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

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