List of judges of the District Court of NSW

In 1858 the district courts were established with a civil jurisdiction up to £200 replacing the Court of Requests which only sat in limited places,[a] and had a general claim limit of £10 to £30.[2] Initially each judge was appointed to a specific district.[3] From 1955 judges were appointed to all district courts.

Serious criminal matters that were not punishable by death were heard by the courts of quarter sessions. From 1858 each district court judge had a concurrent appointment as chairman of the courts of quarter sessions for the district to which they were appointed.[4] In 1973 the separate district courts and courts of quarter sessions were replaced by a single District Court which exercised both criminal and civil jurisdiction throughout the state.[5]

The position of Chairman of the District Court Judges was introduced in 1950 to exercise administrative functions in relation to the courts similar to role of the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court.[6] The role was renamed Chief Judge with the restructure of the courts in 1973.[5]

The Compensation Court of New South Wales was abolished on 1 January 2004 and the judges were transferred to the District Court, maintaining their seniority based on the date of their appointment to the Compensation Court.[7]

In 1918 the Judges Retirement Act 1918 (NSW), operated to retrospectively impose a retirement age of 70 immediately affecting Charles Heydon, Ernest Docker and Grantley Fitzhardinge and subsequently other judges in a similar position, such as Montgomerie Hamilton and Alfred Backhouse.[8]


Position Name Appointment
commenced 		Appointment
ended 		Term in office Comments Notes
Chairman of Judges John Nield [b] 16 February 1950 7 February 1954 3 years, 356 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1954–1962)		 [9][6]
Alan Lloyd ED QC 1954 1959 4–5 years Acting Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938)
Judge District Court (1947–1959)		 [10]
Christopher Monahan 25 May 1959 13 March 1971 11 years, 292 days [11]
Chairman of Judges
Chief Judge [c]		 James Staunton CBE QC 1 April 1971 12 December 1994 23 years, 255 days [11][12][13]
Chief Judge Reg Blanch AM 13 December 1994 7 August 2014 19 years, 219 days Director of Public Prosecutions (1987–1994)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1994 & 2002)		 [14][15]
Derek Price AM 8 August 2014 10 years, 159 days Judge of District Court (2000–2006)
Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002–2010)
Judge of the Supreme Court (2006–)		 [15][16]
Sarah Huggett 16 April 2024 273 days Judge of District Court (2012–2023)
Judge of the Supreme Court (2023–2024)		 [17]
Judge Alfred Cheeke 22 December 1858 11 June 1865 6 years, 171 days Commissioner to the Courts of Requests (1845–1858)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1865–1876)		 [18]
Thomas Callaghan 22 December 1858 28 November 1863 4 years, 341 days Commissioner to the Courts of Requests (–1858) [19]
James Sheen Dowling [d] 22 December 1858 31 July 1889 30 years, 221 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1878–1881) [20]
Henry Cary 3 February 1859 September 1869 10 years, 210–239 days [21]
John Hargrave 3 February 1859 21 February 1859 18 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1865–1881) [22]
Robert Owen 1 March 1859 30 June 1861 2 years, 121 days [23]
William Alexander Purefoy 25 July 1861 30 May 1867 5 years, 309 days [24][25]
Isidore Blake 25 July 1861 1865 3–4 years [24]
Henry Ralph Francis 1 July 1861 7 June 1875 13 years, 341 days [24][26][27]
Frederick William Meymott 15 December 1863 5 November 1880 16 years, 326 days [e][30][29]
Alfred McFarland 14 December 1865 December 1891 25–26 years Judge of the civil and criminal courts of Western Australia. [31]
(Sir) George Simpson 20 August 1867 31 July 1874 6 years, 345 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1894–1910) [32]
Joshua Josephson 10 September 1869 October 1884 14–15 years [33]
David Grant Forbes [f] 8 June 1875 30 June 1898 15–16 years Acting Judge District Court (1871–1873, 1875) [34]
William Hattam Wilkinson 21 September 1874 October 1893 18–19 years Deputy Judge District Court (1868–1870, 1874)
Commissioner of the Court of Claims (1894–1905)		 [35]
Ernest Docker 5 January 1881 31 December 1918 [g] 37 years, 360 days Judge on Norfolk Island (1894) [36]
Charles Edward Robinson Murray August 1878 October 1916 19–20 years [37]
Grantley Fitzhardinge 1890 31 December 1918 [g] 27–28 years [38]
Alfred Backhouse 1884 May 1921 36–37 years Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1895–1898) [39]
Frederick William Gibson 1893 24 October 1914 20–21 years
William Henry Coffey 1894 1899 4–5 years
Francis Edward Rogers QC 1898 1910 19–20 years
Charles Heydon QC 1 March 1900 31 December 1918 [g] 18 years, 305 days President of the Court of Arbitration (1905–1908)
Court of Industrial Arbitration (1908–1918)		 [40]
Edward Scholes 1 August 1908 29 May 1928 19 years, 302 days President Industrial Court (1911–1912) [41]
Walter Edmunds QC 2 August 1911 5 January 1926 14 years, 156 days Acting Judge District Court (1905–1911)
Court of Industrial Arbitration (1914–)
Industrial Court of NSW (1920–1926)		 [42]
Montgomerie Hamilton 12 May 1914 1 July 1924 19 years, 302 days Acting Judge District Court (1900–1914) [43][h]
Walter Bevan 3 November 1914 December 1926 12 years, 28–58 days Solicitor General for New South Wales (1911–1912) [45]
John Cohen 31 January 1919 20 December 1929 10 years, 323 days [46]
Edwin Mayhew Brissenden MBE KC 24 July 1919 13 September 1919 51 days [i] [47][48][49]
Laurens Frederic Matthews Armstrong 3 February 1919 12 October 1932 13 years, 252 days [50]
Cecil Alban White 15 March 1920 29 September 1939 19 years, 198 days [51]
William Hugh Mocatta KC 14 August 1922 November 1931 9 years, 93 days [52]
William Thomas Coyle KC 1 February 1927 November 1938 11 years, 287 days Judge on Norfolk Island (1935) [53]
John Patrick Garvan Sheridan KC 28 January 1930 5 September 1938 8 years, 220 days [54]
David Edwards 1 July 1924 5 July 1935 11 years, 4 days [55]
Herbert Curlewis [j] 1 July 1928 31 July 1939 11 years, 30 days Judge of the Court of Industrial Arbitration (1917–1926) [56]
Alec Thomson KC 28 May 1928 6 September 1938 10 years, 101 days [57]
John Clancy 13 November 1931 9 July 1947 15 years, 238 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1947–1965) [58]
Edmund Alfred Barton [k] 1 April 1933 31 May 1949 16 years, 60 days Acting Judge District Court (1932–1933)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1939–1940)		 [59]
John Nield [b] 1 January 1934 7 February 1954 20 years, 37 days Chairman District Court Judges (1950–1954)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1954–1962)		 [9]
Horace Francis Markell KC 1 August 1935 12 February 1952 16 years, 195 days Acting Judge District Court (1928–1932)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1934, 1935 & 1952)		 [60]
Selwyn Betts 7 June 1937 14 October 1938 1 year, 129 days [61]
Henry George Edwards 6 September 1938 21 May 1939 257 days Acting Judge District Court (1935–1937)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1937–1938)
Member Industrial Commission of NSW (1939–1940)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1940–1952)		 [62]
Norman McGhie 1 October 1938 31 August 1944 5 years, 335 days [63]
Arthur Gordon Hill 3 October 1938 25 December 1942 4 years, 83 days [64]
Percy Douglas Shortland 1 August 1939 27 October 1950 11 years, 87 days Acting Judge District Court (1939) [65]
Bertie Vandaleur (Baron) Stacy CMG, DSO 27 March 1939 7 December 1956 17 years, 255 days [66]
Percy Storkey VC 1 June 1939 1955 15–16 years [67][68]
Henry Thomas Eulert Holt QC [l] 1 August 1939 May 1965 25 years, 273–303 days [67][69]
Hilary James Studdert QC 1 January 1941 16 August 1948 7 years, 228 days Acting Judge District Court (1939–1940) [70]
Ted Kinsella 19 January 1943 6 October 1943 260 days Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (1943–1950)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1950–1963)		 [71]
Frederick Witton Berne 7 October 1943 1960 16–17 years [67][72]
(Sir) Richard Kirby 23 August 1944 25 August 1947 3 years, 2 days Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1947–1973)
President Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956–1973)		 [73]
Thomas Holden 15 October 1945 1965 19–20 years [67][74]
Joe Lamaro 1 December 1947 22 May 1951 3 years, 172 days [67][75]
Alan Lloyd QC 17 December 1947 1959 11–12 years Acting Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938)
Chairman of District Court Judges (1954–1959)		 [10]
Sir Adrian Curlewis CVO, CBE [j] 1 September 1948 19 December 1970 22 years, 109 days Acting Judge District Court (1948) [76][77]
Samual Redshaw 7 February 1949 1956 6–7 years Acting Judge District Court (1944) [67][78]
Gerald O'Sullivan 27 February 1950 11 September 1960 10 years, 197 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1952 & 1953) [67][79]
David Henry McKillop 11 December 1950 12 November 1971 20 years, 336 days [67][80]
Russel Brereton [m] 19 July 1951 10 September 1952 1 year, 53 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1952–1974) [81]
John Brennan 22 October 1951 15 February 1977 25 years, 116 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953) [82]
Frank Stephen QC 12 September 1952 20 February 1967 14 years, 161 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953 & 1956) [83]
George Amsberg QC 27 October 1952 June 1968 15–16 years [52][84]
Jack Phineas Fitzpatrick 1 April 1953 1970 16–17 years [85]
Eric Clegg QC 1 April 1953 8 March 1971 17 years, 341 days [86]
Jack Harvey Prior 1 April 1953 1970 16–17 years [85]
Charles Vincent Rooney MM, QC 4 February 1954 1964 9–10 years [87][88]
John Michael Bruxner 9 June 1954 1973 18–19 years [89]
Lyn Cuthbert Furnell QC 11 October 1954 1973 18–19 years [87]
Aaron Levine [n] 16 May 1955 1972 16–17 years [90]
Francis Charles Hidden 12 September 1955 1967 11–12 years [90]
Alistair Cameron-Smith 20 May 1957 1983 14–15 years [91]
Ronald Francis Cross 10 June 1957 1978 20–21 years [91]
Gerald Patrick Donovan 3 April 1958 1974 15–16 years [92]
William Brendan Perrignon 3 April 1958 1962 6–7 years [92]
David Francis Lewis QC 4 April 1960 1968 7–8 years [93]
Jack Adrian Clapin QC 4 October 1960 17 November 1969 9 years, 44 days [93][94]
Gregory Bede Thomas 1 March 1961 1967 5–6 years [95]
James Elie Hamilton Pilcher ED 4 November 1963 1973 9–10 years [96]
Phillip Lyburn Head MBE, QC 28 January 1964 1977 12–13 years [97]
Alfred Joseph Goran QC 22 March 1966 1984 17–18 years [98]
Noel Desmond McIntosh QC 18 October 1965 3 February 1973 7 years, 108 days [98][99]
Russell Jack Miller Newton QC 4 March 1966 1980 13–14 years [100]
David Stuart Hicks QC 31 January 1967 1982 14–15 years [101]
Kenneth Frederick Erskine Torrington 8 August 1967 20 January 1988 20 years, 165 days [101][102]
Alastair Gibson Muir QC 1 February 1968 8 January 1988 19 years, 341 days [103][104]
Hereward Henchman QC [o] 1 February 1968 24 July 1974 6 years, 173 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1966–1967) [103][105]
John Lincoln 20 May 1968 1986 17–18 years Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 1967 [103][106]
Samuel Ross 20 May 1968 1973 4–5 years [103]
Barrie Ronald Thorley 2 December 1968 2 December 1987 19 years, 0 days [103][107][102]
Michael Desmond Healy QC 19 January 1970 15 September 1974 4 years, 239 days [108][109]
Hugh Walter Robson QC 20 April 1970 1983 12–13 years [108]
Walter Perry Redapple 2 February 1971 1981 9–10 years [110]
Peter Ayton Leslie 2 February 1971 25 July 1982 11 years, 154 days [110][111]
David Laurie Godfrey-Smith QC 1 April 1971 1987 15–16 years [110]
Ray Loveday QC 15 November 1971 29 April 1988 16 years, 166 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1988–1993) [110]
John Alan Melville QC 8 August 1972 1984 11–12 years [112]
George Hillary Smith QC 16 October 1972 1986 13–14 years [112]
Carl Reginald Shannon QC 30 January 1973 1982 8–9 years [113]
William Desmond Thomas Ward ED, QC 30 January 1973 1992 26–27 years [113]
Thomas Alfred Milton Boulter MM, ED, QC 27 April 1973 1983 9–10 years [113]
Ernest Paul Knoblanche QC 30 May 1973 28 March 1991 17 years, 302 days [113][114]
Trevor James Martin QC 9 October 1973 1983 9–10 years [113]
Marcele Emile Pile QC 19 March 1974 1981 6–7 years [115]
Ken Gee QC 7 August 1974 1985 10–11 years [115][116]
Hubert Henry Bell 7 August 1974 18 August 1997 23 years, 11 days [115][117]
Richard Thornton Harvey Barbour QC 11 March 1975 8 April 1994 19 years, 28 days [118][12]
Joseph Kevin Ford QC 1 February 1977
22 January 1993		 31 July 1991
1 August 1997		 14 years, 180 days
4 years, 191 days		 Head of NSW Crime Commission
Acting Judge District Court (1998–2000)		 [119][120][114][117]
Adrian Roden QC 1 February 1977 3 December 1978 1 year, 305 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1978–1989) [119][121]
Anthony Joseph Coates 9 March 1977 1983 5–6 years [119]
John Bowdich Sinclair QC 6 April 1977 1998 20–21 Acting Judge District Court (1998–2001) [119][122]
Donald Stewart 23 August 1977 1981 3–4 years Judge of the Supreme Court (1981–1984) [119][123]
Jerrold Cripps QC 4 October 1977 18 August 1980 2 years, 319 days Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1980–1992) [119]
John Murray Foord QC 1 May 1978 17 September 1986 8 years, 139 days [124][125]
Anthony David Collins QC 15 May 1978 1992 13–14 years [124]
Harvey Leslie Cooper 15 May 1978 22 March 2004 25 years, 312 days [124][126]
Brian John Herron QC 28 August 1978 3 November 2002 24 years, 67 days [124][127]
John Lawrence O'Meally RFD 23 July 1979 18 November 2011 32 years, 118 days Compensation Court [128][129]
Jane Mathews AO 31 March 1980 6 July 1987 7 years, 97 days [130][131][132]
William Thomas Ducker 5 May 1980 31 January 2003 22 years, 271 days [130][133]
John Graham Smyth QC 18 August 1980 29 January 1995 14 years, 164 days [130][134]
Michael Joseph Williams 30 March 1981 17 December 1986 5 years, 262 days [135][125]
William Harding Denton QC 1 September 1981 16 October 1989 8 years, 45 days [136][137]
Salvatore Francesco Sudano 7 September 1981 18 December 1989 8 years, 102 days [136][137]
Colin Lionel James Bowie QC 24 November 1981 18 July 1987 5 years, 236 days [136][102]
John Cecil McGuire 23 August 1982 6 May 2006 23 years, 256 days [136][131]
Paul Francis Flannery QC [p] 23 August 1982 27 September 2000 18 years, 35 days [136][138][139]
Kenneth Peter Shadbolt QC 14 March 1983 5 February 2007 23 years, 328 days [140][141]
Edward Alton Mawdsley Nash 20 May 1983 30 July 1997 14 years, 71 days [140][117]
Paul Stein AM 3 June 1983 3 June 1985 2 years, 0 days Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997)
Judge of Appeal (NSW) (1997–2004)		 [140]
Roger Maxwell Court QC 3 August 1983 25 March 1998 14 years, 234 days [140][142]
Brian Cecil Maclaren Wall QC 3 August 1983 15 February 1996 12 years, 196 days [140][117]
Brian Robert Gallen 26 August 1983 18 December 1995 12 years, 114 days [140][134]
Keith Edward Walsh AM, RFD, ED[q] 9 September 1983 4 May 1990 6 years, 237 days [140][143]
Ronald Herbert Solomon 7 October 1983 16 August 2013 29 years, 313 days [140][144]
Joseph Anthony Moore 18 November 1983 3 August 2001 17 years, 258 days [140][145]
David Sydney Shillington QC 18 June 1984 14 February 2001 16 years, 241 days [146][127]
Jeremy Badgery-Parker QC 31 August 1984 25 July 1989 4 years, 328 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1989–1998) [146]
Geoffrey John Graham 31 August 1984 6 December 2005 21 years, 97 days [146][147]
Margaret Ann O'Toole QC 23 November 1984 31 May 2012 27 years, 190 days Compensation Court [148][149]
James William Conomos 19 April 1985 19 December 1992 7 years, 244 days [148][150]
Peter Moss QC 1 July 1985 1 May 1988 2 years, 305 days Judge of the Family Court (1988–2000) [148]
John Lloyd-Jones QC 20 December 1985 5 September 1992 6 years, 260 days [148][150]
John Dunford QC 5 August 1986 1 February 1993 6 years, 180 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1993–2005) [151][152]
David James Freeman 22 September 1986 27 October 2011 25 years, 35 days [151][129]
Neil Abbott Newton 22 September 1986 6 January 1995 8 years, 106 days [151][134]
Rodney Madgwick QC 29 September 1986 19 September 1995 8 years, 355 days Judge of the Federal Court (1995–2008) [151][134]
Barry Edmund Mahoney QC 7 October 1986 4 May 2001 14 years, 209 days [151][145]
Barrie Richard Kinchington QC 20 October 1986 1 March 2003 16 years, 132 days [153][133]
Joseph Xavier Gibson QC 27 January 1987 18 July 2003 16 years, 172 days [153][133]
William Delbridge Hosking QC 20 July 1987 30 January 2000 12 years, 194 days [153][139]
Joseph Bede Phelan 20 July 1987 24 July 2006 19 years, 4 days [153][131]
David Levine RFD, QC [n] 17 August 1987 10 August 1992 4 years, 359 days Subsequently appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court [154][155]
Dennis Anthony Wheelahan QC 17 August 1987 30 April 1988 257 days Subsequently appointed Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW [156][157]
William Harwood Knight 19 August 1987 1 February 2009 21 years, 166 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (November–December 2004) [153][158]
Peter James Phelan 19 August 1987 30 September 1997 10 years, 42 days [153][117]
Leslie Joseph Downs QC 2 February 1988 3 June 1999 11 years, 121 days [159][160]
John Lyndon Jones 2 February 1988 3 May 1991 3 years, 90 days [159][114]
Alan Anthony McDevitt 4 February 1988 22 April 1996 8 years, 78 days [159][114]
Clement Arthur Mitchelmore 4 February 1988 2 April 1999 11 years, 57 days [159][160]
Paul David Urquhart QC 10 May 1988 4 November 2004 16 years, 178 days [159][126]
Hugh Phillip Walmsley Johnston QC 13 May 1988 27 September 2013 25 years, 137 days [159][144]
Donald John McCredie QC 13 May 1988 21 July 1993 5 years, 69 days[r] [159][161]
Thomas Swanson Davidson QC 16 May 1988 22 July 2001 13 years, 67 days [159][145]
Edward Oscar Guthrie Pain QC 20 May 1988 14 July 1997 9 years, 55 days [159][117]
John Roscoe Nield [b] 30 May 1988 23 September 2009 21 years, 116 days Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2010–2011 & 2015–2016) [158]
Frederick Angus Kirkham 9 September 1988 26 January 2001 12 years, 139 days [159][145]
Graham Hamlyn Traill Armitage QC 25 October 1989 21 May 2006 16 years, 208 days Acting judge 2006-2009 [162][131][163]
Peter Rex Grogan 25 October 1988 1 November 1999 11 years, 7 days [162][160]
Anthony Frederick Tolhurst QC 15 November 1989 19 March 1990 124 days [164][165]
Rodney Graeme Craigie RFD, AE QC 7 May 1990 31 October 1997 7 years, 177 days [164][117]
Donald Ernest McLachlan 7 May 1990 17 November 1997 7 years, 194 days [164][117]
Peter John Johns 29 June 1990 5 October 2004 14 years, 98 days member Dust Diseases Tribunal, Compensation Court [164][126]
Michael Alan Viney QC 24 September 1990 2 October 2000 10 years, 8 days [164][139]
George Richard Rummery QC 30 January 1991 28 November 2000 9 years, 303 days [166][139]
Keith Edward Walsh AM, RFD, ED[q] 1 March 1991 16 July 1992 1 year, 137 days [166][150]
Alan Chapman Saunders QC 15 March 1991 15 April 1996 5 years, 45 days [166][167]
Kenneth Victor Taylor AM, RFD 23 August 1991 11 August 2010 18 years, 353 days [166][168]
Angela Jeanne Stirling Karpin 9 September 1991 11 February 2005 13 years, 155 days [166][147]
Anthony Frederick Garling 20 September 1991 29 June 2012 20 years, 283 days [166][149]
David Louthean Patten 18 March 1992 16 November 2004 12 years, 243 days [169][126]
Philip Adrian Twigg QC 1 April 1992 31 March 2004 11 years, 365 days [169][126]
Peter Dent QC 14 May 1992 28 January 2002 9 years, 259 days [169][127]
John Kevin O'Reilly QC 11 August 1992 13 June 2004 11 years, 307 days [169][126]
Philip Ronald Bell 11 September 1992 1 June 2007 14 years, 263 days [169][141]
Brian William Duck 9 October 1992 9 October 2006 14 years, 0 days Compensation Court [169][131]
John Holt CBE, QC [l] 7 October 1992 6 May 2001 8 years, 211 days [169][170][145]
Christopher James Geraghty 27 January 1993 23 September 2009 16 years, 239 days Compensation Court [171][158]
Peter Evan Coleman QC 2 February 1993 11 August 2003 10 years, 190 days [171][133]
Charles Allan Luland QC 22 February 1993 16 May 2002 9 years, 83 days [171][172]
Brian Ross Maguire QC 6 September 1993 15 December 2006 13 years, 100 days Compensation Court [171][131]
Alan David Bishop 7 September 1993 17 March 2006 12 years, 191 days Compensation Court [171][131]
Terence Joseph Christie QC 8 September 1993 11 March 2004 10 years, 185 days [171][126]
Dianne Joy Truss QC 1 November 1993 29 August 2014 20 years, 301 days [171][15]
Cecily Elizabeth Backhouse QC 28 March 1994 27 March 2004 9 years, 365 days [14][126][173]
Garry William Neilson 2 August 1994 30 years, 165 days Compensation Court [14]
Christopher John Armitage 30 September 1994 6 May 2016 21 years, 219 days Compensation Court [14][174][175]
Margaret Sidis 31 January 1995 11 April 2012 17 years, 71 days [176][149]
Christopher John George Robison 13 March 1995 29 years, 307 days [176]
Robyn Christine Tupman 30 January 1996 28 years, 350 days [177]
Richard William Job QC 12 February 1996 27 September 2000 4 years, 228 days [177][139]
Roderick Howie QC 15 May 1996 6 September 2000 4 years, 114 days Judge of the Supreme Court (2000–2010) [177]
Bob Bellear 17 May 1996 15 March 2005 8 years, 302 days [177][147]
James Patrick Curtis 6 June 1996 14 November 2017 21 years, 161 days Compensation Court [177][178]
Helen Murrell SC 13 September 1996 28 October 2013 17 years, 45 days Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory (2013–) [177][144]
Deborah June Payne 28 February 1997 27 years, 321 days [179]
Martin Langford Sides QC 21 July 1997 24 November 2017 20 years, 126 days [179][178]
Robert Keleman SC 21 July 1997 28 February 2013 15 years, 222 days [179][144]
Anne Mary Quirk 24 July 1997 5 September 2014 17 years, 43 days Compensation Court [179][15]
Frank Walker QC 25 July 1997 1 June 2006 8 years, 311 days Compensation Court [179][131]
Ann Ainslie-Wallace 28 July 1997 12 July 2010 12 years, 349 days Judge of the Family Court (2010–) [179][168]
Terence Fenwick Marley Naughton QC 4 August 1997 16 February 2007 9 years, 196 days [179][141]
Colin Phegan 4 August 1997 13 April 2008 10 years, 253 days [179][180]
Ian John Dodd 29 August 1997 19 July 2005 7 years, 324 days [179] [147][s]
Linda Margaret Ashford 8 September 1997 15 May 2013 15 years, 249 days Compensation Court [179][144][182]
Gregory David Woods QC 21 November 1997 10 February 2017 19 years, 81 days [179][178][183]
Anthony Francis Puckeridge QC 24 November 1997 28 August 2010 12 years, 277 days [179][168]
Helen Jane Morgan 3 February 1998 18 December 2010 12 years, 318 days [184][168]
John Lester Goldring 3 February 1998 7 October 2009 11 years, 246 days [184][158]
Norman Edward Delaney 4 February 1998 3 July 2014 16 years, 149 days [184][15]
Jonathan Steuart Williams 10 July 1998 28 July 2013 15 years, 18 days [184][144]
Megan Latham 7 August 1998 12 April 2005 6 years, 248 days Judge of the Supreme Court (2005–2018)
Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014–2016)		 [184][147]
Kevin Patrick O'Connor AM 10 August 1998 30 April 2014 15 years, 263 days [184][15]
Jennifer Anne English 13 August 1998 26 years, 154 days [184]
Allan Hughes 9 December 1998 17 November 2010 11 years, 343 days Compensation Court [184][168]
Susan Jennifer Gibb 15 February 1999 25 years, 334 days [185]
Gregory Scott Hosking SC 27 April 1999 1 May 2011 12 years, 4 days [185][129]
Ralph Coolahan 19 July 1999 30 November 2011 12 years, 134 days [185][129]
Kevin Peter Coorey 19 July 1999 29 March 2013 13 years, 253 days [185][144]
Richard Anthony Rolfe 1 February 2000 13 April 2012 12 years, 72 days [186][149]
Derek Price AM 17 February 2000 28 August 2006 6 years, 192 days Judge of the Supreme Court (2006–), Chief Judge District Court (2014–) [186][131]
James Walter Black QC 8 May 2000 7 February 2013 12 years, 275 days [186][144]
Robert Arthur Sorby 8 May 2000 13 November 2015 15 years, 189 days [186][187][188]
Stephen Ronald Norrish QC 3 October 2000 22 May 2021 20 years, 231 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 7 Jul to 29 Aug 2008 [186][189]
Audrey Suzanne Balla 3 October 2000 28 January 2019 18 years, 117 days Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019– ) [186]
Michael John Finnane RFD, QC 20 October 2000 20 February 2015 14 years, 123 days [186][187]
Penelope Jane Hock 7 May 2001 23 years, 252 days [190]
Judith Clare Gibson 21 May 2001 23 years, 238 days [190]
John Cecil Nicholson QC 23 July 2001 29 June 2012 10 years, 342 days [190][149]
Stephen Walmsley QC 27 August 2001 27 September 2013 12 years, 31 days Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2014– ) [190][144]
Nigel Rein SC 4 March 2002 4 May 2008 6 years, 61 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January–March 2008)
Judge of the Supreme Court (2008–)		 [190][180][191]
Anthony Martin Blackmore SC 11 March 2002 20 April 2020 18 years, 40 days [190]
Colin Emmett O'Connor QC 24 June 2002 29 June 2012 10 years, 5 days [190][149]
Peter Graeme Berman SC 13 September 2002 28 January 2019 16 years, 137 days Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019– ) [190]
Raymond Patrick McLoughlin SC 17 February 2003 15 March 2017 14 years, 26 days [133][178][192]
Colin David Charteris SC 17 February 2003 3 September 2015 12 years, 198 days [133][187]
Roy David Ellis 11 August 2003 21 years, 156 days [133]
Mark Curtis Marien SC 3 February 2004 2 February 2014 9 years, 364 days [126][15]
Brian John Knox SC 14 February 2005 29 July 2016 11 years, 166 days [147][174]
Brian Harrie Kevin Donovan QC 11 April 2005 6 May 2008 3 years, 25 days [147][180]
Robert Allan Hulme SC 4 May 2005 2 March 2009 3 years, 302 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (November–December 2008)
Judge of the Supreme Court (2009–)		 [147][158]
John Roger Dive 27 July 2005 6 August 2021 16 years, 10 days Senior Judge, Drug Court of New South Wales (2005–) [147][193]
Deborah Anne Sweeney 21 April 2006 8 February 2023 16 years, 293 days Judge of the Supreme Court (2023–) [131][194]
James Leonard Alexander Bennett SC 1 May 2006 18 years, 258 days [131]
Peter Lind Johnstone 1 May 2006 18 years, 258 days President, Children's Court (2012–2021)
Chief Magistrate Local Court (2021–)		 [131][195]
William Patrick Kearns SC 11 July 2006 15 May 2018 11 years, 308 days [131][196]
Paul Vincent Conlon SC 15 August 2006 28 January 2018 11 years, 166 days [131][197]
Peter Raymond Zahra SC 30 January 2007 8 May 2022 15 years, 98 days Suffered a stroke on 5 May and died a few days later [141][198]
Richard Dominic Cogswell SC 6 February 2007 26 May 2019 12 years, 109 days President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2015-2019) [141][199]
Leonie Flannery SC [p] 20 March 2007 17 years, 300 days [141]
Robert Stephen Toner SC 16 April 2007 3 February 2018 10 years, 293 days [141][200]
Gregory Michael Keating SC 5 November 2007 7 December 2018 11 years, 32 days [141][201]
Paul Ivan Lakatos SC 30 January 2008 16 years, 350 days President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2019-)
Leonard Ari Levy SC 15 May 2008 16 years, 244 days [180]
Michael Elkaim SC 15 May 2008 4 July 2016 8 years, 50 days Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2016–) [180][174]
Michael John King SC 17 June 2008 16 years, 211 days [180]
David Clement Frearson SC 2 March 2009 13 April 2019 10 years, 42 days [158][199]
Andrew Michael Colefax SC 14 April 2009 15 years, 275 days [158]
Helen Lorraine Syme 14 April 2009 20 December 2021 12 years, 250 days [158][189]
Michael Ivan Bozic SC 20 July 2009 2 February 2020 10 years, 197 days [158]
John Frederick Stuart North 29 July 2009 15 years, 169 days [158]
Graham Leslie Henson AM 20 July 2010 27 August 2021 11 years, 38 days Chief Magistrate Local Court (2010–) [168][202]
Laura Kathleen Wells SC 27 July 2010 16 August 2020 10 years, 20 days [168]
Ross Victor Letherbarrow SC 11 August 2010 March 2021 10 years, 232 days [168][203]
Andrew Carl Haesler SC 20 September 2010 14 years, 116 days [168]
Donna Mary Lisa Woodburne SC 7 February 2011 13 years, 342 days [129]
Elizabeth Margaret Olsson SC 7 March 2011 13 years, 313 days [129]
Clive Vaughan Jeffreys 15 March 2011 13 years, 305 days [129]
David Ulric Arnott SC 13 February 2012 12 years, 336 days [149]
Peter George Maiden SC 12 March 2012 11 June 2019 7 years, 121 days [149][204][205][199]
Phillip Gregory Mahony SC 19 March 2012 12 years, 301 days [149]
Christopher Phillip Hoy SC 16 April 2012 12 years, 273 days [149]
Phillip Thomas Taylor SC 16 April 2012 12 years, 273 days [149]
Gordon Bruce Lerve 31 May 2012 12 years, 228 days [149]
Ian Hartley McClintock SC 24 September 2012 12 years, 112 days [149]
Christopher Bruce Craigie SC 15 October 2012 12 years, 91 days [149]
Sarah Jane Huggett SC 15 October 2012 12 years, 91 days [149]
Antony Edward Townsden 6 May 2013 11 years, 253 days [144]
Peter Raymond Whitford SC 24 June 2013 11 years, 204 days [144]
Stephen Scott Hanley SC 15 July 2013 11 years, 183 days [144]
Sharron Norton SC 16 September 2013 11 years, 120 days [144]
Mark Lloyd Williams SC 23 September 2013 11 years, 113 days [144]
Helen Wilson SC 28 April 2014 3 November 2014 189 days Judge of the Supreme Court (2014–) [15][206]
Dina Yehia SC 5 May 2014 10 years, 254 days [15]
Julia Ann Baly SC 1 September 2014 10 years, 135 days [15]
John Hatzistergos SC 16 October 2014 10 years, 90 days Attorney General (2007–2011)
Chief Commissioner of the
Independent Commission Against Corruption (2022–2027)		 [15][207]
Jane Ariane Culver SC 29 October 2014 10 years, 77 days [15]
Andrew Craig Scotting 17 February 2015 9 years, 332 days [187][208]
Jennie Anne Girdham SC 17 August 2015 9 years, 150 days [187][209]
Catherine Margaret Traill 17 August 2015 9 years, 150 days [187][209]
Gregory Anthony Farmer SC 7 September 2015 22 August 2016 350 days [187][174][210]
Mark Buscombe SC 19 November 2015 9 years, 56 days [187]
John Hunter Pickering SC 11 April 2016 8 years, 278 days [174][211]
Siobhan Pauline Herbert 11 April 2016 8 years, 278 days [174][211]
Penelope Margot Wass SC 18 April 2016 8 years, 271 days [174][212]
Robert Edward Montgomery 30 May 2016 8 years, 229 days [174][213]
Matthew Charles Leckie Dicker SC 12 July 2016 8 years, 186 days [174][214]
Nicole Frances Noman SC 8 August 2016 8 years, 159 days [174][215]
Warwick James Hunt 8 August 2016 8 years, 159 days [174][215]
Robert Forbes Sutherland SC 15 August 2016 8 years, 152 days [174][216]
Phillip Gerard Ingram SC 15 August 2016 8 years, 152 days [174][217]
Jeffrey Mark McLennan SC 22 August 2016 8 years, 145 days [174][218]
Tanya Anne Bright 31 January 2017 7 years, 349 days [178][219]
David Michael Wilson SC 3 April 2017 7 years, 286 days [178][220]
David John Russell SC 24 May 2017 7 years, 235 days [178][221]
Timothy Hans Gartelmann SC 3 October 2017 7 years, 103 days [178][222]
Gina Maree O'Rourke SC 30 January 2018 6 years, 350 days [178][197][223]
Christopher Gerard O'Brien 9 April 2018 6 years, 280 days Deputy Chief Magistrate Local Court (2014–2018) [224]
Wendy Sue Strathdee 22 May 2018 6 years, 237 days [196][225]
Gerard Mark Phillips SC 23 January 2019 5 years, 357 days President, Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales (2019–) [226]
Ian David Bourke SC 4 February 2019 5 years, 345 days [227]
Jonathon James Priestley SC [t] 4 February 2019 5 years, 345 days [227]
Robert John Weber SC 7 February 2019 5 years, 342 days [228]
Kara Natalie Shead SC 7 February 2019 5 years, 342 days [228]
Walter Graham Turnbull SC 11 February 2019 5 years, 338 days [229][230]
Richard Howard Weinstein SC 11 February 2019 1 February 2023 3 years, 355 days Judge of the Supreme Court (2023–) [229][194]
Nanette Lee Williams 14 February 2019 5 years, 335 days [231]
Sean Elwin Grant 14 February 2019 5 years, 335 days [231]
Sharon Harris 18 February 2019 5 years, 331 days [232]
Justin Dupont Smith SC 18 February 2019 5 years, 331 days Judge of the Federal Circuit Court (2015–2019) [232]
Alister Abadee SC 21 February 2019 5 years, 328 days [233]
Susanne Denise Cole 28 February 2019 5 years, 321 days Judge of the District Court (SA) (2002–2019)
Deputy President, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2019–)
Sophia Frances Beckett 30 September 2019 5 years, 106 days [234]
Craig John Gordon Smith SC 8 March 2021 3 years, 312 days [235]
Andrew Phillip Coleman SC 15 March 2021 3 years, 305 days [235]
Tanya Louise Smith SC 29 March 2021 3 years, 291 days [235]
Karen Elizabeth Robinson 15 June 2021 3 years, 213 days [203]
Jane Ellen Mottley AM 9 August 2021 3 years, 128 days Senior Judge, Drug Court of New South Wales (2021–) [236]
Ellen Skinner 22 November 2021 3 years, 53 days President of the Children's Court of New South Wales (2021–) [237]
Peter John McGrath SC 7 February 2022 2 years, 342 days [189]
Penelope Mary Musgrave 10 February 2022 2 years, 339 days [189]
Huw Baker SC 21 July 2022 2 years, 177 days [238]
William Markey Fitzsimmons SC 28 July 2022 2 years, 170 days [238]
Pauline Ann David 1 August 2022 2 years, 166 days [238]
McHugh Michael SC 7 October 2022 2 years, 99 days [239]
Georgia Lea Turner 12 October 2022 2 years, 94 days [239]
Kevin Leo Andronos SC 24 October 2022 2 years, 82 days [239]
Sarah Conant Hopkins 2 February 2023 1 year, 347 days [240]
Lara Margaret Gallagher 16 February 2023 1 year, 333 days [240]
Michael Gerard Allen 27 February 2023 1 year, 322 days Deputy Chief Magistrate Local Court (2018–2023) [241]
Acting judge Arthur Holroyd 30 January 1860 31 December 1860 336 days Master of the Supreme Court (1866s–1885) [242]
Henry Wilfred Ellis June 1867 December 1867 <1 year
Henry Cohen 31 May 1881 28 April 1882 332 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1895–1896)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1896–1912)		 [243]
Charles Cansdell 1882 1883 0–1 years
Alexander Gerard Ralston KC 1 February 1894
1 February 1905
15 July 1907
1 October 1920		 26 February 1894
31 March 1905
26 July 1907
20 November 1920		 25 days
58 days
11 days
50 days		 Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1919, 1920, 1922–1925) [244]
Sir Charles Wade KCMG 14 November 1896 1902 5–6 years Attorney General (1904–1910)
Premier (1907–1910)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1920–1922)		 [245]
Francis Stewart Boyce 16 October 1916 14 July 1917 271 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1932)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1932–1940)		 [246]
Victor Maxwell [u] 27 February 1928
23 July 1928		 11 March 1928
31 August 1928		 13 days
39 days		 Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1929–1930 & 1934)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1934–1956)		 [247]
Keith Ferguson 7 June 1933 30 June 1933 23 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1941)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1955–1965)		 [248]
Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG KStJ KC 1 February 1939 9 February 1941 2 years, 8 days Judge of the Supreme Court, (1941–1972)
Chief Justice of NSW (1962–1972)
Governor of NSW (1973)		 [249]
Hugh Maguire 1 January 1947 31 December 1947 364 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1953–1973)		 [250]
Margaret Beazley AO 1990 1991 0–1 years Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992)
Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996)
Judge of Appeal (NSW) (1996–2019) President, Court of Appeal (2013–2019)
Governor of NSW (2019–)		 [251]
Peter McClellan AM 1998 2001 2–3 years Judge of the Supreme Court [252]
Bill Fisher AO, QC 1 July 1998 11 April 2002 3 years, 284 days Judge of the Supreme Court (1979–1981)
President Industrial Commission of NSW (1981–1998)		 [253]
Calvin Callaway QC 1 February 1988 2 January 1990 1 year, 335 days Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1989, 1990 & 1997) [254]
Nicholas Cowdery QC 1988 31 December 1990 2 years, 333 days Director of Public Prosecutions (1994–2011) [143]
Greg James 1988 1990 1–2 years Judge of the Supreme Court (1998–2005)
David Kirby [v] 1988 1989 0–1 years Judge of the Supreme Court (1998–2011) [255]

Notes

  1. ^ Predominatnly Sydney, Parramatta, Liverpool, Penrith and Windsor, but also Penrith, Campbelltown, Camden, Wollongong, Bong Bong, Berrima, Bathurst, and Maitland.[1]
  2. ^ a b c It is unknown whether there is any relationship between John Roscoe Nield (1892–1975) and John Roscoe Nield appointed 1988.
  3. ^ Title was changed from Chairman of the District Court Judges to Chief Judge with the restructure of the courts in 1973.[5]
  4. ^ James Sheen Dowling was the son of Chief Justice Sir James Dowling.
  5. ^ Over a number of years Meymott had failed to attend various courts in the northern district. The Executive Council decided not to remove the judge and instead admonished and reprimanded Meymott and deducted the expenses of a replacement from his judicial salary. The Supreme Court held that there was no power to reduce a judge's salary and that the only way to deal with misconduct by a judge was to remove them.[28] There was a royal Commission into Meymott's conduct and he was subsequently removed from office.[29]
  6. ^ David Forbes was the son of Chief Justice Francis Forbes
  7. ^ a b c Retired as a result of the passage of the Judges Retirement Act 1918 which introduced the retirement age of 70 years.[8]
  8. ^ Hamilton had served as an Acting Judge in every court except for Broken Hill, Bourke and Cobar.[44]
  9. ^ Brissenden was appointed while on active military service in France but resigned after returning home before taking his seat on the bench.[47]
  10. ^ a b Sir Adrian Curlewis is the son of Herbert Curlewis
  11. ^ Edmund Alfred Barton was the son of High Court judge Sir Edmund Barton.
  12. ^ a b Judge Henry Holt was the father of judge John Holt.
  13. ^ Russel Brereton was the father of Supreme Court Judge Paul Brereton.
  14. ^ a b Judge David Levine was the son of Judge Aaron Levine.
  15. ^ Hereward John Humfry Henchman was the son of Hereward Humfry Henchman a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
  16. ^ a b Leonie Flannery SC is the daughter of former Judge Paul Flannery.
  17. ^ a b Judge Keith Edward Walsh retired in 1990 but was reappointed in 1991.
  18. ^ Died in office.
  19. ^ The Judicial Commission was conducting an investigation into Judge Ian Dodd however before its report was complete, a medical assessment found Dodd was unfit to work as a judicial officer and he retired on medical grounds.[181]
  20. ^ Jonathon Priestley is the son of Bill Priestley a former Judge of Appeal (NSW).
  21. ^ Victor Maxwell (1887-1975) was the father of Supreme Court judge Victor Maxwell (1922-1997).
  22. ^ David Kirby is the younger brother of Michael Kirby.

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