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 as Chief Justice
Russell Walter Fox [1]	1 February 1977 – 3 November 1977
Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn [1]	7 November 1977 – 31 March 1985
Jeffrey Miles	17 June 1985 – 30 September 2002
Terence Higgins [1]	31 January 2003 – present

Judges

Name	Term as Judge
Lionel Lukin	25 January 1934 – 31 October 1943
Thomas Clyne	25 November 1943 – 18 October 1945
William Simpson	24 October 1945 – 30 April 1960
Sir Reginald Smithers	22 June 1966 – 2 November 1966
Sir John Kerr	22 June 1966 – 2 November 1966
Russell Fox [2]	7 August 1967 – 31 January 1977
Sir Richard Blackburn [2]	28 May 1971 – 6 November 1977
Francis Xavier Connor	7 March 1972 – 17 March 1982
Douglas McGregor	7 November 1977 – 7 December 1979
John Kelly	10 March 1980 – 30 June 1990
John Gallop	14 May 1982 – 31 July 2000
Terence Higgins [2]	2 July 1990 – 30 January 2003
Ken Crispin	29 September 1997 – October 2007
Malcolm Gray	12 October 2000 – present
Terry Connolly	31 January 2003 – 25 September 2007
Hilary Penfold	1 February 2008 – present
Richard Refshauge	1 February 2008 – present

Acting Judges

Name	Term as Acting Judge
George Dethridge	1 October 1935 – 30 November 1935
Harold Piper	1 March 1939 – 30 November 1939; 10 October 1942 – 31 October 1942; 13 November 1942 – 31 October 1943
Kenneth John Carruthers	1 May 1995 – 22 December 1995
Jeffrey Miles [3]	1 October 2002 – 31 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 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 Fitxgerald	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

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.