List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW as of February 2020 include :

It does not include Judge Advocates of NSW who sat on the Court of Civil Jurisdiction between 1788 and 1814 nor judges of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of NSW between 1814 and 1823.

Position Name Appointment
commenced 		Appointment
ended 		Term in office Comments Notes
Chief Justice Sir Francis Forbes 13 October 1823 1 July 1837 13 years, 261 days
Sir James Dowling 30 August 1837 27 September 1844 7 years, 28 days
Sir Alfred Stephen 14 November 1845 5 November 1873 27 years, 356 days
Sir James Martin 19 November 1873 4 November 1886 12 years, 350 days
Sir Julian Salomons 12 November 1886 27 November 1886 15 days
Sir Frederick Darley 29 November 1886 4 January 1910 23 years, 36 days
Sir William Cullen 28 January 1910 27 January 1925 14 years, 365 days
Sir Philip Street 28 January 1925 31 January 1934 9 years, 3 days
Sir Frederick Jordan 1 February 1934 4 November 1949 15 years, 276 days
Sir Kenneth Street 6 January 1950 27 January 1960 10 years, 21 days
Herbert Evatt 15 February 1960 24 October 1962 2 years, 251 days
Sir Leslie Herron 25 October 1962 22 May 1972 9 years, 210 days
Sir John Kerr 23 May 1972 27 June 1974 2 years, 35 days Appointed Governor-General
Sir Laurence Street 28 June 1974 1 November 1988 14 years, 126 days
Murray Gleeson 2 November 1988 21 May 1998 9 years, 200 days Appointed Chief Justice of Australia
James Spigelman 19 May 1998 25 May 2011 13 years, 6 days
Tom Bathurst 1 June 2011 5 March 2022 12 years, 234 days
Andrew Bell 5 March 2022 1 year, 322 days President of the Court of Appeal (2019–2022)
Acting Chief Justice John Stephen 22 February 1826 27 May 1826 94 days
Sir James Dowling 16 April 1836 29 August 1837 1 year, 135 days
Sir Alfred Stephen 7 October 1844 13 November 1845 1 year, 37 days
Sir John Dickinson 15 February 1860 17 February 1861 1 year, 2 days
Henry Stephen 16 June 1902 25 February 1904 1 year, 254 days
Sir George Simpson 1 February 1909 4 January 1910 337 days
Robert Pring 17 April 1918 15 May 1918 28 days
Sir Philip Street 28 July 1924 27 January 1925 183 days
Sir David Ferguson 1 February 1929 31 December 1929 333 days
Sir John Harvey 30 June 1933 31 January 1934 215 days
Sir Kenneth Street 16 September 1949 4 November 1949 49 days
Sir Leslie Herron 12 March 1962 24 October 1962 226 days
John Clancy 8 October 1964 5 February 1965 120 days
Sir Gordon Wallace 1 October 1968 3 February 1969 125 days
Sir Bernard Sugerman 10 August 1970 11 October 1970 62 days
Sir Laurence Street 28 May 1974 16 June 1974 19 days
Athol Moffitt 16 August 1979 16 September 1979 31 days
Michael Kirby 4 July 1988
7 October 1993
9 July 1995 		28 July 1988
5 November 1993
4 August 1995 		24 days
29 days
26 days		 Appointed to the High Court
Dennis Mahoney 16 August 1996 1 November 1996 77 days
Keith Mason 31 October 1998 14 November 1998 14 days
President, Court of Appeal Sir Gordon Wallace 1 January 1966 21 January 1970 4 years, 20 days
Sir Bernard Sugerman 2 January 1970 30 September 1972 2 years, 272 days
Sir Kenneth Jacobs 1 October 1972 7 February 1974 1 year, 129 days Appointed to the High Court
Athol Moffitt 8 February 1974 25 June 1984 10 years, 138 days
Michael Kirby 24 September 1984 2 February 1996 11 years, 131 days Appointed to the High Court
Dennis Mahoney 19 February 1996 3 February 1997 350 days
Keith Mason 4 February 1997 30 May 2008 11 years, 116 days
James Allsop 2 June 2008 28 February 2013 4 years, 271 days Judge of the Federal Court (2001–2008)
Appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court)
Margaret Beazley 1 March 2013 28 February 2019 5 years, 364 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991)
Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992)
Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996)
Appointed Governor of NSW
Andrew Bell 28 February 2019 5 March 2022 3 years, 5 days Appointed Chief Justice
Julie Ward 5 March 2022 1 year, 322 days Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022)
Judge of Appeal Sir Kenneth Jacobs 1 January 1966 7 February 1974 8 years, 37 days Appointed to the High Court
Sir Bernard Sugerman 1 January 1966 30 September 1972 6 years, 273 days
Charles McLelland 1 January 1966 28 April 1973 7 years, 117 days
Cyril Walsh 1 January 1966 2 October 1969 15 years, 236 days Appointed to the High Court
John Holmes 1 January 1966 21 January 1973 7 years, 20 days
Kenneth Asprey 1 January 1966 6 July 1975 9 years, 186 days
Anthony Mason 1 May 1969 6 August 1972 3 years, 97 days Appointed to the High Court,
subsequently appointed Chief Justice of Australia
Sir James Manning 7 October 1969 28 February 1973 3 years, 144 days
Athol Moffitt 22 January 1970 25 June 1984 14 years, 155 days
Sir Laurence Street 31 July 1972 1 November 1988 16 years, 93 days
Martin Hardie 31 July 1972 29 June 1974 1 year, 333 days
Robert Hope 7 August 1972 23 July 1989 16 years, 350 days
Raymond Reynolds 1 October 1972 18 February 1983 10 years, 140 days
Francis Hutley 9 February 1973 22 October 1984 11 years, 256 days
Sir Nigel Bowen 24 July 1973 19 December 1976 3 years, 148 days Chief Justice of the Federal Court (1976–1990)
Harold Glass 14 March 1974 3 July 1987 13 years, 111 days
Gordon Samuels 12 August 1974 23 March 1992 17 years, 224 days
Dennis Mahoney 1 November 1974 3 February 1997 22 years, 94 days
Bill Priestley 3 June 1983 31 December 2001 18 years, 211 days
Michael McHugh 31 October 1984 13 February 1989 4 years, 105 days Appointed to the High Court
John Clarke 20 July 1987 14 February 1997 9 years, 209 days
Roderick Meagher 31 January 1989 16 March 2004 15 years, 45 days
Kenneth Handley 30 January 1990 11 January 2007 16 years, 346 days
Simon Sheller 18 November 1991 2 May 2005 13 years, 165 days
Jerrold Cripps 2 April 1992 5 October 1993 1 year, 186 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009)
Phillip Powell 6 October 1993 8 November 2002 9 years, 33 days
Terence Cole 22 August 1994 18 May 1998 3 years, 269 days
Margaret Beazley 29 April 1996 28 February 2019 22 years, 305 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991)
Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992)
Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996)
President of the Court of Appeal (2013–2019)
Appointed Governor of NSW
Paul Stein 8 April 1997 11 April 2003 6 years, 3 days
Roger Giles 11 June 1998 23 December 2011 13 years, 195 days
Gerald Fitzgerald 18 February 1999 16 April 2001 2 years, 57 days
Dyson Heydon 14 February 2000 10 February 2003 2 years, 361 days Appointed to the High Court
David Hodgson 23 April 2001 9 August 2011 1 year, 364 days
Murray Tobias 28 April 2003 25 March 2011 7 years, 331 days
Ruth McColl 29 April 2003 27 January 2019 15 years, 273 days
John Bryson 17 March 2004 28 February 2007 2 years, 348 days
John Basten 2 May 2005 18 years, 264 days
Joseph Campbell 29 January 2007 19 December 2012 5 years, 325 days
Virginia Bell 29 January 2008 19 December 2008 325 days Appointed to the High Court
Robert Macfarlan 8 September 2008 22 February 2023 14 years, 167 days
Peter Young 6 March 2009 23 April 2012 3 years, 48 days
Anthony Meagher 10 August 2011 12 years, 164 days
Reginald Barrett 25 January 2012 20 April 2015 3 years, 85 days
Clifton Hoeben 23 April 2012 31 August 2021 9 years, 130 days
Julie Ward 12 November 2012 5 March 2022 9 years, 113 days Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022)
Appointed President of the Court of Appeal
Peter McClellan 21 February 2013 8 February 2018 4 years, 352 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998-2005)
Chief Royal Commissioner of the child abuse Royal Commission
Arthur Emmett 7 March 2013 30 September 2015 2 years, 207 days Judge of the Federal Court (1997–2013)
Fabian Gleeson 29 April 2013 10 years, 267 days
Mark Leeming 3 June 2013 10 years, 232 days
Carolyn Simpson 11 June 2015 29 March 2018 2 years, 291 days
Anthony Payne 30 March 2016 7 years, 297 days
Richard White 15 March 2017 6 years, 312 days
Paul Brereton 23 August 2018 30 May 2023 4 years, 280 days Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Lucy McCallum 27 January 2019 7 March 2022 3 years, 39 days Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
Robert Beech-Jones 31 August 2021 2 years, 143 days Appointed to the High Court
Anna Mitchelmore 28 March 2022 1 year, 299 days
Jeremy Kirk 21 April 2022 1 year, 275 days
Christine Adamson 3 February 2023 352 days
Katrina Stern 8 June 2023 227 days
Additional Judge of Appeal Robert Taylor 18 November 1970
8 February 1972
1 February 1975 		1 October 1971
7 August 1972
19 December 1978 		317 days
181 days
3 years, 321 days
David Selby 20 April 1973 13 March 1976 2 years, 328 days
John McClemens 20 April 1973 31 January 1975 1 year, 286 days
Michael Helsham 22 December 1976 1 April 1986 9 years, 100 days
John O'Brien 13 August 1979 11 February 1986 6 years, 182 days
Thomas William Waddell 13 March 1996 12 May 1996 60 days
Alan Abadee 4 October 1996 3 December 1996 60 days
Acting Judge of Appeal Athol Moffitt 10 February 1966 10 August 1966 181 days
Robert Hope 14 August 1989 14 October 1992 3 years
Gordon Samuels 23 March 1992 7 April 1993 1 year
John Brownie 20 February 1997
3 May 1999 		30 June 1997
2 May 2005 		130 days
5 year
John Clarke 27 March 1997
5 June 2000 		26 March 1998
30 June 2000 		1 years
25 days
Ken Carruthers 2 March 1998 3 July 1998 123 days
Gerald Fitzgerald 1 July 1998 30 June 1999 1 year
Michael Foster 31 May 1999 26 November 2003 4 years Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)
Terence Cole 31 May 1999 1 August 1999 62 days
Jane Mathews 8 February 2001 7 February 2005 3 years
James Rolfe 30 April 2001
24 September 2001 		29 June 2001
30 November 2001 		60 days
67 days
Gerald Fitzgerald 4 June 2001
3 September 2001 		29 June 2001
30 November 2001 		25 days
88 days
Michael Campbell 3 June 2002
5 February 2004 		28 June 2002
4 February 2005 		25 days
365 days
Jerrold Cripps 24 January 2003 23 January 2005 2 years Independent Commission Against Corruption (2004–2009)
Jeffrey Miles 28 April 2003 27 April 2005 2 years Formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT
Paul Stein 2 February 2004 1 February 2006 2 years Judge of the District Court of NSW (1983–1985)
Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997)
Ronald Sackville 1 September 2008 13 July 2019 10 years Judge of the Federal Court (1994–2008)
Roderick Howie 6 September 2010 31 December 2010 116 days
Peter Young 1 May 2012 31 December 2012 244 days
Arthur Emmett 30 September 2015 2021 6 years
Reginald Barrett 16 March 2016 30 June 2020 4 years
Carolyn Simpson 30 March 2018 5 years
Chief Judge
at Common Law		 John McClemens 20 April 1973 31 January 1975 1 year, 286 days
Robert Taylor 1 January 1975 19 December 1978 3 years, 352 days
Colin Begg 28 September 1983 9 September 1984 347 days
Jack Lee 4 August 1988 8 October 1991 3 years, 65 days
David Hunt 28 November 1991 31 March 1998 6 years, 123 days Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
James Wood 1 April 1998 31 August 2005 7 years, 152 days
Peter McClellan 2 September 2005 21 February 2013 7 years, 172 days
Clifton Hoeben 22 February 2013 31 August 2021 9 years, 130 days
Robert Beech-Jones |31 August 2021 2 years, 143 days Appointed to the High Court
Chief Judge
in Equity		 Sir John Harvey 10 February 1925 31 January 1935 9 years, 355 days
Harold Sprent Nicholas 17 November 1939 7 January 1948 8 years, 51 days
Charles McLelland 8 September 1958 30 September 1972 14 years, 22 days
Michael Helsham 22 December 1976 1 April 1986 9 years, 100 days
Thomas William Waddell 2 April 1986 16 April 1993 7 years, 14 days
Malcolm McLelland 17 April 1993 29 August 1997 4 years, 134 days
David Hodgson 30 August 1997 22 April 2001 3 years, 235 days
Peter Young 23 April 2001 5 March 2009 7 years, 316 days
Patricia Bergin 6 March 2009 14 March 2017 8 years, 8 days
Julie Ward 15 March 2017 5 March 2022 4 years, 355 days Appointed President of the Court of Appeal
David Hammerschlag 17 March 2022 1 year, 310 days
Chief Judge,
Commercial Division		 Andrew Rogers 21 December 1987 3 May 1993 5 years, 133 days
Barry O'Keefe 19 May 1993 13 November 1994 1 year, 178 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999)
Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999
Roger Giles 8 December 1994 11 June 1998 3 years, 185 days
Chief Judge,
Criminal Division		 John O'Brien 13 August 1979 11 February 1986 6 years, 182 days
Chief Judge,
Family Law Division		 David Selby 20 April 1973 13 March 1976 2 years, 328 days
Judge John Stephen 5 March 1826 31 December 1832 6 years, 301 days Appointed by Legislative Council 17 August 1825
Sir James Dowling 6 August 1827 27 September 1844 17 years, 52 days
William Burton 22 December 1832 6 July 1844 11 years, 197 days Appointed a judge in Madras
John Willis 7 November 1837 8 February 1841 3 years, 93 days
Sir Alfred Stephen 27 March 1841 5 November 1873 34 years, 205 days
Sir John Dickinson 2 October 1844 17 February 1861 16 years, 138 days
Roger Therry 18 February 1846 31 January 1859 12 years, 347 days
William à Beckett 1 October 1846 23 January 1852 5 years, 114 days
Samuel Milford 1 April 1857 26 May 1865 8 years, 55 days
Edward Wise 15 February 1860 28 September 1865 5 years, 217 days
Alfred Cheeke 12 June 1865 14 March 1876 10 years, 276 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1859–1865)
John Hargrave 23 June 1865 11 October 1881 16 years, 110 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1859)
Peter Faucett 4 October 1865 8 February 1888 22 years, 125 days
Sir William Manning 28 April 1876 17 October 1887 11 years, 172 days
Sir William Charles Windeyer 9 August 1881 31 August 1896 15 years, 22 days
Sir Joseph Innes 14 October 1881 28 October 1896 15 years, 14 days
Henry Stephen 19 May 1887 25 February 1904 16 years, 282 days
Sir William Owen 18 October 1887 1 February 1908 20 years, 106 days
George Deffell 3 January 1888 9 November 1889 1 year, 310 days
William Foster 14 February 1888 18 December 1894 6 years, 307 days
Charles James Manning 13 November 1889 8 August 1898 8 years, 268 days
Sir George Simpson 18 December 1894 11 April 1910 15 years, 114 days
Henry Cohen 10 September 1896 5 January 1912 15 years, 117 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1881–1882)
Archibald Simpson 21 November 1896 31 December 1917 21 years, 40 days
Gregory Walker 23 August 1898 31 December 1906 8 years, 130 days
Robert Pring 16 June 1902 31 July 1922 20 years, 45 days
Sir Philip Street 1 February 1907 31 January 1934 26 years, 364 days
Richard Sly 11 February 1908 16 December 1920 12 years, 309 days
Sir Alexander Gordon 27 April 1910 22 January 1929 18 years, 270 days
Sir David Ferguson 5 March 1912 6 October 1932 20 years, 215 days
George Rich 2 July 1912 4 April 1913 276 days Appointed to the High Court
Sir John Harvey 15 April 1913 31 January 1936 22 years, 291 days
Sir Charles Wade 15 March 1920 26 September 1922 2 years, 195 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW
Attorney General (1904–1910)
Premier (1907–1910)
Augustus James 6 January 1921 27 February 1934 13 years, 52 days
James Lang Campbell 1 September 1922 22 November 1929 7 years, 82 days
Sir Langer Owen 30 October 1922 27 August 1933 10 years, 301 days
Reginald Long Innes 10 February 1925 16 November 1940 15 years, 280 days
Sir Colin Davidson 14 February 1927 17 November 1949 22 years, 276 days
Sir Percival Halse-Rogers 7 June 1928 7 October 1945 17 years, 122 days
Edward Milner Stephen 10 June 1929 28 April 1939 9 years, 322 days
Sir Kenneth Street 7 October 1931 27 January 1960 28 years, 112 days
Victor Maxwell 9 August 1932 31 August 1956 24 years, 22 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1929–1930 & 1934)
Francis Stewart Boyce 28 August 1932 27 June 1940 7 years, 304 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1916–1917)
Harold Sprent Nicholas 1 February 1935 7 January 1948 12 years, 340 days
Sir Thomas Bavin 16 October 1935 31 August 1941 5 years, 319 days
Ernest David Roper 25 May 1937 28 June 1958 21 years, 34 days
Sir William FL Owen 25 October 1937 21 September 1961 23 years, 331 days Appointed to the High Court
Sir Dudley Williams 17 June 1940 14 October 1940 119 days Appointed to the High Court
Reginald Schofield Bonney 1 August 1940 26 September 1950 10 years, 56 days
Henry George Edwards 28 November 1940 2 July 1952 11 years, 217 days
Sir Leslie Herron 10 February 1941 22 May 1972 31 years, 102 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1939–1941)
John Clancy 9 July 1947 29 May 1965 17 years, 324 days
Sir Bernard Sugerman 10 September 1947 30 September 1972 25 years, 20 days
Francis Dwyer 5 April 1948 16 November 1953 5 years, 225 days
Ted Kinsella 18 January 1950 9 June 1963 13 years, 142 days Judge of the District Court of NSW 1943
Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (1943–1950)
Stanley Toose 13 November 1950 5 April 1954 3 years, 143 days
John McClemens 3 September 1951 7 March 1975 23 years, 185 days
Charles McLelland 28 April 1952 28 April 1973 21 years, 0 days
Alan Taylor 5 May 1952 2 September 1952 120 days Appointed to the High Court
Athol Richardson 5 May 1952 16 October 1967 15 years, 164 days
Russell Brereton 13 October 1952 7 May 1974 21 years, 206 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1952)
Bill Dovey 30 March 1953 9 April 1964 11 years, 10 days
Hugh Maguire 25 September 1953 31 October 1973 20 years, 36 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953)
Frederick Myers 9 October 1953 26 July 1971 17 years, 290 days
Cyril Walsh 8 February 1954 2 October 1969 15 years, 236 days Appointed to the High Court
John Nield 8 February 1954 29 April 1962 8 years, 80 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)
Keith Ferguson 6 May 1955 5 June 1965 10 years, 30 days
Martin Hardie 2 September 1955 29 June 1974 18 years, 300 days
Sir James Manning 5 December 1955 28 February 1973 17 years, 85 days
Wilfred Collins 5 December 1955 27 February 1979 23 years, 84 days
Rex Chambers 3 April 1958 31 December 1963 5 years, 272 days
Rae Else-Mitchell 8 September 1958 1 October 1974 16 years, 23 days
Bruce MacFarlan 28 July 1959 31 October 1974 15 years, 95 days
Sir Kenneth Jacobs 21 March 1960 7 February 1974 13 years, 323 days Appointed to the High Court
Sir Gordon Wallace 21 March 1960 21 January 1970 9 years, 306 days
John Nagle 21 March 1960 10 July 1983 23 years, 111 days
Robert Taylor 10 October 1961 19 December 1978 17 years, 70 days
David Selby 29 June 1962 13 March 1976 13 years, 258 days
Athol Moffitt 9 November 1962 25 June 1984 21 years, 229 days
Kenneth Asprey 25 June 1963 6 July 1975 12 years, 11 days
Colin Begg 3 April 1964 9 September 1984 20 years, 159 days
Philip Allen 4 August 1964 2 February 1978 13 years, 182 days
John O'Brien 31 August 1964 11 February 1986 21 years, 164 days
Simon Isaacs 19 October 1964 9 April 1975 10 years, 172 days
John Holmes 8 November 1965 21 January 1973 7 years, 74 days
Sir Laurence Street 29 November 1965 1 November 1988 22 years, 338 days
Norman Jenkyn 29 November 1965 29 November 1975 10 years, 0 days
Jack Lee 12 September 1966 8 October 1991 25 years, 26 days
Raymond Reynolds 17 October 1967 18 February 1983 15 years, 124 days
Michael Helsham 19 August 1968 1 April 1986 17 years, 225 days
Leycester Meares 2 June 1969 4 February 1979 9 years, 247 days
Paul Toose 2 June 1969 30 April 1981 11 years, 332 days
Robert Hope 22 September 1969 23 July 1989 19 years, 304 days
Gordon Carmichael 7 October 1969 19 March 1981 11 years, 163 days
John Slattery 22 January 1970 3 August 1988 18 years, 194 days
Antony Larkins 18 October 1971 29 July 1983 11 years, 284 days
Philip Woodward 19 October 1971 2 February 1982 10 years, 106 days
Kevin Holland 23 August 1972 1 March 1985 12 years, 190 days
Dennis Mahoney 8 August 1972 3 February 1997 24 years, 179 days
Francis Hutley 9 October 1972 22 October 1984 12 years, 13 days
Gordon Samuels 20 November 1972 23 March 1992 19 years, 124 days
Ian Sheppard 6 February 1973 8 December 1979 6 years, 305 days Judge of the Federal Court (1979–1987)
Hal Wootten 17 September 1973 7 October 1983 10 years, 20 days
Harold Glass 17 September 1973 3 July 1987 13 years, 289 days
Arthur Francis Rath 18 February 1974 20 June 1984 10 years, 123 days
Victor Maxwell 8 April 1974 1 August 1990 16 years, 115 days
Thomas William Waddell 25 July 1974 16 April 1993 18 years, 265 days
Philip Jeffrey 26 August 1974 24 December 1978 4 years, 120 days
David Yeldham 21 October 1974 28 January 1990 15 years, 99 days
George Needham 4 November 1974 6 April 1989 14 years, 153 days
William Ash 20 February 1975 1 October 1982 7 years, 223 days
Henry Cantor 6 June 1975 2 June 1986 10 years, 361 days
Sir William Deane 1 February 1977 31 March 1977 58 days Judge of the Federal Court (1977–1982)
Subsequently appointed to the High Court
Phillip Powell 26 April 1977 8 November 2002 25 years, 196 days
Edwin Lusher 29 September 1977 16 June 1986 8 years, 260 days
John Kearney 1 May 1978 21 February 1992 13 years, 296 days
Adrian Roden 4 December 1978 31 March 1989 10 years, 117 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1978)
David Hunt 5 March 1979 31 March 1998 19 years, 26 days Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International
Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
Bill Fisher 30 July 1979 17 November 1981 2 years, 110 days President Industrial Commission of NSW (1981–1998)
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1998-2002
Malcolm McLelland 30 July 1979 29 August 1997 18 years, 30 days
Andrew Rogers 14 December 1979 3 May 1993 13 years, 140 days
Donald Stewart 24 June 1981 31 December 1984 3 years, 190 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1981)
Michael Foster 13 July 1981 1 November 1987 6 years, 111 days Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)
Thomas Reynolds 13 July 1981 11 April 1988 6 years, 273 days
Kep Enderby 22 February 1982 26 June 1992 10 years, 125 days
Jeffrey Miles 8 March 1982 16 June 1985 3 years, 100 days Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT
John Clarke 1 February 1983 14 February 1997 14 years, 13 days
David Hodgson 31 October 1983 9 August 2011 27 years, 282 days
John Brian 21 November 1983 28 February 1999 15 years, 99 days
Ken Carruthers 28 November 1983 17 February 1995 11 years, 81 days
James Wood 1 February 1984 31 August 2005 21 years, 211 days
Mervyn Finlay 13 August 1984 8 September 1995 11 years, 26 days
Rex Smart 29 October 1984 13 November 1998 14 years, 15 days
Michael Grove 11 February 1985 11 October 2010 25 years, 242 days

Peter Young 4 March 1985 23 April 2012 27 years, 50 days
Peter McInerney 8 July 1985 12 March 1999 13 years, 247 days
Michael Campbell 3 March 1986 6 February 1994 7 years, 340 days Chief Judge, Compensation Court of NSW (1994–2004)
John Bryson 12 May 1986 28 February 2007 20 years, 292 days
John Brownie 16 June 1986 25 October 1996 10 years, 131 days
Colin Allen 1 August 1986 4 August 1996 10 years, 3 days
Jane Mathews 7 July 1987 3 July 1994 6 years, 361 days President Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Peter Newman 2 November 1987 5 November 2000 13 years, 3 days
Ray Loveday 29 April 1988 9 June 1993 5 years, 41 days
Roger Giles 6 May 1988 23 December 2011 23 years, 231 days
Terence Cole 5 May 1988 18 May 1998 10 years, 13 days
Tim Studdert 19 September 1988 15 July 2007 18 years, 299 days
Brian Sully 24 July 1989 19 March 2007 17 years, 238 days
Jeremy Badgery-Parker 25 July 1989 20 March 1998 8 years, 238 days
George Sharpe 26 July 1989 9 August 1993 4 years, 14 days
Alan Abadee 27 August 1990 3 October 2000 10 years, 37 days
James Rolfe 24 September 1990 16 March 2001 10 years, 173 days
Bruce James 18 May 1991 9 December 2011 20 years, 205 days
William Victor Windeyer 14 April 1992 28 November 2008 16 years, 228 days
Morris Ireland 18 May 1992 13 June 2000 8 years, 26 days
David Levine 10 August 1992 31 March 2005 12 years, 233 days
John Dunford 2 February 1993 1 May 2005 12 years, 88 days
Robert Shallcross Hulme 14 May 1993 6 June 2012 19 years, 23 days
Barry O'Keefe 19 May 1993 22 March 2004 10 years, 308 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999)
Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999
Kim Santow 30 August 1993 31 December 2007 14 years, 123 days
Carolyn Simpson 22 December 1993 29 March 2018 24 years, 97 days
Reg Blanch 28 February 1994 13 December 1994 288 days Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994-2014)
Robert Hunter 29 April 1994 21 July 2002 8 years, 83 days
Vince Bruce 4 July 1994 8 March 1999 4 years, 247 days
John Dowd 25 July 1994 23 August 2004 10 years, 29 days
Theodore Simos 31 January 1995 16 October 2001 6 years, 258 days
Russell Bainton 20 February 1995 28 August 1998 3 years, 189 days
Harold Sperling 27 February 1995 27 February 2005 10 years, 0 days

Peter Hidden 16 October 1995 17 March 2016 20 years, 153 days
Graham Barr 26 August 1996 21 March 2009 27 years, 148 days
John Hamilton 17 March 1997 31 March 2009 12 years, 14 days
Clifford Einstein 1 September 1997 3 May 2012 14 years, 245 days
Greg James 14 April 1998 1 May 2005 7 years, 17 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990)
Michael Adams 28 July 1998 10 February 2017 18 years, 197 days Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission
David Kirby 12 August 1998 14 October 2011 13 years, 63 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1989)
Robert Austin 31 August 1998 5 March 2010 11 years, 186 days
Michael Walton 8 December 2016 25 years, 34 days Judge, Vice President & President of the Industrial Court of NSW
(18 December 1998 - 7 December 2016)
Patricia Bergin 1 March 1999 14 March 2017 18 years, 13 days
Virginia Bell 25 March 1999 19 December 2008 9 years, 269 days Appointed to the High Court
Anthony Whealy 26 June 2000 29 June 2012 12 years, 3 days
Roderick Howie 11 October 2000 14 May 2010 9 years, 215 days
Peter McClellan 29 January 2001 25 August 2003 2 years, 208 days Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court
(25 August 2003 – 1 September 2005)
Reginald Barrett 19 March 2001 20 April 2015 14 years, 32 days
George Palmer 23 April 2001 3 June 2011 10 years, 41 days
Joseph Campbell 26 October 2001 19 December 2012 11 years, 54 days
Terrence Buddin 30 January 2002 16 March 2012 10 years, 46 days
Ian Gzell 4 February 2002 27 May 2013 11 years, 112 days
David Ipp 21 October 2002 13 November 2009 7 years, 23 days Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2009-2014)
Jeff Shaw 4 February 2003 12 November 2004 1 year, 282 days
William Nicholas 5 February 2003 1 July 2013 10 years, 146 days
Robert McDougall 21 August 2003 31 January 2019 15 years, 163 days
David Hislop 23 March 2004 26 March 2014 10 years, 3 days
Richard White 27 April 2004 19 years, 269 days
Clifton Hoeben 16 August 2004 31 August 2021 17 years, 15 days
Peter Johnson 1 February 2005 18 years, 354 days
Peter Hall 8 March 2005 21 December 2016 11 years, 288 days Chief Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2017-2022)
Megan Latham 12 April 2005 27 July 2018 13 years, 106 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998-2005)
Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014-2016)
Stephen Rothman 3 May 2005 18 years, 263 days
Paul Brereton 15 August 2005 30 May 2023 17 years, 288 days Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Derek Price 28 August 2006 17 years, 146 days Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002-2014)
Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014- )
David Hammerschlag 30 January 2007 16 years, 356 days Appointed Chief Judge in Equity (2022-)
Ian Harrison 12 February 2007 16 years, 343 days
Elizabeth Fullerton 19 February 2007 16 years, 336 days
Lucy McCallum 30 January 2008 7 March 2022 14 years, 36 days Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
Nigel Rein 5 May 2008 18 March 2022 13 years, 317 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (2002-2008)
Julie Ward 29 September 2008 15 years, 114 days
Robert Allan Hulme 2 March 2009 14 years, 325 days
Robert Forster 4 May 2009 26 March 2010 326 days
Michael Slattery 25 May 2009 14 years, 241 days
David Davies 29 June 2009 14 years, 206 days
Monika Schmidt 27 July 2009 11 September 2019 10 years, 46 days Judge of the Industrial Court of NSW (1993–2009)
Michael Pembroke 12 April 2010 12 April 2020 10 years, 0 days
Michael Ball 13 April 2010 13 years, 283 days
Peter Garling 7 June 2010 13 years, 228 days
John Sackar 1 February 2011 12 years, 354 days
Ashley Black 4 July 2011 12 years, 201 days
Christine Adamson 17 October 2011 12 years, 96 days
Geoffrey Bellew 31 January 2012 Appointed [Chairman of the New South Wales Parole Board] 11 years, 355 days
James Stevenson 1 February 2012 11 years, 354 days
Robert Beech-Jones 12 March 2012 11 years, 315 days Appointed to the High Court
Stephen Campbell 2 May 2012 11 years, 264 days
Richard Button 12 June 2012 11 years, 223 days
Geoff Lindsay 6 August 2012 11 years, 168 days
Philip Hallen 12 November 2012 30 June 2023 10 years, 230 days
Francois Kunc 8 April 2013 10 years, 288 days
Stephen Robb 20 June 2013 10 years, 215 days
Rowan Darke 16 August 2013 16 August 2023 10 years, 0 days
Robertson Wright 25 October 2013 10 years, 88 days
Peter Hamill 29 April 2014 9 years, 267 days
Helen Wilson 3 November 2014 9 years, 79 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2014)
Des Fagan 11 June 2015 8 years, 224 days
Natalie Adams 5 April 2016 7 years, 291 days
Julia Lonergan 21 March 2017 6 years, 306 days
Guy Parker 6 April 2017 6 years, 290 days
Kelly Rees 5 September 2018 5 years, 138 days
Lea Armstrong 31 October 2018 5 years, 82 days NSW Crown Solicitor (2015–2018)
President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2018–)
Trish Henry 30 January 2019 4 years, 356 days
Mark Ierace 31 January 2019 4 years, 355 days
Richard Cavanagh 16 September 2019 4 years, 127 days
Kate Williams 15 April 2020 3 years, 281 days
Hament Dhanji 20 September 2021 2 years, 123 days
Elisabeth Peden 6 April 2022 1 year, 290 days
Mark Richmond 19 April 2022 1 year, 277 days
Michael Meek 5 May 2022 1 year, 261 days
Dina Yehia 4 July 2022 1 year, 201 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2022)
Nicholas Chen 11 July 2022 1 year, 194 days
Sarah McNaughton 11 October 2022 1 year, 102 days Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2016-2022)
Richard Howard Weinstein 1 February 2023 354 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (2019–2023)
Deborah Anne Sweeney 8 February 2023 347 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (2006–2023)
Scott Nixon 8 February 2023 166 days
Anthony McGrath 15 February 2023 159 days
Additional Judge Samuel Milford 1 January 1856 31 March 1857 1 year, 89 days
Acting Judge John Kinchela April 1836 September 1837 1 year
Sir Alfred Stephen 30 April 1839 26 March 1841 1–2 years
Henry Stephen 1 October 1876 31 October 1886 9–10 years
James Sheen Dowling 1 April 1878 31 December 1881 2–3 years Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1889)
Arthur Holroyd 2 April 1879 5 April 1879 3 days
William Charles Windeyer August 1879 9 August 1881 2 years, 0 days Appointed judge
George Deffell 12 August 1887 28 December 1887 138 days
Alfred Backhouse 1895 1898 2–3 years Judge of the District Court of NSW (1884–1921)
Richard Sly 30 May 1898 31 December 1907 9 years
George Rich 7 June 1911 2 July 1912 1 year
Alexander Gerard Ralston 23 September 1919
18 October 1922
1 March 1923
28 July 1924
1 June 1925 		31 December 1919
31 December 1922
12 April 1924
14 February 1925
31 December 1925 		99 days
74 days
1 year
201 days
213 days		 Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1894, 1905, 1907 1920)
Augustus James 21 September 1920 5 January 1921 106 days
Sir David Maughan 28 July 1924
6 May 1936 		27 January 1925
31 March 1937 		183 days
329 days
Sir Colin Davidson 8 June 1926 12 February 1927 249 days
Victor Maxwell 10 June 1929
9 February 1934 		30 March 1930
8 August 1934 		293 days
180 days		 Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1934–1956)
John Hammond 11 June 1929 31 December 1929 203 days
Francis Stewart Boyce 17 June 1932 27 August 1932 71 days
Richard Windeyer 23 November 1936 15 February 1937 112 days
Ernest David Roper 8 March 1937 24 May 1937 77 days
Henry George Edwards 18 November 1937 5 September 1938 308 days
Charles Hardwick 9 January 1939 31 May 1939 142 days
Arthur Pitt 14 February 1939 31 May 1939 106 days
Edmund Alfred Barton 1 June 1939 30 April 1940 334 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1933–1949)
Sir Dudley Williams 17 November 1939 16 June 1940 212 days
Keith Ferguson 17 March 1941 30 April 1941 44 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1933
Judge of the Supreme Court (1955–1965)
Stanley Toose 5 January 1949 12 November 1950 1 years
John Nield 7 January 1952 25 January 1952 18 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)
Gerald O'Sullivan 7 January 1952
12 January 1953 		25 January 1952
1 February 1953 		18 days
20 days		 Judge of the District Court of NSW (1950–1960)
John Brennan 12 January 1953 8 February 1953 27 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1977)
Frank Stephen 12 January 1953
11 June 1956 		8 February 1953
26 October 1956 		27 days
137 days		 Judge of the District Court of NSW (1952–1967)
Hugh Maguire 30 March 1953 24 September 1953 178 days Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1953–1973)
Frederick Myers 9 April 1953 8 October 1953 182 days
Wilfred Collins 13 September 1955 4 December 1955 82 days
Sir Kenneth Jacobs 1 July 1959 31 December 1959 183 days Appointed to the High Court
Kenneth Asprey 24 October 1962 24 June 1963 243 days
Hereward Henchman 12 September 1966 28 February 1967 169 days Judge of the District Court of NSW (1968–1974)
Michael Helsham 3 June 1968 18 August 1968 76 days
Ken Carruthers 10 October 1983 16 December 1983 67 days
John Slattery 12 September 1988 3 December 1992 4 years
James Rolfe 31 January 1989 28 April 1989 87 days
Peter Capelin 27 February 1989
26 February 1990 		12 May 1989
4 May 1990 		74 days
67 days
Calvin Callaway 27 February 1989
26 February 1990
29 September 1997 		12 May 1989
4 May 1990
19 December 1997 		74 days
67 days
81 days		 Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990)
George Needham 7 April 1989 6 April 1991 2 years
Kevin Holland 13 June 1989 31 August 1990 10 years
Morris Ireland 14 August 1989 13 October 1989 60 days
Alan Abadee 2 April 1990 1 June 1990 60 days
Vince Bruce 4 June 1990
1 July 1991 		3 August 1990
30 August 1991 		60 days
60 days
Jack Lee 8 October 1991 4 December 1992 1 year
Ray Loveday 25 October 1993
12 September 1994 		31 January 1994
31 December 1994 		98 days
110 days
George Sharpe 1 August 1994 31 December 1994 152 days
John Hamilton 29 July 1996 1 November 1996 95 days
Rex Smart 4 March 1999 3 March 2005 6 years
Ken Carruthers 10 May 1999 9 May 2004 5 years
Peter McInerney 24 May 1999 23 May 2001 2 years
Jeremy Badgery-Parker 1 July 1999 30 June 2002 3 years
Morris Ireland 14 June 2000 13 June 2003 3 years
David Ipp 29 January 2001 1 January 2003 1–2 years
Peter Newman 8 February 2001 7 February 2005 3 years
Jerrold Cripps 24 January 2002 23 January 2003 1 year Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009)
Reg Blanch 3 June 2002 28 June 2002 25 days Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994-2014)
Jane Mathews 8 February 2001 18 December 2017 16 years Judge of the District Court of NSW (1980–1987)
William Victor Windeyer 17 August 2009 30 November 2012 3 years
Peter Hidden 20 July 2016 2021 5 years
Monika Schmidt 3 February 2020 3 years
Judge at Port Phillip John Willis 8 February 1841 24 June 1843 2 years, 136 days
William Jeffcott 1 July 1843 December 1844 1 year, 153 days
Roger Therry 9 January 1845 17 February 1846 1 year, 39 days
William à Beckett 28 February 1846 23 January 1852 5 years, 329 days Became first Chief Justice of Victoria 24 January 1852
Judge at Moreton Bay Samuel Milford 21 January 1856 14 February 1859 3 years, 24 days
Alfred Lutwyche 15 February 1859 7 August 1861 2 years, 173 days Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Master in Equity William Carter 1 December 1823
1829
22 November 1841 		1828
1832
1843 		4–5 years
2–3 years
1–2 years
John Kinchela 30 November 1840 September 1841 275–304 days
Samuel Milford 24 January 1843 31 December 1855 12 years, 341 days
George Deffell 1 April 1857 10 May 1866 9 years, 39 days
Arthur Holroyd 11 May 1866 19 January 1885 18 years, 253 days
Henry F Barton 20 January 1885 25 October 1902 18 years, 278 days
Henry P Owen 4 November 1902 31 July 1918 15 years, 269 days
William Parker 1 August 1918 25 July 1940 21 years, 359 days
John Hooton 26 July 1940 1959 18–19 years
Edward Dawes 1959 1976 16–17 years
Brian Cohen 1976 1983 6–7 years
Denis Gressier 1983 1991 7–8 years
William Victor Windeyer 1989 April 1992 2–3 years
Master in Lunacy Arthur Holroyd 16 May 1879 19 January 1885 5 years, 248 days
Henry F Barton 20 January 1885 25 October 1902 18 years, 278 days
Henry P Owen 4 November 1902 31 July 1918 15 years, 269 days
Master Henry Cantor 1 July 1972 5 June 1975 2 years, 339 days
Master, Common Law George Sharpe 1975 1989 13–14 years
Colin Allen 1976 July 1986 9–10 years
John Hogan 1982 1989 6–7 years
Terence Greenwood 1982 1997 14–15 years
James Monaghan 6 August 1986 2 December 1988 2 years, 118 days
Master, Common Law / Associate Judge Bryan Malpass 1989 30 October 2008 18–19 years
Master / Associate Judge Joanne Harrison 1997 26–27 years
Master in Equity / Associate Judge John McLaughlin 1989 4 July 2010 20–21 years
Richard Macready 1992 27 February 2013 20–21 years
Associate Judge Philip Hallen 5 July 2010 11 November 2012 2 years, 129 days
Acting Master in Equity Frederick Salisbury 8 June 1897 31 December 1897 206 days
Harry Henry 1 November 1928
22 May 1933 		31 January 1929
February 1934 		91 days
255–282 days
Geofrey Stuckey 4 December 1937 31 January 1938 58 days
Deputy Master in Equity Frederick Salisbury 3 April 1905 31 May 1905 58 days