List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria

This is a list of Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Victoria as of 6 September 2017.

Chief Justices

Name Appointment
commenced		 Appointment
ended		 Term in office Comments Notes
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, 18 days

Presidents of the Court of Appeal

Name Appointment
commenced		 Appointment
ended		 Term in office Comments Notes
John Winneke 7 June 1995 15 July 2005 10 years, 38 days
Chris Maxwell 18 July 2005 13 years, 94 days

Judges of the Court of Appeal

Name Appointment
commenced		 Appointment
ended		 Term in office Comments Notes
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, 34 days
Robert Osborn 7 February 2012 6 years, 255 days
Simon Whelan 16 October 2012 6 years, 4 days
Phillip Priest 23 October 2012 5 years, 362 days
Paul Coghlan 1 January 2013 11 January 2014 1 year, 10 days
Joseph Santamaria 20 August 2013 5 years, 61 days
David Beach 22 October 2013 4 years, 363 days
Emilios Kyrou 29 July 2014 4 years, 83 days
Anne Ferguson 12 August 2014 4 years, 69 days
Stephen Kaye AM 3 February 2015 3 years, 259 days
Stephen McLeish 3 March 2015 3 years, 231 days
Richard Niall 28 November 2017 326 days
Kim Hargrave 19 December 2017 305 days


Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip

Prior to the separation of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales into the independent colony of Victoria, the Supreme Court of New South Wales was the superior court in the District. A local division of that court, the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip, was established in 1840 and existed until the Supreme Court of Victoria was created in 1852.

Name Appointment
commenced		 Appointment
ended		 Term in office Comments Notes
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


Judges (including Chief Justices, Presidents and Justices of Appeal)

Name Term as Judge
William à Beckett 19 January 1852 – 20 February 1857
Redmond Barry 19 January 1852 – 23 November 1880
Edward Williams 21 July 1852 – 30 April 1874
Robert Molesworth 17 June 1856 – 6 May 1886
Thomas Fellows 18 December 1872 – 8 April 1878
James Stephen 1 May 1874 – 14 August 1881
George Higinbotham 19 July 1880 – 23 September 1886
Hartley Williams 4 July 1881 – 9 June 1903
Edward Dundas Holroyd 19 August 1881 – 9 May 1906
Thomas Cope (acting)[1] August 1885 – June 1886
George Kerferd 1 January 1886 – 31 December 1889
George Webb 6 May 1886 – 20 September 1891
Thomas à Beckett 30 September 1886 – 30 June 1917
Henry Hodges 12 February 1889 – 8 August 1919
Joseph Hood 1 February 1890 – 31 December 1921
Leo Cussen 19 March 1906 – 17 May 1933
William Schutt 24 July 1919 – 31 December 1926
Frederick Mann 24 July 1919 – 30 September 1935
William McArthur 27 January 1920 – 31 March 1934
James Macfarlan 30 January 1922 – 31 December 1949
Charles Lowe 28 January 1927 – 31 January 1964
Charles Gavan Duffy 1 June 1933 – 12 August 1961
Fred Martin 29 January 1934 – 31 January 1957
Norman John O'Bryan [2] 2 February 1939 – 16 October 1966
Wilfred Fullagar 1 August 1945 – 8 February 1950
John Vincent Barry 14 January 1947 – 8 November 1969
Arthur Dean 8 February 1949 – 24 May 1965
Reginald Sholl 1 February 1950 – 31 January 1966
Thomas Smith 1 February 1950 – 16 September 1973
Edward Hudson 27 September 1950 – 15 December 1966
Robert Monahan 3 March 1955 – 11 April 1970
George Pape 18 February 1957 – 28 January 1975
Alexander Adam 27 May 1959 – 30 August 1974
Douglas Little 3 February 1959 – 30 August 1974
Urban Gowans 22 August 1961 – 8 September 1976
Oliver Gillard 2 October 1962 – 13 May 1978
John Starke 31 January 1964 – 30 November 1985
Edward Barber 7 April 1964 – 25 February 1977
Murray McInerney 28 May 1965 – 10 February 1983
George Lush 1 February 1966 – 5 October 1983
Clifford Menhennitt 27 April 1966 – 29 October 1979
Hibbert Newton 10 January 1967 – 1 June 1977
Francis Nelson 1 February 1968 – 14 June 1977
Kevin Anderson 29 April 1969 – 4 September 1984
William Crockett 2 December 1969 – 16 April 1996
Ninian Stephen 30 June 1970 – 29 February 1972
William Kaye 1 March 1972 – 8 February 1991
John Norris 1 March 1968 – 11 June 1975
Benjamin Dunn 1 May 1968 – 31 July 1977
Peter Murphy 12 April 1973 – 15 April 1992
William Harris 9 October 1973 – 17 August 1978
John Young 30 April 1974 – 31 May 1974
Basil Murray 5 September 1974 – 11 May 1988
Richard Fullagar 29 January 1975 – 11 February 1994
Kenneth Jenkinson 18 February 1975 – 1 November 1982
Richard Griffith 10 June 1975 – 1 December 1976
Richard McGarvie AC 1 June 1976 – 22 April 1992
Norman Michael O'Bryan [2] 2 February 1977 – 6 May 1992
Robert Brooking AO 22 February 1977 – 6 March 2002
Kenneth Marks 15 June 1977 – 28 January 1994
Ian Grey 12 July 1977 – 30 March 1990
Alfred King 19 July 1977 – 13 February 1991
Barry Beach AO 18 July 1978 – 15 February 2003
James Gobbo AC 18 July 1978 – 28 February 1994
Alec Southwell 3 April 1979 – 11 April 1997
Robert Tadgell 4 March 1980 – 30 May 2001
Alastair Nicholson 16 November 1982 – 31 January 1988
George Hampel AM 16 March 1983 – 31 August 2000
William Ormiston AM 22 November 1983 – 24 February 2006
Howard Nathan 22 November 1983 – 17 April 1997
John Harber Phillips AC 7 November 1984 – 13 August 1990
Frank Vincent AO 30 April 1985 – 20 August 2009
Bernard Teague AO 13 October 1987 – 15 February 2008
Philip Cummins AM 17 February 1988 – 2010
Allan McDonald 19 May 1988 – 31 August 2002
Thomas Smith 1 May 1990 – 31 July 2009
John Phillips 22 May 1990 – 22 May 2004
David Ashley 21 August 1990 – 1 June 2012
John Hedigan 30 January 1991 – 30 August 2001
John Coldrey 19 February 1991 – 4 April 2008
David Byrne 20 August 1991 – 20 May 2010
David Harper 11 March 1992 – 28 June 2013
Kenneth Hayne AC 8 April 1992 – 21 September 1997
Geoffrey Eames AM 26 May 1992 – 27 July 2007
John Batt AM 8 March 1994 – 3 June 2005
Hartley Hansen 6 April 1994 – 31 July 2012
Philip Mandie 10 May 1994 – 31 August 2012
John Winneke AC, RFD 7 June 1995 – 15 July 2005
Stephen Charles AO 7 June 1995 – 21 April 2006
Frank Callaway RFD 7 June 1995 – 10 June 2007
Rosemary Balmford AM 6 March 1996 – 14 September 2003
Bill Gillard 6 May 1997 – 31 October 2007
Alex Chernov AC 6 May 1997 – 29 February 2008
Susan Kenny 25 July 1997 – 15 October 1998
Peter Buchanan 28 October 1997 – 11 October 2013
Murray Kellam AO 28 January 1998 – 15 June 2009
Marilyn Warren AC 13 October 1998 – present
Bernard Bongiorno AO 18 December 2000 – 31 December 2012
David Habersberger 3 July 2001 – 28 March 2013
Geoffrey Flatman 18 July 2001 – 18 September 2002
Tony Pagone 3 October 2001 – 30 June 2002
16 May 2007 – 20 June 2013
Robert Osborn 9 May 2002 – present
Geoffrey Nettle 23 July 2002 – 2 February 2012
Julie Dodds-Streeton 23 July 2002 – 1 February 2010
Robert Redlich 25 October 2002 – 3 March 2016
Katharine Williams 25 October 2002 – 12 February 2015
Stuart Morris 9 April 2003 – 9 April 2007
Stephen Kaye 16 December 2003 – present
Simon Whelan 17 March 2004 – present
Elizabeth Hollingworth 7 June 2004 – present
Kevin Bell AM 10 February 2005 – present
Kim Hargrave 18 March 2005 – present
Betty King 21 June 2005 – 14 August 2015
Chris Maxwell AC 18 July 2005 – present
Anthony Cavanough 8 May 2006 – present
Elizabeth Curtain 3 October 2006 – 8 May 2014
Paul Coghlan 8 August 2007 – 31 December 2012
Ross Robson 8 August 2007 – 20 July 2016
Jack Forrest 8 August 2007 – present
Lex Lasry AM 23 October 2007 – present
James Judd 6 March 2008 – present
Peter Vickery 6 May 2008 – present
Emilios Kyrou 15 May 2008 – present
David Beach 5 September 2008 – present
Jennifer Davies 6 April 2009 – 4 July 2013
Terry Forrest 13 October 2009 – present
Karin Emerton 16 October 2009 – present
Iain Ross 9 November 2009 – 1 March 2012
Clyde Croft 9 November 2009 – present
Anne Ferguson 3 May 2010 – present
Michael Sifris 13 July 2010 – present
Peter Almond 28 July 2010 – present
John Dixon 13 September 2010 – present
Cameron Macaulay 13 September 2010 – present
Kate McMillan 8 March 2012 – present
Gregory Garde AO 29 May 2012 – present
John Digby 19 November 2012 – present
James Elliott 25 March 2013 – present
Tim Ginnane 4 June 2013 – present
Melanie Sloss 30 July 2013 – present
Michael Croucher 30 July 2013 – present
Joseph Santamaria 20 August 2013 – present
Jack Rush 26 November 2013 – 1 February 2016
Joanne Cameron 12 August 2014 – present
Christopher Beale 2 September 2014 – present
Michael McDonald 16 September 2014 – present
Rita Zammit 3 February 2015 – present
Stephen McLeish 3 March 2015 – present
Peter Riordan 10 March 2015 – present
Jane Dixon 17 August 2015 – present
Andrew Keogh 4 April 2016 – present
Peter Kidd 24 May 2016 – present
Maree Kennedy 25 July 2016 – present
Richard Niall 28 November 2017 – present
Kim Hargrave 19 December 2017 – present
John Champion 19 December 2017 – present
Michelle Quigley 19 December 2017 – present
Matthew Connock 10 April 2018 – present
Melinda Richards 24 April 2018 – present

Reserve Judges

Name Term as Reserve Judge
Peter Murphy 16 April 1992 – 5 May 1993
Richard Fullagar 12 February 1994 – 9 May 1994
Norman Michael O'Bryan [2] 7 May 1992 – 7 April 2004
Robert Brooking 14 May 2002 – 21 September 2003
Ian Gray 30 March 1990 – 5 March 2001
Alec Southwell 9 September 1997 – 31 October 2001
Howard Nathan 18 April 1997 – 1 September 2005
Rosemary Balmford 29 September 2003 – 31 May 2005
John Phillips 22 May 2004 – 28 February 2005
David Ashley 9 April 2013 – present
Philip Mandie 2 July 2013 – present
Hartley Hansen 2 July 2013 – present
Bernard Bongiorno 2 July 2013 – present
Paul Coghlan 12 January 2014 – present
Julie Dodds-Streeton 24 November 2015 – present
Robert Redlich 4 March 2016 – present
Ross Robson 1 August 2016 – present

See also

References

  • "Judges". Supreme Court of Victoria. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  • "Past judges and associate judges". Supreme Court of Victoria. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  1. ↑ Rathbone, G. M. R. "Cope, Thomas Spencer (1821–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Norman Michael O'Bryan (1930–2013) was the son of Norman John O'Bryan (1894–1968).
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