List of Judges of the District Court of NSW

In 1858 the District Courts were established with a civil jurisdiction up to GB£200 replacing the Court of Requests which only sat in limited places,[lower-alpha 1] and had a general claim limit of GB£10 to £30.[2] Initially each judge was appointed to a specific district.[3] From 1955 judges were appointed to all district courts.

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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 JudgesJohn Nield [lower-alpha 2]16 February 19507 February 19543 years, 356 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1954–1962)		[9][6]
Alan Lloyd ED QC195419594–5 yearsActing Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938)
Judge District Court (1947–1959)		[10]
Christopher Monahan25 May 195913 March 197111 years, 292 days[11]
Chairman of Judges
Chief Judge [lower-alpha 3]		James Staunton CBE QC1 April 197112 December 199423 years, 255 days[11][12][13]
Chief JudgeReg Blanch AM13 December 19947 August 201419 years, 219 daysDirector of Public Prosecutions (1987–1994)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1994 & 2002)		[14][15]
Derek Price AM8 August 20146 years, 179 daysJudge of District Court (2000–2006)
Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002–2010)
Judge of the Supreme Court (2006–)		[15][16]
JudgeAlfred Cheeke22 December 185811 June 18656 years, 171 daysCommissioner to the Courts of Requests (1845–1858)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1865–1876)		[17]
Thomas Callaghan22 December 185828 November 18634 years, 341 daysCommissioner to the Courts of Requests (–1858)[18]
James Sheen Dowling [lower-alpha 4]22 December 185831 July 188930 years, 221 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (1878–1881)[19]
Henry Cary3 February 1859September 1869 10 years, 210–239 days[20]
John Hargrave3 February 185921 February 185918 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1865–1881)[21]
Robert Owen1 March 185930 June 18612 years, 121 days[22]
William Alexander Purefoy25 July 186130 May 18675 years, 309 days[23][24]
Isidore Blake25 July 186118653–4 years[23]
Henry Ralph Francis1 July 18617 June 187513 years, 341 days[23][25][26]
Frederick William Meymott15 December 18635 November 188016 years, 326 days[lower-alpha 5][29][28]
Alfred McFarland14 December 1865December 189125–26 yearsJudge of the civil and criminal courts of Western Australia.[30]
(Sir) George Simpson20 August 186731 July 18746 years, 345 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1894–1910)[31]
Joshua Josephson10 September 1869October 188414–15 years[32]
David Grant Forbes [lower-alpha 6]8 June 187530 June 189815–16 yearsActing Judge District Court (1871–1873, 1875)[33]
William Hattam Wilkinson21 September 1874October 189318–19 yearsDeputy Judge District Court (1868–1870, 1874)
Commissioner of the Court of Claims (1894–1905)		[34]
Ernest Docker5 January 188131 December 1918 [lower-alpha 7]37 years, 360 daysJudge on Norfolk Island (1894)[35]
Charles Edward Robinson MurrayAugust 1878October 191619–20 years[36]
Grantley Fitzhardinge189031 December 1918 [lower-alpha 7]27–28 years[37]
Alfred Backhouse1884May 192136–37 yearsActing Judge of the Supreme Court (1895–1898)[38]
Frederick William Gibson189324 October 191420–21 years
William Henry Coffey189418994–5 years
Francis Edward Rogers QC1898191019–20 years
Charles Heydon QC1 March 190031 December 1918 [lower-alpha 7]18 years, 305 daysPresident of the Court of Arbitration (1905–1908)
Court of Industrial Arbitration (1908–1918)		[39]
Edward Scholes1 August 190829 May 192819 years, 302 daysPresident Industrial Court (1911–1912)[40]
Walter Edmunds QC2 August 19115 January 192614 years, 156 daysActing Judge District Court (1905–1911)
Court of Industrial Arbitration (1914–)
Industrial Court of NSW (1920–1926)		[41]
Montgomerie Hamilton12 May 19141 July 192419 years, 302 daysActing Judge District Court (1900–1914)[42][lower-alpha 8]
Walter Bevan3 November 1914December 1926 12 years, 28–58 daysSolicitor General for New South Wales (1911–1912)[44]
John Cohen31 January 191920 December 192910 years, 323 days[45]
Edwin Mayhew BrissendenJanuary 1919September 1919 <1 year [lower-alpha 9][46]
Laurens Frederic Matthews Armstrong3 February 191912 October 193213 years, 252 days[47]
Cecil Alban White15 March 192029 September 193919 years, 198 days[48]
William Hugh Mocatta KC14 August 1922November 19319 years, 93 days[49]
William Thomas Coyle KC1 February 1927November 193811 years, 287 daysJudge on Norfolk Island (1935)[50]
John Patrick Garvan Sheridan KC28 January 19305 September 19388 years, 220 days[51]
David Edwards1 July 19245 July 193511 years, 4 days[52]
Herbert Curlewis [lower-alpha 10]1 July 192831 July 193911 years, 30 daysJudge of the Court of Industrial Arbitration (1917–1926)[53]
Alec Thomson KC28 May 19286 September 193810 years, 101 days[54]
John Clancy13 November 19319 July 194715 years, 238 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1947–1965)[55]
Edmund Alfred Barton [lower-alpha 11]1 April 193331 May 194916 years, 60 daysActing Judge District Court (1932–1933)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1939–1940)		[56]
John Nield [lower-alpha 2]1 January 19347 February 195420 years, 37 daysChairman District Court Judges (1950–1954)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1954–1962)		[9]
Horace Francis Markell KC1 August 193512 February 195216 years, 195 daysActing Judge District Court (1928–1932)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1934, 1935 & 1952)		[57]
Selwyn Betts7 June 193714 October 19381 year, 129 days[58]
Henry George Edwards6 September 193821 May 1939257 daysActing 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)		[59]
Norman McGhie1 October 193831 August 19445 years, 335 days[60]
Arthur Gordon Hill3 October 193825 December 19424 years, 83 days[61]
Percy Douglas Shortland1 August 193927 October 195011 years, 87 daysActing Judge District Court (1939)[62]
Bertie Vandaleur (Baron) Stacy CMG, DSO27 March 19397 December 195617 years, 255 days[63]
Percy Storkey VC1 June 1939195515–16 years[64][65]
Henry Thomas Eulert Holt QC [lower-alpha 12]1 August 1939May 1965 25 years, 273–303 days[64][66]
Hilary James Studdert QC1 January 194116 August 19487 years, 228 daysActing Judge District Court (1939–1940)[67]
Ted Kinsella19 January 19436 October 1943260 daysMember of the Industrial Commission of NSW (1943–1950)
Judge of the Supreme Court (1950–1963)		[68]
Frederick Witton Berne7 October 1943196016–17 years[64][69]
(Sir) Richard Kirby23 August 194425 August 19473 years, 2 daysCommonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1947–1973)
President Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956–1973)		[70]
Thomas Sinclair Holden15 October 1945196519–20 years[64][71]
Joe Lamaro1 December 194722 May 19513 years, 172 days[64][72]
Alan Lloyd QC17 December 1947195911–12 yearsActing Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938)
Chairman of District Court Judges (1954–1959)		[10]
Sir Adrian Curlewis CVO, CBE [lower-alpha 10]1 September 194819 December 197022 years, 109 daysActing Judge District Court (1948)[73][74]
Samual Redshaw7 February 194919566–7 yearsActing Judge District Court (1944)[64][75]
Gerald O'Sullivan27 February 195011 September 196010 years, 197 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (1952 & 1953)[64][76]
David Henry McKillop11 December 195012 November 197120 years, 336 days[64][77]
Russel Brereton [lower-alpha 13]19 July 195110 September 19521 year, 53 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1952–1974)[78]
John Brennan22 October 195115 February 197725 years, 116 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (1953)[79]
Frank Stephen QC12 September 195220 February 196714 years, 161 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (1953 & 1956)[80]
George Amsberg QC27 October 1952196815–16 years[49]
Jack Phineas Fitzpatrick1 April 1953197016–17 years[81]
Eric Clegg QC1 April 19538 March 197117 years, 341 days[82]
Jack Harvey Prior1 April 1953197016–17 years[81]
Charles Vincent Rooney MM, QC4 February 195419649–10 years[83][84]
John Michael Bruxner9 June 1954197318–19 years[85]
Lyn Cuthbert Furnell QC11 October 1954197318–19 years[83]
Aaron Levine [lower-alpha 14]16 May 1955197216–17 years[86]
Francis Charles Hidden12 September 1955196711–12 years[86]
Alistair Cameron-Smith20 May 1957198314–15 years[87]
Ronald Francis Cross10 June 1957197820–21 years[87]
Gerald Patrick Donovan3 April 1958197415–16 years[88]
William Brendan Perrignon3 April 195819626–7 years[88]
David Francis Lewis QC4 April 196019687–8 years[89]
Jack Adrian Clapin QC4 October 196017 November 19699 years, 44 days[89][90]
Gregory Bede Thomas1 March 196119675–6 years[91]
James Elie Hamilton Pilcher ED4 November 196319739–10 years[92]
Phillip Lyburn Head MBE, QC28 January 1964197712–13 years[93]
Alfred Joseph Goran QC22 March 1966198417–18 years[94]
Noel Desmond McIntosh QC18 October 19653 February 19737 years, 108 days[94][95]
Russell Jack Miller Newton QC4 March 1966198013–14 years[96]
David Stuart Hicks QC31 January 1967198214–15 years[97]
Kenneth Frederick Erskine Torrington8 August 196720 January 198820 years, 165 days[97][98]
Alastair Gibson Muir QC1 February 19688 January 198819 years, 341 days[99][100]
Hereward Henchman QC [lower-alpha 15]1 February 196824 July 19746 years, 173 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (1966–1967)[99][101]
John Lincoln20 May 1968198617–18 yearsActing Judge of the Supreme Court 1967[99][102]
Samuel Ross20 May 196819734–5 years[99]
Barrie Ronald Thorley2 December 19682 December 198719 years, 0 days[99][103][98]
Michael Desmond Healy QC19 January 197015 September 19744 years, 239 days[104][105]
Hugh Walter Robson QC20 April 1970198312–13 years[104]
Walter Perry Redapple2 February 197119819–10 years[106]
Peter Ayton Leslie2 February 197125 July 198211 years, 154 days[106][107]
David Laurie Godfrey-Smith QC1 April 1971198715–16 years[106]
Ray Loveday QC15 November 197129 April 198816 years, 166 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1988–1993)[106]
John Alan Melville QC8 August 1972198411–12 years[108]
George Hillary Smith QC16 October 1972198613–14 years[108]
Carl Reginald Shannon QC30 January 197319828–9 years[109]
William Desmond Thomas Ward ED, QC30 January 1973199226–27 years[109]
Thomas Alfred Milton Boulter MM, ED, QC27 April 197319839–10 years[109]
Ernest Paul Knoblanche QC30 May 197328 March 199117 years, 302 days[109][110]
Trevor James Martin QC9 October 197319839–10 years[109]
Marcele Emile Pile QC19 March 197419816–7 years[111]
Ken Gee QC7 August 1974198510–11 years[111][112]
Hubert Henry Bell7 August 197418 August 199723 years, 11 days[111][113]
Richard Thornton Harvey Barbour QC11 March 19758 April 199419 years, 28 days[114][12]
Joseph Kevin Ford QC1 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)		[115][116][110][113]
Adrian Roden QC1 February 19773 December 19781 year, 305 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1978–1989)[115][117]
Anthony Joseph Coates9 March 197719835–6 years[115]
John Bowdich Sinclair QC6 April 1977199820–21Acting Judge District Court (1998–2001)[115][118]
Donald Stewart23 August 197719813–4 yearsJudge of the Supreme Court (1981–1984)[115][119]
Jerrold Cripps QC4 October 197718 August 19802 years, 319 daysJudge of the Land and Environment Court (1980–1992)[115]
John Murray Foord QC1 May 197817 September 19868 years, 139 days[120][121]
Anthony David Collins QC15 May 1978199213–14 years[120]
Harvey Leslie Cooper15 May 197822 March 200425 years, 312 days[120][122]
Brian John Herron QC28 August 19783 November 200224 years, 67 days[120][123]
John Lawrence O'Meally RFD23 July 197918 November 201132 years, 118 daysCompensation Court[124][125]
Jane Mathews AO31 March 19806 July 19877 years, 97 days[126][127][128]
William Thomas Ducker5 May 198031 January 200322 years, 271 days[126][129]
John Graham Smyth QC18 August 198029 January 199514 years, 164 days[126][130]
Michael Joseph Williams30 March 198117 December 19865 years, 262 days[131][121]
William Harding Denton QC1 September 198116 October 19898 years, 45 days[132][133]
Salvatore Francesco Sudano7 September 198118 December 19898 years, 102 days[132][133]
Colin Lionel James Bowie QC24 November 198118 July 19875 years, 236 days[132][98]
John Cecil McGuire23 August 19826 May 200623 years, 256 days[132][127]
Paul Francis Flannery QC [lower-alpha 16]23 August 198227 September 200018 years, 35 days[132][134][135]
Kenneth Peter Shadbolt QC14 March 19835 February 200723 years, 328 days[136][137]
Edward Alton Mawdsley Nash20 May 198330 July 199714 years, 71 days[136][113]
Paul Stein AM3 June 19833 June 19852 years, 0 daysJudge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997)
Judge of Appeal (NSW) (1997–2004)		[136]
Roger Maxwell Court QC3 August 198325 March 199814 years, 234 days[136][138]
Brian Cecil Maclaren Wall QC3 August 198315 February 199612 years, 196 days[136][113]
Brian Robert Gallen26 August 198318 December 199512 years, 114 days[136][130]
Keith Edward Walsh AM, RFD, ED[lower-alpha 17]9 September 19834 May 19906 years, 237 days[136][139]
Ronald Herbert Solomon7 October 198316 August 201329 years, 313 days[136][140]
Joseph Anthony Moore18 November 19833 August 200117 years, 258 days[136][141]
David Sydney Shillington QC18 June 198414 February 200116 years, 241 days[142][123]
Jeremy Badgery-Parker QC31 August 198425 July 19894 years, 328 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1989–1998)[142]
Geoffrey John Graham31 August 19846 December 200521 years, 97 days[142][143]
Margaret Ann O'Toole QC23 November 198431 May 201227 years, 190 daysCompensation Court[144][145]
James William Conomos19 April 198519 December 19927 years, 244 days[144][146]
Peter Moss QC1 July 19851 May 19882 years, 305 daysJudge of the Family Court (1988–2000)[144]
John Lloyd-Jones QC20 December 19855 September 19926 years, 260 days[144][146]
John Dunford QC5 August 19861 February 19936 years, 180 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1993–2005)[147][148]
David James Freeman22 September 198627 October 201125 years, 35 days[147][125]
Neil Abbott Newton22 September 19866 January 19958 years, 106 days[147][130]
Rodney Madgwick QC29 September 198619 September 19958 years, 355 daysJudge of the Federal Court (1995–2008)[147][130]
Barry Edmund Mahoney QC7 October 19864 May 200114 years, 209 days[147][141]
Barrie Richard Kinchington QC20 October 19861 March 200316 years, 132 days[149][129]
Joseph Xavier Gibson QC27 January 198718 July 200316 years, 172 days[149][129]
William Delbridge Hosking QC20 July 198730 January 200012 years, 194 days[149][135]
Joseph Bede Phelan20 July 198724 July 200619 years, 4 days[149][127]
David Levine RFD, QC [lower-alpha 14]17 August 198710 August 19924 years, 359 daysSubsequently appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court[150][151]
Dennis Anthony Wheelahan QC17 August 198730 April 1988257 daysSubsequently appointed Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW[152][153]
William Harwood Knight19 August 19871 February 200921 years, 166 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (November–December 2004)[149][154]
Peter James Phelan19 August 198730 September 199710 years, 42 days[149][113]
Leslie Joseph Downs QC2 February 19883 June 199911 years, 121 days[155][156]
John Lyndon Jones2 February 19883 May 19913 years, 90 days[155][110]
Alan Anthony McDevitt4 February 198822 April 19968 years, 78 days[155][110]
Clement Arthur Mitchelmore4 February 19882 April 199911 years, 57 days[155][156]
Paul David Urquhart QC10 May 19884 November 200416 years, 178 days[155][122]
Hugh Phillip Walmsley Johnston QC13 May 198827 September 201325 years, 137 days[155][140]
Donald John McCredie QC13 May 198821 July 19935 years, 69 days[lower-alpha 18][155][157]
Thomas Swanson Davidson QC16 May 198822 July 200113 years, 67 days[155][141]
Edward Oscar Guthrie Pain QC20 May 198814 July 19979 years, 55 days[155][113]
John Roscoe Nield [lower-alpha 2]30 May 198823 September 200921 years, 116 daysActing Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2010–2011 & 2015–2016)[154]
Frederick Angus Kirkham9 September 198826 January 200112 years, 139 days[155][141]
Graham Hamlyn Traill Armitage QC25 October 198921 May 200616 years, 208 days[158][127]
Peter Rex Grogan25 October 19881 November 199911 years, 7 days[158][156]
Anthony Frederick Tolhurst QC15 November 198919 March 1990124 days[159][160]
Rodney Graeme Craigie RFD, AE QC7 May 199031 October 19977 years, 177 days[159][113]
Donald Ernest McLachlan7 May 199017 November 19977 years, 194 days[159][113]
Peter John Johns29 June 19905 October 200414 years, 98 daysmember Dust Diseases Tribunal, Compensation Court[159][122]
Michael Alan Viney QC24 September 19902 October 200010 years, 8 days[159][135]
George Richard Rummery QC30 January 199128 November 20009 years, 303 days[161][135]
Keith Edward Walsh AM, RFD, ED[lower-alpha 17]1 March 199116 July 19921 year, 137 days[161][146]
Alan Chapman Saunders QC15 March 199115 April 19965 years, 45 days[161][162]
Kenneth Victor Taylor AM, RFD23 August 199111 August 201018 years, 353 days[161][163]
Angela Jeanne Stirling Karpin9 September 199111 February 200513 years, 155 days[161][143]
Anthony Frederick Garling20 September 199129 June 201220 years, 283 days[161][145]
David Louthean Patten18 March 199216 November 200412 years, 243 days[164][122]
Philip Adrian Twigg QC1 April 199231 March 200411 years, 365 days[164][122]
Peter Dent QC14 May 199228 January 20029 years, 259 days[164][123]
John Kevin O'Reilly QC11 August 199213 June 200411 years, 307 days[164][122]
Philip Ronald Bell11 September 19921 June 200714 years, 263 days[164][137]
Brian William Duck9 October 19929 October 200614 years, 0 daysCompensation Court[164][127]
John Holt CBE, QC [lower-alpha 12]7 October 19926 May 20018 years, 211 days[164][165][141]
Christopher James Geraghty27 January 199323 September 200916 years, 239 daysCompensation Court[166][154]
Peter Evan Coleman QC2 February 199311 August 200310 years, 190 days[166][129]
Charles Allan Luland QC22 February 199316 May 20029 years, 83 days[166][167]
Brian Ross Maguire QC6 September 199315 December 200613 years, 100 daysCompensation Court[166][127]
Alan David Bishop7 September 199317 March 200612 years, 191 daysCompensation Court[166][127]
Terence Joseph Christie QC8 September 199311 March 200410 years, 185 days[166][122]
Dianne Joy Truss QC1 November 199329 August 201420 years, 301 days[166][15]
Cecily Elizabeth Backhouse QC28 March 199427 March 20049 years, 365 days[14][122]
Garry William Neilson2 August 199426 years, 185 daysCompensation Court[14]
Christopher John Armitage30 September 19946 May 201621 years, 219 daysCompensation Court[14][168][169]
Margaret Sidis31 January 199511 April 201217 years, 71 days[170][145]
Christopher John George Robison13 March 199525 years, 327 days[170]
Robyn Christine Tupman30 January 199625 years, 4 days[171]
Richard William Job QC12 February 199627 September 20004 years, 228 days[171][135]
Roderick Howie QC15 May 19966 September 20004 years, 114 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (2000–2010)[171]
Bob Bellear17 May 199615 March 20058 years, 302 days[171][143]
James Patrick Curtis6 June 199614 November 201721 years, 161 daysCompensation Court[171][172]
Helen Murrell SC13 September 199628 October 201317 years, 45 daysChief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory (2013–)[171][140]
Deborah June Payne28 February 199723 years, 341 days[173]
Martin Langford Sides QC21 July 199724 November 201720 years, 126 days[173][172]
Robert Keleman SC21 July 199728 February 201315 years, 222 days[173][140]
Anne Mary Quirk24 July 19975 September 201417 years, 43 daysCompensation Court[173][15]
Frank Walker QC25 July 19971 June 20068 years, 311 daysCompensation Court[173][127]
Ann Ainslie-Wallace28 July 199712 July 201012 years, 349 daysJudge of the Family Court (2010–)[173][163]
Terence Fenwick Marley Naughton QC4 August 199716 February 20079 years, 196 days[173][137]
Colin Phegan4 August 199713 April 200810 years, 253 days[173][174]
Ian John Dodd29 August 199719 July 20057 years, 324 days[173] [143][lower-alpha 19]
Linda Margaret Ashford8 September 199715 May 201315 years, 249 daysCompensation Court[173][140][176]
Gregory David Woods QC21 November 199710 February 201719 years, 81 days[173][172][177]
Anthony Francis Puckeridge QC24 November 199728 August 201012 years, 277 days[173][163]
Helen Jane Morgan3 February 199818 December 201012 years, 318 days[178][163]
John Lester Goldring3 February 19987 October 200911 years, 246 days[178][154]
Norman Edward Delaney4 February 19983 July 201416 years, 149 days[178][15]
Jonathan Steuart Williams10 July 199828 July 201315 years, 18 days[178][140]
Megan Latham7 August 199812 April 20056 years, 248 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (2005–2018)
Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014–2016)		[178][143]
Kevin Patrick O'Connor AM10 August 199830 April 201415 years, 263 days[178][15]
Jennifer Anne English13 August 199822 years, 174 days[178]
Allan Hughes9 December 199817 November 201011 years, 343 daysCompensation Court[178][163]
Susan Jennifer Gibb15 February 199921 years, 354 days[179]
Gregory Scott Hosking SC27 April 19991 May 201112 years, 4 days[179][125]
Ralph Coolahan19 July 199930 November 201112 years, 134 days[179][125]
Kevin Peter Coorey19 July 199929 March 201313 years, 253 days[179][140]
Richard Anthony Rolfe1 February 200013 April 201212 years, 72 days[180][145]
Derek Price AM17 February 200028 August 20066 years, 192 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (2006–), Chief Judge District Court (2014–)[180][127]
James Walter Black QC8 May 20007 February 201312 years, 275 days[180][140]
Robert Arthur Sorby8 May 200013 November 201515 years, 189 days[180][181][182]
Stephen Ronald Norrish QC3 October 200020 years, 123 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court 7 Jul to 29 Aug 2008[180]
Audrey Suzanne Balla3 October 200028 January 201918 years, 117 daysActing Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019– )[180]
Michael John Finnane RFD, QC20 October 200020 February 201514 years, 123 days[180][181]
Penelope Jane Hock7 May 200119 years, 272 days[183]
Judith Clare Gibson21 May 200119 years, 258 days[183]
John Cecil Nicholson QC23 July 200129 June 201210 years, 342 days[183][145]
Stephen Walmsley QC27 August 200127 September 201312 years, 31 daysActing Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2014– )[183][140]
Nigel Rein SC4 March 20024 May 20086 years, 61 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (January–March 2008)
Judge of the Supreme Court (2008–)		[183][174][184]
Anthony Martin Blackmore SC11 March 200218 years, 329 days[183]
Colin Emmett O'Connor QC24 June 200229 June 201210 years, 5 days[183][145]
Peter Graeme Berman SC13 September 200228 January 201916 years, 137 daysActing Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019– )[183]
Raymond Patrick McLoughlin SC17 February 200315 March 201714 years, 26 days[129][172][185]
Colin David Charteris SC17 February 20033 September 201512 years, 198 days[129][181]
Roy David Ellis11 August 200317 years, 176 days[129]
Mark Curtis Marien SC3 February 20042 February 20149 years, 364 days[122][15]
Brian John Knox SC14 February 200529 July 201611 years, 166 days[143][168]
Brian Harrie Kevin Donovan QC11 April 20056 May 20083 years, 25 days[143][174]
Robert Allan Hulme SC4 May 20052 March 20093 years, 302 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (November–December 2008)
Judge of the Supreme Court (2009–)		[143][154]
John Roger Dive27 July 200515 years, 191 daysSenior Judge, Drug Court of New South Wales (2005–)[143]
Deborah Anne Sweeney21 April 200614 years, 288 days[127]
James Leonard Alexander Bennett SC1 May 200614 years, 278 days[127]
Peter Lind Johnstone1 May 200614 years, 278 daysPresident, Children's Court (2012- )[127]
William Patrick Kearns SC11 July 200615 May 201811 years, 308 days[127][186]
Paul Vincent Conlon SC15 August 200628 January 201811 years, 166 days[127][187]
Peter Raymond Zahra SC30 January 200714 years, 4 days[137]
Richard Dominic Cogswell SC6 February 200728 February 201912 years, 22 daysPresident Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2015-2019)[137]
Leonie Flannery SC [lower-alpha 16]20 March 200713 years, 320 days[137]
Robert Stephen Toner SC16 April 20073 February 201810 years, 293 days[137][188]
Gregory Michael Keating SC5 November 20077 December 201811 years, 32 days[137][189]
Paul Ivan Lakatos SC30 January 200813 years, 4 daysPresident Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2019-)
Leonard Ari Levy SC15 May 200812 years, 264 days[174]
Michael Elkaim SC15 May 20084 July 20168 years, 50 daysJudge of the ACT Supreme Court (2016–)[174][168]
Michael John King SC17 June 200812 years, 231 days[174]
David Clement Frearson SC2 March 2009201911 years, 338 days[154]
Andrew Michael Colefax SC14 April 200911 years, 295 days[154]
Helen Lorraine Syme14 April 200911 years, 295 days[154]
Michael Ivan Bozic SC20 July 2009February 202010 years, 196 days[154]
John Frederick Stuart North29 July 200911 years, 189 days[154]
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Judge of the Supreme Court (1896–1912)		[222]
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Alexander Gerard Ralston KC1 February 1894
1 February 1905
15 July 1907
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31 March 1905
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Chief Justice of NSW (1962–1972)
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Judge of the Supreme Court (1953–1973)		[229]
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Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996)
Judge of Appeal (NSW) (1996–2019) President, Court of Appeal (2013–2019)
Governor of NSW (2019–)		[230]
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Bill Fisher AO, QC1 July 199811 April 20023 years, 284 daysJudge of the Supreme Court (1979–1981)
President Industrial Commission of NSW (1981–1998)		[232]
Calvin Callaway QC1 February 19882 January 19901 year, 335 daysActing Judge of the Supreme Court (1989, 1990 & 1997)[233]
Nicholas Cowdery QC198831 December 19902 years, 333 daysDirector of Public Prosecutions (1994–2011)[139]
Greg James198819901–2 yearsJudge of the Supreme Court (1998–2005)
David Kirby [lower-alpha 22]198819890–1 yearsJudge of the Supreme Court (1998–2011)[234]

Notes
  1. Predominatnly Sydney, Parramatta, Liverpool, Penrith and Windsor, but also Penrith, Campbelltown, Camden, Wollongong, Bong Bong, Berrima, Bathurst, and Maitland.[1]
  2. 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.[27] There was a royal Commission into Meymott's conduct and he was subsequently removed from office.[28]
  6. David Forbes was the son of Chief Justice Francis Forbes
  7. 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.[43]
  9. Brissenden was appointed while on active military service in France but resigned after returning home before taking his seat on the bench.[46]
  10. Sir Adrian Curlewis is the son of Herbert Curlewis
  11. Edmund Alfred Barton was the son of High Court judge Sir Edmund Barton.
  12. Judge Henry Holt was the father of judge John Holt.
  13. Russel Brereton was the father of Supreme Court Judge Paul Brereton.
  14. 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. Leonie Flannery SC is the daughter of former Judge Paul Flannery.
  17. 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.[175]
  20. Jonathon Priestly is the son of Bill Priestly 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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