List of Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory as of September 2018, including Chief Justices, Judges, Acting Judges, Additional Judges and Masters / Associate Justices.

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

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Table Section Text: Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory as of September 2018, including Chief Justices, Judges, Acting Judges, Additional Judges and Masters / Associate Justices.

Position	Name	Term begin	Term end	Term

Chief Judge / Chief Justice	Russell Fox	1 January 1977	3 November 1977	306 days

Sir Richard Blackburn	7 November 1977	31 March 1985	7 years, 144 days

Jeffrey Miles	17 June 1985	30 September 2002	17 years, 105 days

Terrence Higgins	31 January 2003	13 September 2013	10 years, 225 days

Helen Murrell	28 October 2013	5 years, 132 days

President Court of Appeal	Malcolm Gray	21 December 2007	July 29, 2011	3 years, 220 days

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	7 August 1967	31 January 1977	9 years, 177 days

Sir Richard Blackburn	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

Terrence Higgins	2 July 1990	30 January 2003	12 years, 212 days

Ken Crispin	29 September 1997	October 2007	10 years, 2 days

Malcolm Gray	12 October 2000	July 29, 2011	10 years, 290 days

Terry Connolly	31 January 2003	25 September 2007	4 years, 237 days

Hilary Penfold	1 February 2008	11 years, 36 days

Richard Refshauge	1 February 2008	11 May 2017	9 years, 99 days

John Burns	1 August 2011	7 years, 220 days

Michael Elkaim	4 July 2016	2 years, 248 days

David Mossop	13 February 2017	2 years, 24 days

Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson	26 March 2018	348 days

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

Alan Hogan	8 July 1996	13 December 1996	158 days

Jeffrey Miles	1 October 2002	31 December 2005	3 years, 91 days

John Nield	26 July 2010	2011	0–1 years

29 July 2015	28 January 2016	183 days

Jane Mathews	26 July 2010	2011	0–1 years

Bernard Teague	1 September 2010	2011	0–1 years

Margaret Sidis	9 April 2012	6 years, 334 days

Linda Ashford	1 July 2014	4 years, 251 days

Stephen Walmsley	1 July 2014	4 years, 251 days

Dennis Cowdroy	1 July 2014	30 July 2016	1 year, 365 days

David Robinson	1 July 2014	4 years, 251 days

Anthony Whealy	December 2014	15 December 2015	1 year

David Ashley	20 July 2015	19 July 2016	365 days

Murray Kellam	8 March 2017	2 years, 1 day

Additional Judge	Edward Dunphy	1 October 1958	31 December 1982	24 years, 91 days

Sir Edward Morgan	14 October 1958	31 May 1960	1 year, 230 days

Sir Percy Joske	4 June 1960	21 December 1977	17 years, 200 days

Sir Richard Eggleston	16 June 1960	31 May 1974	13 years, 349 days

Alan Bridge	9 July 1964	28 July 1966	2 years, 19 days

Sir Reginald Smithers	18 December 1964	October 1986	21 years, 287-317 days

Sir John Kerr	3 November 1966	22 May 1972	5 years, 201 days

Sir Harry Gibbs	20 July 1967	1 August 1970	3 years, 12 days

Charles Sweeney	1 May 1969	1 July 1971	2 years, 61 days

Sir John Nimmo	2 May 1969	26 March 1974	4 years, 328 days

Sir Edward Woodward	25 February 1972	1990	17–18 years

Robert Franki	25 May 1972	1986	13–14 years

John Sweeney	5 September 1974	7 May 1981	6 years, 244 days

Phillip Evatt	6 September 1974	unknown

Robert St John	9 April 1975	31 March 1985	9 years, 356 days

Raymond Northrop	23 March 1976	31 August 1998	22 years, 161 days

Gerard Brennan	22 July 1976	12 February 1981	4 years, 205 days

Douglas McGregor	8 December 1979	15 June 1985	5 years, 189 days

Daryl Davies	17 May 1978	20 December 1998	20 years, 217 days

John Lockhart	17 January 1979	11 June 1999	20 years, 145 days

Ian Sheppard	20 March 1980	23 May 1997	17 years, 64 days

Trevor Morling	11 February 1981	1993	11–12 years

Tony Fitzgerald	19 November 1981	20 June 1984	2 years, 214 days

Kenneth Jenkinson	26 May 1983	13 January 1997	13 years, 232 days

Bryan Beaumont	3 June 1983	11 June 2002	19 years, 8 days

Murray Wilcox	23 April 1983	30 September 2006	23 years, 160 days

Jeffrey Spender	23 April 1983	19 July 2010	27 years, 87 days

Cecil Pincus	23 April 1985	16 December 1991	6 years, 237 days

Michael Foster	25 November 1987	27 November 1998	11 years, 2 days

Donnell Ryan	27 April 1989	2 June 2011	22 years, 36 days

John von Doussa	17 April 1989	6 June 2003	14 years, 50 days

Margaret Beazley	22 June 1994	26 April 1996	1 year, 309 days

Antony Whitlam	7 April 1995	30 April 2005	10 years, 23 days

Marcus Einfeld	12 August 1996	16 April 2001	4 years, 247 days

Rodney Madgwick	12 August 1996	21 April 2008	11 years, 253 days

Richard Cooper	1 October 1996	14 March 2005	8 years, 164 days

Roger Gyles	12 February 2001	22 August 2008	7 years, 192 days

Mark Weinberg	17 February 2003	18 July 2008	5 years, 152 days

Robert French	November 2003	1 September 2008	4 years, 276-305 days

Donald Hill	November 2003	25 August 2005	1 year, 268-297 days

Michael Moore	November 2003	1 August 2011	7–8 years 2801 273-244 days 7 years, 273-244 days

Brian Tamberlin	November 2003	29 March 2009	5 years, 119-148 days

Shane Marshall	November 2003	16 September 2013	9 years, 290-319 days

Anthony North	November 2003	7 September 2018	15 years, 281-310 days

Margaret Stone	November 2003	22 March 2012	8 years, 113-142 days

James Allsop	November 2003	7 April 2008	4 years, 129-158 days

Bradley Selway	November 2003	11 April 2005	1 year, 132-161 days

Annabelle Bennett	November 2003	23 March 2016	12 years, 114-143 days

Bruce Lander	November 2003	31 August 2013	9 years, 274-303 days

John Dowsett	August 2004	26 April 2018	13 years, 238-268 days

Dennis Cowdroy	March 2007	15 March 2014	6–7 years

Peter Graham	March 2007	6 September 2010	3 years, 159-189 days

Richard Edmonds	March 2007	10 February 2016	8 years, 316-346 days

Steven Rares	March 2007	11–12 years

Anthony Besanko	March 2007	11–12 years

John Mansfield	11 September 2008	24 August 2016	7 years, 348 days

Robert Buchanan	11 September 2008	9 September 2016	7 years, 364 days

Lindsay Foster	11 November 2009	9 years, 118 days

Jayne Jagot	11 November 2009	9 years, 118 days

Anna Katzmann	17 September 2010	8 years, 173 days

John Gilmour	6 July 2012	6 years, 246 days

Michael Wigney	9 December 2013	5 years, 90 days

Melissa Perry	14 May 2014	4 years, 299 days

Berna Collier	3 May 2016	2 years, 310 days

Robert Bromwich	5 September 2016	2 years, 185 days

Natalie Charlesworth	14 November 2017	1 year, 115 days

Master / Associate Judge	Alan Hogan	20 December 1989	4 January 1996	6 years, 15 days

Terry Connolly	19 February 1996	30 December 2003	7 years, 314 days

David Harper	7 April 2003	21 May 2013	10 years, 44 days

David Mossop	22 May 2013	12 February 2017	3 years, 266 days

Verity McWilliam	26 June 2017	1 year, 256 days

Sentence(s)

Murray Kellam was appointed as Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the ACT on 8 March 2017.

final_sentence: Murray Kellam was appointed as Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the ACT on 8 March 2017.