List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW include : Current judges Chief justices of NSW Presidents of the NSW Court of Appeal Chief judges in equity Chief judges in common law Judges of appeal Acting judges Masters / Associate judges (1961) Sydney Law Review 504.

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 Appointmentcommenced Appointmentended Term in officeCommentsNotes Appointed Governor-General Appointed Chief Justice of Australia NSW Judicial Scholarship 17. President of the Court of Appeal (2019–2022) Appointed to the High Court Appointed to the High Court Appointed to the High Court Judge of the Federal Court (20012008)Appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (19901991)Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (19911992)Judge of the Federal Court (19931996)Appointed Governor of NSW Appointed Chief Justice Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022) Appointed to the High Court Appointed to the High Court Appointed to the High Court,subsequently appointed Chief Justice of Australia Chief Justice of the Federal Court (19761990) Appointed to the High Court Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (20042009) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (19901991)Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (19911992)Judge of the Federal Court (19931996)President of the Court of Appeal (20132019)Appointed Governor of NSW Appointed to the High Court Appointed to the High Court NSW Judicial Scholarship 20. NSW Judicial Scholarship 24. Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022)Appointed President of the Court of Appeal Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998–2005)Chief Royal Commissioner of the child abuse Royal Commission Judge of the Federal Court (19972013) NSW Judicial Scholarship 8. NSW Judicial Scholarship 13. NSW Judicial Scholarship 23. Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory Appointed to the High Court years year year years year years Judge of the Federal Court (19871998) years years Independent Commission Against Corruption (20042009) years Formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT years Judge of the District Court of NSW (19831985)Judge of the Land and Environment Court (19851997) years Judge of the Federal Court (19942008) years years Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Appointed to the High Court Appointed President of the Court of Appeal Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (19941999)Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999 Appointed by Legislative Council 17 August 1825 Appointed a judge in Madras Judge of the District Court of NSW (18591865) Judge of the District Court of NSW (18581859) Judge of the District Court of NSW (18811882) Appointed to the High Court Acting Judge of the District Court of NSWAttorney General (19041910)Premier (19071910) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928)Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (19291930 & 1934) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (19161917) Appointed to the High Court Appointed to the High Court Judge of the District Court of NSW (19391941) Judge of the District Court of NSW 1943Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (19431950) Appointed to the High Court Judge of the District Court of NSW (19511952) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947)Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953) Appointed to the High Court Judge of the District Court of NSW (19341954) Appointed to the High Court Kirby, M "Obituary: Hon Athol Randolph Moffitt, CMG, OAM, QC" (2007) 81 Australian Law Journal 839. Judge of the Federal Court (19791987) (1999 Spring) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association 62 Judge of the Federal Court (19771982)Subsequently appointed to the High Court Judge of the District Court of NSW (19771978) Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN InternationalCriminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia President Industrial Commission of NSW (19811998)Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1998-2002 Judge of the District Court of NSW (19771981) Judge of the Federal Court (19871998) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT Chief Judge, Compensation Court of NSW (19942004) President Administrative Appeals Tribunal Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (19941999)Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999 Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994–2014) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (19881990) Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Judge of the District Court of NSW (19881989) Judge, Vice President & President of the Industrial Court of NSW(18 December 1998 - 7 December 2016) Justice Walton's service as an IRC judicial member counts towards his service as a Judge of the Supreme Court pursuant to the . Appointed to the High Court Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court(25 August 2003 – 1 September 2005) Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2009–2014) NSW Judicial Scholarship 8. Chief Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2017–2022) Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998–2005)Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014–2016) Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002–2014)Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2024) NSW Judicial Scholarship 12. Appointed Chief Judge in Equity (2022-) NSW Judicial Scholarship 1. Appointed Chief Judge at Common Law (2023-) NSW Judicial Scholarship 3. NSW Judicial Scholarship 2. Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory Judge of the District Court of NSW (2002–2008) NSW Judicial Scholarship 11. NSW Judicial Scholarship 19. NSW Judicial Scholarship 5. NSW Judicial Scholarship 9. NSW Judicial Scholarship 10. Judge of the Industrial Court of NSW (19932009) NSW Judicial Scholarship 6. NSW Judicial Scholarship 14. NSW Judicial Scholarship 13. NSW Judicial Scholarship 2. NSW Judicial Scholarship 20. NSW Judicial Scholarship 34. Appointed [Chairman of the New South Wales Parole Board] NSW Judicial Scholarship 3. NSW Judicial Scholarship 8. Appointed to the High Court NSW Judicial Scholarship 15. NSW Judicial Scholarship 23. NSW Judicial Scholarship 25. NSW Judicial Scholarship 31. NSW Judicial Scholarship 14. NSW Judicial Scholarship 20. NSW Judicial Scholarship 28. NSW Judicial Scholarship 38. NSW Judicial Scholarship 24. Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2014) NSW Crown Solicitor (20152018) President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2018) Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014–2022) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2016–2022) Judge of the District Court of NSW (2019–2023) Judge of the District Court of NSW (2006–2023) Appointed Chief Judge of the District Court (2024-) year years years years Judge of the District Court of NSW (18581889) Appointed judge years Judge of the District Court of NSW (18841921) years year year Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1894, 1905, 1907 1920) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928)Judge of the Supreme Court (19341956) Judge of the District Court of NSW (19331949) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1933Judge of the Supreme Court (19551965) years Judge of the District Court of NSW (19341954) Judge of the District Court of NSW (19501960) Judge of the District Court of NSW (19511977) Judge of the District Court of NSW (19521967) Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947)Judge of the Supreme Court (19531973) Appointed to the High Court Judge of the District Court of NSW (19681974) years Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW (19881990) years years year years years years years years years years year Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (20042009) Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994–2014) years Judge of the District Court of NSW (19801987) years years years years Former ACT Supreme Court Judge (2016-2022) years Became first Chief Justice of Victoria 24 January 1852 Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland years years years 275–304 days years years years years years years years years years years years years years NSW Judicial Scholarship 15. 255–282 days

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