Acting and Additional Judges

Acting Judges

Under section 4B of the Supreme Court Act 1933 the Executive may appoint acting judges to assist in the work of the Court. Appointment for acting judges may only be for periods of up to 12 months at a time.  Acting judges exercise the same powers and jurisdiction as resident judges.

To be considered for appointment, the person must have been a judge of a superior court of record of either the Commonwealth or a State, a judge of the Supreme Court or a legal practitioner for not less than 5 years.

 

Current Acting Judges

The Honourable Acting Justice Robert Crowe SC

The Honourable Acting Justice Peter Berman

The Honourable Acting Justice Audrey Balla

The Honourable Acting Justice Richard Refshauge

The Honourable Acting Justice John Burns

The Honourable Acting Justice Stephen Norrish

The Honourable Acting Justice Greg Curtin SC

The Honourable Acting Justice Michael Elkaim SC

The Honourable Acting Justice Ann Ainslie-Wallace

The Honourable Acting Justice Stephen Kaye

The Honourable Acting Justice Rebecca Christensen SC
The Honourable Acting Justice Anthony Hopkins

Additional Judges

Under section 4A of the Supreme Court Act 1933 the ACT Executive may appoint judges from other superior Australian courts to be additional judges of the Court.

The current additional judges of the Court are either judges of the Federal Court of Australia or judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria. The Court traditionally has had close links with the Federal Court as prior to ACT self government judges of the Supreme Court were also appointed to the Federal Court.

Sub-section 4A(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1933 states that an additional judge’s appointment to the Court ceases when the judge’s appointment to his or her primary court ceases. Additional judges have the same powers and jurisdiction as resident judges.

  

Additional Judges from the Federal Court of Australia in order of seniority

Period of Office

The Honourable Justice Anthony James Besanko

1 March 2007 – current

The Honourable Justice Anna Judith Katzmann

1 February 2010 – current

The Honourable Justice Michael Andrew Wigney

9 September 2013 – current

The Honourable Justice Darryl Cameron Rangiah

15 December 2014 – current

The Honourable Justice Berna Joan Collier

3 May 2016 – current

The Honourable Justice Robert James Bromwich

5 September 2016 – current

The Honourable Justice Natalie Charlesworth

14 November 2017 – current

The Honourable Justice Katrina Banks-Smith

22 August 2019 – current

The Honourable Justice Michael Lee

23 October 2019 – current

The Honourable Justice Thomas Thawley

23 October 2019 – current

The Honourable Justice Michael Wheelahan

23 October 2019 – current

The Honourable Justice Angus Stewart

23 October 2019 – current

The Honourable Justice Michael O'Bryan

23 October 2019 – current

The Honourable Justice Stewart Anderson

23 October 2019 – current

The Honourable Justice Wendy Abraham

23 October 2019 – current

The Honourable Acting Justice Patrick O’Sullivan

1 November 2022 - current