List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in Australia has six resident Judges, including a Chief Justice.[1][2] Judges from other Courts and retired Judges have regularly held appointment as additional or acting Judges to assist, particularly with appeal sittings where at least three Judges are required.

The Northern Territory went through a period where from 1961 up until Self-Government in 1978 Federal Court (and before that Commonwealth) judges were appointed and sat occasionally in the Northern Territory.

Position Name From To Term Comments Notes
Chief JudgeSir William Forster1 February 197730 September 19798 years, 6 days [lower-alpha 1][4]
Chief Justice1 October 19797 February 1985
Kevin O'Leary12 September 198531 July 19871 year, 322 days[5]
Austin Asche1 August 198725 February 19935 years, 208 days[6]
Brian Frank Martin26 February 199331 October 200310 years, 247 days[7]
Brian Ross Martin27 January 200420 September 20106 years, 236 days[8]
Trevor Riley27 September 20104 July 20165 years, 281 days[9]
Michael Grant5 July 20164 years, 212 days[10]
Acting Chief JusticeJames Muirhead8 February 198511 September 1985215 days[11]
Resident JudgeSamuel Mitchell30 May 1911April 1912307-336 days[12]
David Bevan23 May 191222 September 19208 years, 122 days[13]
Donald Roberts11 November 19217 April 19286 years, 148 days[14]
Ross Mallam24 April 192819334–5 years[15]
Thomas Wells21 August 193326 March 195218 years, 218 days[16]
Martin Kriewaldt27 March 195212 June 19608 years, 77 days[17]
Alan Bridge28 September 196128 July 19664 years, 303 days[18]
Richard Blackburn14 October 196627 June 19714 years, 256 days[19]
Sir William Forster28 June 197131 January 19775 years, 217 days[4]
James Muirhead1 May 197411 September 198511 years, 133 days[11]
Richard Ward27 September 197424 November 19773 years, 58 days[20]
John Toohey4 April 19775 February 19879 years, 307 daysJudge of the Federal Court[21]
John Gallop10 March 197831 July 200022 years, 143 days[22]
Sir William Kearney13 April 198213 October 199917 years, 183 days[23]
John Nader19 August 198219 March 19929 years, 213 days[24]
Kevin O'Leary1 July 198331 July 19874 years, 30 days[5]
Michael Maurice21 September 198430 January 19883 years, 131 days[25]
Phillip Rice8 March 198531 January 19915 years, 329 days[26]
Austin Asche14 April 198631 July 19871 year, 108 days[6]
Brian Frank Martin13 September 198725 February 19935 years, 165 days[7]
David Angel8 May 198918 January 201020 years, 255 days[27]
Dean Mildren27 June 199128 February 201321 years, 246 days[28]
Sally Thomas30 July 19927 August 200917 years, 8 days[29]
Steven Bailey6 January 199725 November 20047 years, 324 days[30]
Trevor Riley1 February 199926 February 201314 years, 25 days[9]
Stephen Southwood31 January 200516 years, 2 days[31]
Judith Kelly12 August 200911 years, 174 days[32]
Jenny Blokland9 April 201010 years, 299 days[33]
Peter Barr30 September 201010 years, 125 days[34]
Graham Hiley1 March 20137 years, 338 days[35]
Deputy JudgeNorman Ewing191919200–1 years[2]
Gerald Hogan192019210–1 years
Additional JudgeEdward Arthur Dunphy10 May 196130 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2]18 years, 143 days
Percy Joske11 May 1961197715–16 years
Sir Reginald Smithers21 July 196419716–7 years
Charles Sweeney196719702–3 years
Sir John Angus Nimmo196919744–5 years
John Kerr19 September 197019721–2 years
Edward Woodward25 May 197230 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2]7 years, 128 days
Robert Franki19721986 [lower-alpha 2]13–14 years
John Sweeney2 February 197630 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2]3 years, 240 days
Phillip Evatt5 February 19761987 [lower-alpha 2]10–11 years
Robert St John22 July 197630 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2]3 years, 70 days
Gerard Brennan22 July 197630 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2]3 years, 70 days
Trevor Morling1991
1994		2–3 years
Bill Priestley1992
2001		1992
2002		 <1 year
0–1 years
Acting JudgeCharles Edward Herbert192119220–1 years
William Henry Sharwood1922
1932
1933		 <3 years
Donald Gordon Bathgate1941 <1 year
Martin Kriewaldt195119520–1 years
James Archibald Douglas195619570–1 years
William Charles Gillespie1960 <1 year
Lawrence Eric Clarke1960 <1 year
James Boyd Keith Williams1982 <1 year
Kevin O'Leary198219830–1 years
James Muirhead198719880–1 years
Ian Gray1991
1994
1995
1998		 <4 years
Trevor Morling199719980–1 years
Howard Olney1998
2005		2003
2005		 4–5 years
<1 year
John Gallop200020021–2 years
John Doyle200020010–1 years
Robert Brooking200020010–1 yearsJudge Victorian Court of Appeal
Len King200420050–1 years
Brian Frank Martin2004 <1 year
Trevor Olsson2004 <1 year
Bill Priestley2006 <1 year
Geoffrey Eames200720091–2 yearsFormer judge Victorian Court of Appeal[36]

Notes
  1. The title was changed from Chief Judge to Chief Justice on the transfer of the executive authority for the Supreme Court from the Commonwealth to the Northern Territory.[3]
  2. The effect of the change from a federal court to a territory court was that judges who held commissions as additional judges of the federal court no longer had a court in which to exercise those commissions.[3] Only Justices Franki and Evatt were appointed additional judges in the territory court.

References
  1. "Current Judges". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. "Former Judges". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. "Federal Court of Australia judicial changes the first 30 years (1977-2007)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2017.
  4. "The Hon. Sir William Edward Stanley Forster". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. "The Hon. Kevin Frederick O'Leary". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. "The Hon. Keith John Austin Asche AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  7. "The Hon. Brian Frank Martin AO MBE". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. "Justice Brian Ross Martin AO". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  9. "Chief Justice Trevor Riley". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  10. "Chief Justice Michael Grant". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  11. "The Hon. James Henry Muirhead AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  12. "The Hon. Samuel James Mitchell". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  13. "The Hon. David John Davies Bevan". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  14. "The Hon. Donald Arthur Roberts". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  15. "The Hon. Ross Ibbotson Dalton Mallam". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  16. "The Hon. Thomas Alexander Wells". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  17. "The Hon. Martin Chemnitz Kriewaldt". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  18. "The Hon. Alan Bruce Keith Ian Bridge". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  19. "The Hon. Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn OBE (Mil)". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  20. "The Hon. Richard Charles Ward". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  21. "The Hon. John Leslie Toohey AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  22. "The Hon. John Foster Gallop". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  23. "The Hon. Sir William John Francis Kearney CBE". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  24. "The Hon. John Anthony Nader". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  25. "The Hon. Michael David Andrew Maurice". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  26. "The Hon. Phillip John Rice". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  27. "The Hon. David Norman Angel". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  28. "The Hon. Dean Mildren". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  29. "The Hon. Sally Gordon Thomas AM". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  30. "The Hon. Steven Ronald Bailey". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  31. "The Hon. Stephen Southwood". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  32. "The Hon. Judith Kelly". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  33. "The Hon. Jenny Blokland". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  34. "The Hon. Peter Barr". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  35. "The Hon. Graham Hiley RFD". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  36. "The Honourable Geoffrey Michael Eames". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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