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

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
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, 243 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, 279 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, 125 days
	David Mossop	13 February 2017		7 years, 267 days
	Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson	26 March 2018		6 years, 225 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
	John Nield	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, 211 days
	Linda Ashford	1 July 2014	19 June 2020	5 years, 354 days
	Stephen Walmsley	1 July 2014		10 years, 128 days
	Dennis Cowdroy	1 July 2014	30 July 2016	1 year, 365 days
	David Robinson	1 July 2014		10 years, 128 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
	Robert Crowe	1 June 2021		3 years, 158 days
	Peter Graeme Berman	1 June 2019		5 years, 158 days
	Audrey Suzanne Balla	1 June 2019		5 years, 158 days
	Verity McWilliam	21 December 2020		3 years, 321 days
	Megan Latham	1 June 2021		3 years, 158 days
	John Burns	1 November 2021		3 years, 5 days
	Stephen Norrish	1 November 2021		3 years, 5 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, 361 days
	Jayne Jagot	11 November 2009		14 years, 361 days
	Anna Katzmann	17 September 2010		14 years, 50 days
	John Gilmour	6 July 2012		12 years, 123 days
	Michael Wigney	9 December 2013		10 years, 333 days
	Melissa Perry	14 May 2014		10 years, 176 days
	Berna Collier	3 May 2016		8 years, 187 days
Robert Bromwich	5 September 2016		8 years, 62 days
Natalie Charlesworth	14 November 2017		6 years, 358 days
Katrina Banks-Smith	22 August 2019		5 years, 76 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, 133 days

Notes

^ 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

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

[2] On 7 May 1982 the title was changed from Chief Judge to Chief Justice.

[cj_prev_j-3] Chief Justice who previously served as a Judge.

[j_later_cj-4] Judge who later served as a Chief Justice.

[aj_prev_cj-5] Acting Judge who previously served as Chief Justice.

[Additional_judge-6] 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.

[adj_prev_j-7] Additional Judge who previously served as a Judge.

[8] From 21 April 2015 the title of Master was changed to Associate Judge.

[list-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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