List of Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
This is a list of Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. This list includes Chief Justices, Judges, Acting Judges and Additional Judges.
Chief Justices
Before 7 May 1982, Chief Justices were referred to as Chief Judges.
Name | Term begin | Term end | Term as Chief Justice |
---|---|---|---|
Russell Walter Fox [1] | 1 January 1977 | 3 November 1977 | 306 days |
Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn [1] | 7 November 1977 | 31 March 1985 | 7 years, 144 days |
Jeffrey Miles | 17 June 1985 | 30 September 2002 | 17 years, 105 days |
Terence Higgins [1] | 31 January 2003 | 13 September 2013 | 10 years, 225 days |
Helen Gay Murrell [1] | 28 October 2013 | incumbent | 3 years, 40 days |
Judges
Name | Term begin | Term end | Term as 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 [2] | 7 August 1967 | 31 January 1977 | 9 years, 177 days |
Sir Richard Blackburn [2] | 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 |
Terence Higgins [2] | 2 July 1990 | 30 January 2003 | 12 years, 212 days |
Ken Crispin | 29 September 1997 | October 2007 | 10 years, 8 days |
Malcolm Gray | 12 October 2000 | 2011 | 11 years, 56 days |
Terry Connolly | 31 January 2003 | 25 September 2007 | 4 years, 237 days |
Hilary Penfold | 1 February 2008 | incumbent | 8 years, 310 days |
Richard Refshauge | 1 February 2008 | incumbent | 8 years, 310 days |
John Burns | 1 August 2011 | incumbent | 5 years, 128 days |
Acting Judges
Name | Term begin | Term end | Term as 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 |
Jeffrey Miles [3] | 1 October 2002 | 31 December 2005 | 3 years, 91 days |
2010 | 2013 | 2–3 years |
Additional Judges
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.
Name | Term as Additional Judge |
---|---|
Edward Dunphy | 1 October 1958 – 31 December 1982 |
Sir Edward Morgan | 14 October 1958 – 31 May 1960 |
Sir Percy Joske | 4 June 1960 – 21 December 1977 |
Sir Richard Eggleston | 16 June 1960 – 31 May 1974 |
Alan Bridge | 9 July 1964 – 28 July 1966 |
Sir Reginald Smithers [4] | 18 December 1964 – October 1986 |
Sir John Kerr [4] | 3 November 1966 – 22 May 1972 |
Sir Harry Gibbs | 20 July 1967 – 1 August 1970 |
Charles Sweeney | 1 May 1969 – 1 July 1971 |
Sir John Nimmo | 2 May 1969 – 26 March 1974 |
Sir Edward Woodward | 25 February 1972 – 1990 |
Robert Franki | 25 May 1972 – 1986 |
John Sweeney | 5 September 1974 – 7 May 1981 |
Phillip Evatt | 6 September 1974 – unknown |
Robert St John | 9 April 1975 – 31 March 1985 |
Raymond Northrop | 23 March 1976 – 31 August 1998 |
Gerard Brennan | 22 July 1976 – 12 February 1981 |
Douglas McGregor [4] | 8 December 1979 – 15 June 1985 |
John Davies | 17 May 1978 – 20 December 1998 |
John Lockhart | 17 January 1979 – 11 June 1999 |
Ian Sheppard | 20 March 1980 – 23 May 1997 |
Trevor Morling | 11 February 1981 – 1993 |
Gerald Fitzgerald | 19 November 1981 – 20 June 1984 |
Kenneth Jenkinson | 26 May 1983 – 13 January 1997 |
Bryan Beaumont | 3 June 1983 – 11 June 2002 |
Murray Wilcox | 23 April 1983 – |
Jeffrey Spender | 23 April 1983 – |
Cecil Pincus | 23 April 1985 – 16 December 1991 |
Michael Foster | 25 November 1987 – 27 November 1998 |
Donnell Ryan | 27 April 1989 – |
John von Doussa | 17 April 1989 – 6 June 2003 |
Antony Whitlam | 7 April 1995 – 30 April 2005 |
Marcus Einfeld | 12 August 1996 – 16 April 2001 |
Rodney Madgwick | 12 August 1996 – |
Richard Cooper | 1 October 1996 – 14 March 2005 |
Roger Gyles | 12 February 2001 – |
Mark Weinberg | 17 February 2003 – |
Robert French | November 2003 – |
Donald Hill | November 2003 – 25 August 2005 |
Michael Moore | November 2003 – |
Brian Tamberlin | November 2003 – |
Shane Marshall | November 2003 – |
Anthony North | November 2003 – |
Margaret Stone | November 2003 – |
James Allsop | November 2003 – |
Bradley Selway | November 2003 – 11 April 2005 |
Annabelle Bennett | November 2003 – |
Bruce Lander | November 2003 – |
John Dowsett | August 2004 – |
Notes
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