998 |
LOCKHART, John Stanley | Additional Judge | 17 January 1979 - 11 June 1999 |
KELLY, John Joseph Anthony | Judge | 10 March 1980 - 30 June 1990 |
SHEPPARD, Ian Fitzhardinge | Additional Judge | 20 March 1980 - 23 May 1997 |
MORLING, Trevor Rees | Additional Judge | 11 February 1981 – 1993 |
FITZGERALD, Gerald Edward | Additional Judge | 19 November 1981 - 30 June 1984 |
GALLOP, John Foster AM, RFD | Judge | 14 May 1982 - 31 July 2000 |
JENKINSON, Kenneth Joseph | Additional Judge | 26 May 1983 - 13 January 1997 |
BEAUMONT, Bryan Alan | Additional Judge | 3 June 1983 - 11 June 2002 |
WILCOX, Murray Rutledge | Additional Judge | 23 April 1983 - 30 September 2006 |
SPENDER, Jeffrey Ernest John | Additional Judge | 23 April 1983 – 19 July 2010 |
PINCUS, Cecil William | Additional Judge | 23 April 1985 - 16 December 1991 (resigned) |
MILES, Jeffrey Allan AO | Chief Justice | 17 June 1985 - 30 September 2002 |
HIGGINS, Terence John AO | Judge Chief Justice | 2 July 1990 - 30 January 2003 31 January 2003 - 13 September 2013 |
FOSTER, Michael Leader | Additional Judge | 25 November 1987 - 27 November 1998 |
RYAN, Donnell Michael | Additional Judge | 27 April 1989 – 2 June 2011 |
VON DOUSSA, John William | Additional Judge | 27 April 1989 - 6 June 2003 |
BEAZLEY, Margaret | Additional Judge | 22 June 1994 - 26 April 1996 |
WHITLAM, Antony Philip | Additional Judge | 7 April 1995 - 30 April 2005 |
CARRUTHERS, Kenneth John | Acting Judge | 1 May 1995 - 22 December 1995 |
HOGAN, Alan Eugene | Acting Judge | 8 July 1996 - 13 December 1996 |
EINFELD, Marcus Richard | Additional Judge | 12 August 1996 - 16 April2001 |
MADGWICK, Rodney Neville | Additional Judge | 12 August 1996 - 21 April 2008 |
COOPER, Richard Ellard | Additional Judge | 1 October 1996 - 14 March 2005 |
CRISPIN, Kenneth John | Acting Judge Judge | 24 July 1997 - 29 September 1997 29 September 1997 - 10 October 2007 |
GRAY, Malcolm Forgan RFD | Judge President Court of Appeal | 12 October 2000 - 29 July 2011 21 December 2007 - 29 July 2011 |
GYLES, Roger Vincent AO | Additional Judge | 12 February 2001 - 22 August 2008 |
MILES, Jeffrey Allan AO | Acting Judge | 1 October 2002 - 31 December 2005 |
CONNOLLY, Terence | Judge |
31 January 2003 - 25 September 2007 (died in office) |
WEINBERG, Mark Samuel | Additional Judge | 17 February 2003 - 18 July 2008 |
FRENCH, Robert Shenton | Additional Judge | November 2003 - 1 September 2008 |
HILL, Donald Graham | Additional Judge | November 2003 - 24 August 2005 |
MOORE, Michael Francis | Additional Judge | November 2003 – 1 August 2011 |
TAMBERLIN, Brian John | Additional Judge | November 2003 - 29 March 2009 |
MARSHALL, Shane Raymond | Additional Judge | November 2003 – 16 September 2013 |
NORTH, Anthony Max | Additional Judge | November 2003 – 7 September 2018 |
STONE, Margaret Ackary | Additional Judge | November 2003 – 22 March 2012 |
ALLSOP, James Leslie Bain | Additional Judge | November 2003 - 7 April 2008 |
SELWAY, Bradley Maxwell | Additional Judge | November 2003 - 11 April 2005 |
BENNETT, Annabelle Claire AO | Additional Judge | November 2003 – 23 March 2016 |
LANDER, Bruce Thomas | Additional Judge | November 2003 – 31 August 2013 |
DOWSETT, John Alfred AM | Additional Judge | 3 August 2004 – 26 April 2018 |
COWDROY, Dennis Antill OAM | Additional Judge | March 2007 – 15 March 2014 |
GRAHAM, Peter Ross | Additional Judge | March 2007 – 6 September 2010 |
EDMONDS, Richard Francis | Additional Judge | March 2007 – 10 February 2016 |
RARES, Steven David | Additional Judge | 1 March 2007 – 14 November 2023 |
BESANKO, Anthony James | Additional Judge | March 2007 – current |
REFSHAUGE, Richard |
Judge Acting Judge |
1 February 2008 – 11 May 2017 1 July 2020 - current |
PENFOLD, Hilary Ruth | Judge | 1 February 2008 – 23 March 2018 |
MANSFIELD, John Ronald AM | Additional Judge | 11 September 2008 – 24 August 2016 |
BUCHANAN, Robert John | Additional Judge | 11 September 2008 – 9 September 2016 |
FOSTER, Lindsay Graeme | Additional Judge | 11 November 2009 - 30 September 2020 |
JAGOT, Jayne Margaret | Additional Judge | 11 November 2009 - 14 October 2022 |
NIELD, John Roscoe | Acting Judge | 26 July 2010 - 2011 |
MATHEWS, Jane Hamilton | Acting Judge | 26 July 2010 - 2011 |
TEAGUE, Bernard AO | Acting Judge | 1 September 2010 - 2011 |
KATZMANN, Anna Judith | Additional Judge | 17 September 2010 - current |
BURNS, Dominic John |
Judge Acting Judge |
1 August 2011 - 31 August 2021 1 November 2021 - 31 October 2023 1 November 2023 - current |
SIDIS, Margaret | Acting Judge | 9 April 2012 - 11 May 2014 |
GILMOUR, John | Additional Judge | 6 July 2012 - 23 March 2018 |
MURRELL, Helen Gay | Chief Justice | 28 October 2013 - 4 March 2022 |
WIGNEY, Michael Andrew | Additional Judge | 9 December 2013 - current |
ROSS, Iain James Kerr AO | Additional Judge | 23 January 2014 - 18 November 2022 |
PERRY, Melissa Anne | Additional Judge | 14 May 2014 - 1 May 2023 |
ASHFORD, Linda | Acting Judge |
1 July 2014 - 19 June 2020 (died in office) |
WALMSLEY, Stephen | Acting Judge | 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2022 |
COWDROY, Dennis OAM | Acting Judge | 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2016 |
ROBINSON, David | Acting Judge | 1 July 2014 - 31 May 2023 |
WHEALY, Anthony | Acting Judge | December 2014 - 15 December 2015 |
ASHLEY, David | Acting Judge | 20 July 2015 - 19 July 2016 |
NIELD, John Roscoe | Acting Judge | 29 July 2015 - 28 January 2016 |
OSBORN, Robert Stanley | Additional Judge | 26 February 2016 - 21 June 2018 |
KAYE, Stephen Williams AM |
Additional Judge Acting Judge |
26 February 2016 - 13 December 2021 1 November 2023 - current |
WHELAN, Simon Paul | Additional Judge | 8 March 2016 - 9 April 2020 |
ELKAIM, Michael |
Judge Acting Judge |
4 July 2016 - 8 December 2022 1 November 2023 - current |
COLLIER, Berna Joan | Additional Judge | 3 May 2016 - current |
BROMWICH, Robert James | Additional Judge | 5 September 2016 - current |
MOSSOP, David | Judge | 13 February 2017 - current |
KELLAM, Murray AO | Acting Judge | 8 March 2017 - 19 March 2020 |
CHARLESWORTH, Natalie | Additional Judge | 14 November 2017 - current |
LOUKAS-KARLSSON, Chrissa | Judge | 26 March 2018 - current |
CROWE, Robert | Acting Judge |
1 June 2019 - 31 May 2020 1 June 2021 - current |
BERMAN, Peter | Acting Judge | 1 June 2019 - current |
BALLA, Audrey | Acting Judge | 1 June 2019 - current |
BANKS-SMITH, Katrina | Additional Judge | 22 August 2019 - current |
LATHAM, Megan | Acting Judge | 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2022 |
McWILLIAM, Verity |
Acting Judge Judge |
21 December 2020 - 2 May 2023 2 May 2023 - current |
NORRISH, Stephen | Acting Judge |
1 November 2021 - 31 October 2023 1 November 2023 - current |
McCALLUM, Lucy | Chief Justice | 8 March 2022 - current |
KENNETT, Geoffrey | Judge | 21 March 2022 - 16 December 2022 |
CURTIN, Greg | Acting Judge | 5 May 2023 - current |
HULME, Robert | Acting Justice | 1 November 2022 - 1 November 2023 |
O'SULLIVAN, Patrick | Additional Judge | 1 November 2022 - current |
BAKER, Belinda | Judge | 25 November 2022 - current |
TAYLOR, Louise | Judge | 16 August 2023 - current |
AINSLIE-WALLACE, ANN | Acting Judge | 1 November 2023 - current |
CHRISTENSEN, Rebecca | Acting Judge | 27 November 2023 - current |
HOPKINS, Anthony | Acting Judge | 27 November 2023 - current |
Associate Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | |
Name | Period of office |
MOSSOP, David | 21 April 2015 - 12 February 2017 |
MCWILLIAM, Verity | 26 June 2017 - 2 May 2023 |
Chronological Index of the Masters of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | |
Name | Period of office |
HOGAN, Alan | 20 December 1989 - 4 January 1996 |
CONNOLLY, Terence | 19 February 1996 - 30 December 2003 |
HARPER, David Clement Darold OAM | 7 April 2003 - 21 May 2013 |
MOSSOP, David | 22 May 2013 - 20 April 2015 (Title change) |