List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Victoria as of 15 October 2018, include : Chief Justices of Victoria Presidents of the Court of Appeal Judges of Appeal Judges Reserve judges

List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria

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Table Section Text: Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Victoria as of 15 October 2018, include : Chief Justices of Victoria Presidents of the Court of Appeal Judges of Appeal Judges Reserve judges

Position	Name	Appointment commenced	Appointment ended	Term in office	Comments	Notes

Chief Justice	William à Beckett	19 January 1852	20 February 1857	5 years, 32 days

William Stawell	25 February 1857	24 September 1886	29 years, 211 days

George Higinbotham	24 September 1886	31 December 1892	6 years, 98 days

John Madden	9 January 1893	10 March 1918	25 years, 60 days

William Irvine	9 April 1918	30 September 1935	17 years, 174 days

Frederick Mann	1 October 1935	31 January 1944	8 years, 122 days

Edmund Herring	2 February 1944	1 September 1964	20 years, 212 days

Henry Winneke	2 September 1964	31 May 1974	9 years, 271 days

John Young	1 June 1974	16 December 1991	17 years, 198 days

John Harber Phillips AC	17 December 1991	17 October 2003	11 years, 304 days

Marilyn Warren AC	26 November 2003	1 October 2017	13 years, 309 days

Anne Ferguson	2 October 2017	1 year, 151 days

President, Court of Appeal	John Winneke	7 June 1995	15 July 2005	10 years, 38 days

Chris Maxwell	18 July 2005	13 years, 227 days

Judge of Appeal	Robert Brooking AO	7 June 1995	6 March 2002	6 years, 272 days

Robert Tadgell	7 June 1995	30 May 2001	5 years, 357 days

William Ormiston AO	7 June 1995	24 February 2006	10 years, 262 days

John Phillips	7 June 1995	22 May 2004	8 years, 350 days

Kenneth Hayne AC	7 June 1995	21 September 1997	2 years, 106 days	Appointed to the High Court

Stephen Charles AO	7 June 1995	21 April 2006	10 years, 318 days

Frank Callaway RFD	7 June 1995	27 July 2007	12 years, 50 days

John Batt AM	6 May 1997	3 June 2005	8 years, 28 days

Susan Kenny	25 July 1997	15 October 1998	1 year, 82 days	Appointed to the Federal Court

Peter Buchanan	28 October 1997	11 October 2013	15 years, 348 days

Alex Chernov AC	13 October 1998	29 February 2008	9 years, 139 days

Frank Vincent AO	12 June 2001	20 August 2009	8 years, 69 days

Geoffrey Eames AM	15 March 2002	27 July 2007	5 years, 134 days

Geoffrey Nettle	7 June 2004	2 February 2012	7 years, 240 days	Appointed to the High Court

David Ashley	21 June 2005	1 February 2012	6 years, 225 days

Marcia Neave AM	22 February 2006	23 August 2014	8 years, 182 days

Robert Redlich	8 May 2006	3 March 2016	9 years, 300 days

Murray Kellam AO	16 May 2007	15 June 2009	2 years, 30 days

Julie Dodds-Streeton	8 August 2007	1 February 2010	2 years, 177 days

Mark Weinberg AO	28 July 2008	13 May 2018	9 years, 289 days	Formerly a judge of the Federal Court

Philip Mandie	17 August 2009	31 August 2012	3 years, 14 days

Bernard Bongiorno AO	17 August 2009	31 December 2012	3 years, 136 days

David Harper	4 November 2009	28 June 2013	3 years, 236 days

Hartley Hansen	19 July 2010	31 August 2012	2 years, 43 days

Pamela Tate	16 September 2010	8 years, 167 days

Robert Osborn	7 February 2012	21 June 2018	6 years, 134 days

Simon Whelan	16 October 2012	6 years, 137 days

Phillip Priest	23 October 2012	6 years, 130 days

Paul Coghlan	1 January 2013	11 January 2014	1 year, 10 days

Joseph Santamaria	20 August 2013	14 July 2018	4 years, 328 days

David Beach	22 October 2013	5 years, 131 days

Emilios Kyrou	29 July 2014	4 years, 216 days

Anne Ferguson	12 August 2014	2 October 2017	3 years, 51 days	Appointed Chief Justice

Stephen Kaye AM	3 February 2015	4 years, 27 days

Stephen McLeish	3 March 2015	3 years, 364 days

Richard Niall	28 November 2017	1 year, 94 days

Kim Hargrave	19 December 2017	1 year, 73 days

Terry Forrest	10 July 2018	235 days

Karin Emerton	10 July 2018	235 days

Judge, District of Port Phillip	John Willis	8 February 1841	24 June 1843	2 years, 136 days

William Jeffcott	1 July 1843	December 1844	1 year, 153-183 days

Roger Therry	9 January 1845	February 1846	1 year, 23-50 days

William à Beckett	28 February 1846	19 January 1852	5 years, 325 days

Judge	Redmond Barry	19 January 1852	23 November 1880	28 years, 309 days

Edward Williams	21 July 1852	30 April 1874	21 years, 283 days

Robert Molesworth	17 June 1856	6 May 1886	29 years, 323 days

Thomas Fellows	18 December 1872	8 April 1878	5 years, 111 days

James Stephen	1 May 1874	14 August 1881	7 years, 105 days

George Higinbotham	19 July 1880	31 December 1892	12 years, 165 days

Hartley Williams	4 July 1881	9 June 1903	21 years, 340 days

Edward Dundas Holroyd	19 August 1881	9 May 1906	24 years, 263 days

George Kerferd	1 January 1886	31 December 1889	3 years, 364 days

George Webb	6 May 1886	20 September 1891	5 years, 137 days

Thomas à Beckett	30 September 1886	30 June 1917	30 years, 273 days

Henry Hodges	12 February 1889	8 August 1919	30 years, 177 days

Joseph Hood	1 February 1890	31 December 1921	31 years, 333 days

Leo Cussen	19 March 1906	17 May 1933	27 years, 59 days

William Schutt	24 July 1919	31 December 1926	7 years, 160 days

Frederick Mann	24 July 1919	31 January 1944	24 years, 191 days

William McArthur	27 January 1920	31 March 1934	14 years, 63 days

James Macfarlan	30 January 1922	31 December 1949	27 years, 335 days

Charles Lowe	28 January 1927	31 January 1964	37 years, 3 days

Charles Gavan Duffy	1 June 1933	12 August 1961	28 years, 72 days

Fred Martin	29 January 1934	31 January 1957	23 years, 2 days

Norman John O'Bryan	2 February 1939	16 October 1966	27 years, 256 days

Wilfred Fullagar	1 August 1945	8 February 1950	4 years, 191 days	Appointed to the High Court.

John Vincent Barry	14 January 1947	8 November 1969	22 years, 298 days

Arthur Dean	8 February 1949	24 May 1965	16 years, 105 days

Reginald Sholl	1 February 1950	31 January 1966	15 years, 364 days

Thomas Weetman Smith	1 February 1950	16 September 1973	23 years, 227 days

Edward Hudson	27 September 1950	15 December 1966	16 years, 79 days

Robert Monahan	3 March 1955	11 April 1970	15 years, 39 days

George Pape	18 February 1957	28 January 1975	17 years, 344 days

Alexander Adam	27 May 1959	30 August 1974	15 years, 95 days

Douglas Little	3 February 1959	30 August 1974	15 years, 208 days

Urban Gowans	22 August 1961	8 September 1976	15 years, 17 days

Oliver Gillard	2 October 1962	13 May 1978	15 years, 223 days

John Starke	31 January 1964	30 November 1985	21 years, 303 days

Edward Barber	7 April 1964	25 February 1977	12 years, 324 days

Murray McInerney	28 May 1965	10 February 1983	17 years, 258 days

George Lush	1 February 1966	5 October 1983	17 years, 246 days

Clifford Menhennitt	27 April 1966	29 October 1979	13 years, 185 days

Hibbert Newton	10 January 1967	1 June 1977	10 years, 142 days

Francis Nelson	1 February 1968	14 June 1977	9 years, 133 days

Kevin Anderson	29 April 1969	4 September 1984	15 years, 128 days

William Crockett	2 December 1969	16 April 1996	26 years, 136 days

Ninian Stephen	30 June 1970	29 February 1972	1 year, 244 days	Appointed to the High Court.

William Kaye	1 March 1972	8 February 1991	18 years, 344 days

John Norris	1 March 1968	11 June 1975	7 years, 102 days

Benjamin Dunn	1 May 1968	31 July 1977	9 years, 91 days

Peter Murphy	12 April 1973	15 April 1992	19 years, 3 days

William Harris	9 October 1973	17 August 1978	4 years, 312 days

John Young	30 April 1974	16 December 1991	17 years, 230 days

Tony Murray	5 September 1974	11 May 1988	13 years, 249 days

Richard Fullagar	29 January 1975	11 February 1994	19 years, 13 days

Kenneth Jenkinson	18 February 1975	1 November 1982	7 years, 256 days

Richard Griffith	10 June 1975	1 December 1976	1 year, 174 days

Richard McGarvie AC	1 June 1976	22 April 1992	15 years, 326 days

Norman Michael O'Bryan	2 February 1977	6 May 1992	15 years, 94 days

Robert Brooking AO	22 February 1977	6 March 2002	25 years, 12 days

Kenneth Marks	15 June 1977	28 January 1994	16 years, 227 days

Ian Gray	12 July 1977	30 March 1990	12 years, 261 days

Alfred King	19 July 1977	13 February 1991	13 years, 209 days

Barry Beach AO	18 July 1978	15 February 2003	24 years, 212 days

James Gobbo AC	18 July 1978	28 February 1994	15 years, 225 days

Alec Southwell	3 April 1979	11 April 1997	18 years, 8 days

Robert Tadgell	4 March 1980	30 May 2001	21 years, 87 days

Alastair Nicholson	16 November 1982	31 January 1988	5 years, 76 days

George Hampel AM	16 March 1983	31 August 2000	17 years, 168 days

William Ormiston AM	22 November 1983	24 February 2006	22 years, 94 days

Howard Nathan	22 November 1983	17 April 1997	13 years, 146 days

John Harber Phillips AC	7 November 1984	13 August 1990	5 years, 279 days

Frank Vincent AO	30 April 1985	20 August 2009	24 years, 112 days

Bernard Teague AO	13 October 1987	15 February 2008	20 years, 125 days

Philip Cummins AM	17 February 1988	8 November 2009	21 years, 264 days

Allan McDonald	19 May 1988	31 August 2002	14 years, 104 days

Thomas Harrison Smith	1 May 1990	31 July 2009	19 years, 91 days

John Phillips	22 May 1990	22 May 2004	14 years, 0 days

David Ashley	21 August 1990	1 June 2012	21 years, 285 days

John Hedigan	30 January 1991	30 August 2001	10 years, 212 days

John Coldrey	19 February 1991	4 April 2008	17 years, 45 days

David Byrne	20 August 1991	20 May 2010	18 years, 273 days

David Harper	11 March 1992	28 June 2013	21 years, 109 days

Kenneth Hayne AC	8 April 1992	21 September 1997	5 years, 166 days	Appointed to the High Court.

Geoffrey Eames AM	26 May 1992	27 July 2007	15 years, 62 days

John Batt AM	8 March 1994	3 June 2005	11 years, 87 days

Hartley Hansen	6 April 1994	31 July 2012	18 years, 116 days

Philip Mandie	10 May 1994	31 August 2012	18 years, 113 days

John Winneke AC, RFD	7 June 1995	15 July 2005	10 years, 38 days

Stephen Charles AO	7 June 1995	21 April 2006	10 years, 318 days

Frank Callaway RFD	7 June 1995	10 June 2007	12 years, 3 days

Rosemary Balmford AM	6 March 1996	14 September 2003	7 years, 192 days

Bill Gillard	6 May 1997	31 October 2007	10 years, 178 days

Alex Chernov AC	6 May 1997	29 February 2008	10 years, 299 days

Susan Kenny	25 July 1997	15 October 1998	1 year, 82 days

Peter Buchanan	28 October 1997	11 October 2013	15 years, 348 days

Murray Kellam AO	28 January 1998	15 June 2009	11 years, 138 days

Marilyn Warren AC	13 October 1998	1 October 2017	18 years, 353 days

Bernard Bongiorno AO	18 December 2000	31 December 2012	12 years, 13 days

David Habersberger	3 July 2001	28 March 2013	11 years, 268 days

Geoffrey Flatman	18 July 2001	18 September 2002	1 year, 62 days

Tony Pagone	3 October 2001 16 May 2007	30 June 2002 20 June 2013	270 days 6 years, 35 days

Robert Osborn	9 May 2002	21 June 2018	16 years, 43 days

Geoffrey Nettle	23 July 2002	2 February 2012	9 years, 194 days

Julie Dodds-Streeton	23 July 2002	1 February 2010	7 years, 193 days

Robert Redlich	25 October 2002	3 March 2016	13 years, 130 days

Katharine Williams	25 October 2002	12 February 2015	12 years, 110 days

Stuart Morris	9 April 2003	9 April 2007	4 years, 0 days

Stephen Kaye	16 December 2003	15 years, 76 days

Simon Whelan	17 March 2004	14 years, 350 days

Elizabeth Hollingworth	7 June 2004	14 years, 268 days

Kevin Bell AM	10 February 2005	14 years, 20 days

Kim Hargrave	18 March 2005	13 years, 349 days

Betty King	21 June 2005	14 August 2015	10 years, 54 days

Chris Maxwell AC	18 July 2005	13 years, 227 days

Anthony Cavanough	8 May 2006	12 years, 298 days

Elizabeth Curtain	3 October 2006	8 May 2014	7 years, 217 days

Paul Coghlan	8 August 2007	31 December 2012	5 years, 145 days

Ross Robson	8 August 2007	20 July 2016	8 years, 347 days

Jack Forrest	8 August 2007	28 March 2018	10 years, 232 days

Lex Lasry AM	23 October 2007	22 June 2018	10 years, 242 days

James Judd	6 March 2008	31 March 2018	10 years, 25 days

Peter Vickery	6 May 2008	8 May 2018	10 years, 2 days

Emilios Kyrou	15 May 2008	10 years, 291 days

David Beach	5 September 2008	10 years, 178 days

Jennifer Davies	6 April 2009	4 July 2013	4 years, 89 days

Terry Forrest	13 October 2009	9 years, 140 days

Karin Emerton	13 October 2009	9 years, 140 days

Iain Ross	9 November 2009	1 March 2012	2 years, 113 days

Clyde Croft	9 November 2009	9 years, 113 days

Anne Ferguson	3 May 2010	8 years, 303 days

Michael Sifris	13 July 2010	8 years, 232 days

Peter Almond	28 July 2010	8 years, 217 days

John Dixon	13 September 2010	8 years, 170 days

Cameron Macaulay	13 September 2010	8 years, 170 days

Kate McMillan	8 March 2012	6 years, 359 days

Gregory Garde AO	29 May 2012	6 years, 277 days

John Digby	19 November 2012	6 years, 103 days

James Elliott	25 March 2013	5 years, 342 days

Tim Ginnane	4 June 2013	5 years, 271 days

Melanie Sloss	30 July 2013	5 years, 215 days

Michael Croucher	30 July 2013	5 years, 215 days

Joseph Santamaria	20 August 2013	14 July 2018	4 years, 328 days

Jack Rush	26 November 2013	1 February 2016	2 years, 67 days

Joanne Cameron	12 August 2014	4 years, 202 days

Christopher Beale	2 September 2014	4 years, 181 days

Michael McDonald	16 September 2014	4 years, 167 days

Rita Zammit	3 February 2015	4 years, 27 days

Stephen McLeish	3 March 2015	3 years, 364 days

Peter Riordan	10 March 2015	3 years, 357 days

Jane Dixon	17 August 2015	3 years, 197 days

Andrew Keogh	4 April 2016	2 years, 332 days

Peter Kidd	24 May 2016	2 years, 282 days

Maree Kennedy	25 July 2016	2 years, 220 days

Richard Niall	28 November 2017	1 year, 94 days

John Champion	19 December 2017	1 year, 73 days

Michelle Quigley	19 December 2017	1 year, 73 days

Matthew Connock	10 April 2018	326 days

Melinda Richards	24 April 2018	312 days

Kevin Lyons	22 May 2018	284 days

Lesley Taylor	10 July 2018	235 days

Steven Moore	10 July 2018	235 days

Andrew Tinney	16 July 2018	229 days

Acting judge	Thomas Cope	August 1885	June 1886	275-333 days

Reserve judge	Peter Murphy	16 April 1992	5 May 1993	1 year, 19 days

Richard Fullagar	12 February 1994	9 May 1994	86 days

Norman Michael O'Bryan	7 May 1992	7 April 2004	11 years, 336 days

Robert Brooking	14 May 2002	21 September 2003	1 year, 130 days

Ian Gray	30 March 1990	5 March 2001	10 years, 340 days

Alec Southwell	9 September 1997	31 October 2001	4 years, 52 days

Howard Nathan	18 April 1997	1 September 2005	8 years, 136 days

Rosemary Balmford	29 September 2003	31 May 2005	1 year, 244 days

John Phillips	22 May 2004	28 February 2005	282 days

David Ashley	9 April 2013	5 years, 327 days

Philip Mandie	2 July 2013	5 years, 243 days

Hartley Hansen	2 July 2013	5 years, 243 days

Bernard Bongiorno	2 July 2013	5 years, 243 days

Paul Coghlan	12 January 2014	5 years, 49 days

Malcolm Blue	28 April 2015	3 years, 308 days

Julie Dodds-Streeton	24 November 2015	3 years, 98 days

Robert Redlich	4 March 2016	2 years, 363 days

Ross Robson	1 August 2016	2 years, 213 days

Mark Weinberg AO	13 May 2018	293 days

Robert Osborn	23 June 2018	252 days

Sentence(s)

Marilyn Warren AC is a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Marilyn Louise Warren AC is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Marilyn Louise Warren AC is a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

final_sentence: Marilyn Warren AC is a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
final_sentence: Marilyn Louise Warren AC is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
final_sentence: Marilyn Louise Warren AC is a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.