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

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.

Contents

Chief Justices

Before 7 May 1982, Chief Justices were referred to as Chief Judges.

Name Term as Chief Justice
Russell Walter Fox [1] 1 February 19773 November 1977
Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn [1] 7 November 197731 March 1985
Jeffrey Miles 17 June 198530 September 2002
Terence Higgins [1] 31 January 2003present

Judges

Name Term as Judge
Lionel Lukin 25 January 193431 October 1943
Thomas Clyne 25 November 194318 October 1945
William Simpson 24 October 194530 April 1960
Sir Reginald Smithers 22 June 19662 November 1966
Sir John Kerr 22 June 19662 November 1966
Russell Fox [2] 7 August 196731 January 1977
Sir Richard Blackburn [2] 28 May 19716 November 1977
Francis Xavier Connor 7 March 197217 March 1982
Douglas McGregor 7 November 19777 December 1979
John Kelly 10 March 198030 June 1990
John Gallop 14 May 198231 July 2000
Terence Higgins [2] 2 July 199030 January 2003
Ken Crispin 29 September 1997October 2007
Malcolm Gray 12 October 2000present
Terry Connolly 31 January 200325 September 2007
Hilary Penfold 1 February 2008present
Richard Refshauge 1 February 2008present

Acting Judges

Name Term as Acting Judge
George Dethridge 1 October 193530 November 1935
Harold Piper 1 March 193930 November 1939; 10 October 194231 October 1942; 13 November 194231 October 1943
Kenneth John Carruthers 1 May 199522 December 1995
Jeffrey Miles [3] 1 October 200231 December 2005

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 195831 December 1982
Sir Edward Morgan 14 October 195831 May 1960
Sir Percy Joske 4 June 196021 December 1977
Sir Richard Eggleston 16 June 196031 May 1974
Alan Bridge 9 July 196428 July 1966
Sir Reginald Smithers [4] 18 December 1964October 1986
Sir John Kerr [4] 3 November 196622 May 1972
Sir Harry Gibbs 20 July 19671 August 1970
Charles Sweeney 1 May 19691 July 1971
Sir John Nimmo 2 May 196926 March 1974
Sir Edward Woodward 25 February 19721990
Robert Franki 25 May 19721986
John Sweeney 5 September 19747 May 1981
Phillip Evatt 6 September 1974unknown
Robert St John 9 April 197531 March 1985
Raymond Northrop 23 March 197631 August 1998
Gerard Brennan 22 July 197612 February 1981
Douglas McGregor [4] 8 December 197915 June 1985
John Davies 17 May 197820 December 1998
John Lockhart 17 January 197911 June 1999
Ian Sheppard 20 March 198023 May 1997
Trevor Morling 11 February 19811993
Gerald Fitxgerald 19 November 198120 June 1984
Kenneth Jenkinson 26 May 198313 January 1997
Bryan Beaumont 3 June 198311 June 2002
Murray Wilcox 23 April 1983
Jeffrey Spender 23 April 1983
Cecil Pincus 23 April 198516 December 1991
Michael Foster 25 November 198727 November 1998
Donnell Ryan 27 April 1989
John von Doussa 17 April 19896 June 2003
Antony Whitlam 7 April 199530 April 2005
Marcus Einfeld 12 August 199616 April 2001
Rodney Madgwick 12 August 1996
Richard Cooper 1 October 199614 March 2005
Roger Gyles 12 February 2001
Mark Weinberg 17 February 2003
Robert French November 2003
Donald Hill November 200325 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 200311 April 2005
Annabelle Bennett November 2003
Bruce Lander November 2003
John Dowsett August 2004

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Denotes a Chief Justice who previously served as a Judge.
  2. ^ a b c Denotes a Judge who later served as a Chief Justice.
  3. ^ Denotes an Acting Judge who previously served as a Chief Justice.
  4. ^ a b c Denotes an Additional Judge who previously served as a Judge.

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