Former Judges of the Court
Appointments and retirements
As at 22 June 2025
| Judge | Appointment Date | Departure Date |
|---|---|---|
|
James Leslie Bain ALLSOP AC (Chief Justice) | 1 March 2013 (Chief Justice) | 6 April 2023 |
| Paul Elias ANASTASSIOU KC | 1 February 2019 | 29 April 2022 |
| Michael Laurence BARKER KC | 9 February 2009 | 11 February 2019 |
| Bryan Alan BEAUMONT AO QC | 30 May 1983 | 11 February 2005 |
| Margaret Joan BEAZLEY AC KC | 1 January 1993 | 28 April 1996 |
| Annabelle Claire BENNETT AC SC | 5 May 2003 | 23 March 2016 |
| Anthony James BESANKO KC | 3 April 2006 | 7 May 2024 |
| Michael Eric John BLACK AC KC (Chief Justice) | 1 January 1991 | 21 March 2010 |
| Sir Richard Arthur BLACKBURN OBE | 1 February 1977 | 31 March 1985 |
| Sir Nigel Hubert BOWEN AC KBE QC (Chief Justice) | 20 December 1976 | 31 December 1990 |
| Catherine Margaret BRANSON AC KC | 16 May 1994 | 13 October 2008 |
| Sir Francis Gerard BRENNAN AC KBE QC | 1 February 1977 | 12 February 1981 |
| Robert John BUCHANAN KC | 8 September 2006 | 9 September 2016 |
| James Charles Sholto BURCHETT QC | 3 June 1985 | 10 October 2000 |
| Christopher John Seymour Metford CARR | 13 December 1993 | 1 August 2004 |
| Xavier Francis Lockington CONNOR AO QC | 1 February 1977 | 17 March 1982 |
| Richard Alan CONTI QC | 15 August 2000 | 15 August 2007 |
| Richard Ellard COOPER QC | 30 March 1992 | 14 March 2005 |
| Dennis Antill COWDROY AO KC | 13 March 2006 | 15 March 2014 |
| Susan Maree CRENNAN AC KC | 3 February 2004 | 1 November 2005 |
| Jennifer DAVIES SC | 4 Jul 2013 | 1 Apr 2022 |
| John Daryl DAVIES QC | 17 May 1978 | 31 August 1998 |
| Sir William Patrick DEANE AC KBE KC | 1 April 1977 | 26 July 1982 |
| Julie Anne DODDS-STREETON KC | 1 February 2010 | 1 April 2014 |
| Garry Keith DOWNES AM KC | 2 April 2002 | 15 May 2012 |
| John Alfred DOWSETT AM KC | 14 September 1998 | 26 April 2018 |
| Douglas Paton DRUMMOND KC | 2 December 1991 | 12 April 2003 |
| James Joshua EDELMAN AC | 20 April 2015 | 29 January 2017 |
| Richard Francis EDMONDS AM SC | 5 May 2005 | 10 February 2016 |
| Marcus Richard EINFELD | 18 December 1986 | 16 April 2001 |
| Robert James ELLICOT AC KC | 2 March 1981 | 24 February 1983 |
|
Arthur Robert EMMETT AO KC | 3 February 1997 | 6 March 2013 |
| Phillip George EVATT DSC QC | 1 February 1977 | 28 February 1987 |
| Mervyn George EVERETT QC | 27 June 1984 | 4 October 1987 |
|
Kathleen FARRELL | 5 December 2012 | 1 August 2023 |
| Raymond Antony FINKELSTEIN AO KC | 21 July 1997 | 1 July 2011 |
| Paul Desmond FINN | 3 July 1995 | 4 July 2012 |
| Francis Robert FISHER AO QC | 6 March 1978 | 31 July 1989 |
| Gerald Edward FITZGERALD AC KC | 25 November 1981 | 30 June 1984 |
| Geoffrey Alan FLICK SC | 15 October 2007 | 18 October 2021 |
| Sir William Edward Stanley FORSTER | 1 February 1977 | 31 January 1989 |
| Lindsay Graeme FOSTER SC | 4 September 2008 | 30 September 2020 |
| Michael Leader FOSTER QC | 2 November 1987 | 26 November 1998 |
| Russell Walter FOX AC QC | 1 February 1977 | 31 March 1989 |
| Robert James Anning FRANKI QC | 1 February 1977 | 5 August 1986 |
| Robert Shenton FRENCH AC | 25 November 1986 | 1 September 2008 |
| John Foster GALLOP AM QC RFD | 11 March 1978 | 30 July 2000 |
| John GILMOUR QC | 11 December 2006 | 23 March 2018 |
| Geoffrey Michael GIUDICE AO | 17 September 1997 | 28 February 2012 |
| Jacqueline Sarah GLEESON | 15 April 2014 | 28 February 2021 |
| Alan Henry GOLDBERG AO QC | 3 February 1997 | 4 July 2010 |
| Michelle Marjorie GORDON AC SC | 20 April 2007 | 8 June 2015 |
| Peter Ross GRAHAM KC | 24 May 2005 | 6 September 2010 |
| Peter Ross Awdry GRAY AM | 17 May 1984 | 17 May 2013 |
| Andrew Peter GREENWOOD | 4 Aug 2005 | 19 July 2022 |
|
John Edward GRIFFITHS | 23 Apr 2012 | 1 Apr 2022 |
| William Montague Charles GUMMOW AC KC | 24 November 1986 | 20 April 1995 |
| Roger Vincent GYLES AO KC | 11 June 1999 | 22 August 2008 |
| Trevor Russell HARTIGAN QC | 13 August 1987 | 24 April 1990 |
| Peter Cadden HEEREY AM QC | 17 December 1990 | 16 February 2009 |
| Peter Graham HELY QC | 2 October 1998 | 1 October 2005 |
| Terence John HIGGINS AO KC | 1 July 1990 | 12 September 2013 |
| Donald Graham HILL QC | 1 February 1989 | 24 August 2005 |
| David Francis JACKSON AM KC | 15 November 1985 | 26 May 1987 |
| Peter Michael JACOBSON KC | 17 June 2002 | 25 January 2015 |
| Jayne Margaret JAGOT | 3 September 2008 | 16 October 2022 |
| Kenneth Joseph JENKINSON QC | 1 November 1982 | 5 June 1997 |
| Christopher Neil JESSUP KC | 23 June 2006 | 15 April 2017 |
| Leslie Sydney KATZ SC | 30 September 1998 | 21 March 2002 |
| Anna Judith KATZMANN SC | 1 February 2010 | 24 June 2025 |
| Patrick Anthony KEANE AC KC (Chief Justice) | 22 March 2010 | 28 February 2013 |
| John Augustine KEELY QC | 1 February 1977 | 29 February 1996 |
| John Joseph Anthony KELLY QC | 11 March 1980 | 1 July 1990 |
| Susan Coralie KENNY AM KC | 16 October 1998 | 29 November 2023 |
| Duncan James Colquhoun KERR AO SC Chev LH | 10 May 2012 | 25 February 2022 |
| Susan Mary KIEFEL AC KC | 17 October 1994 | 3 September 2007 |
| Michael Donald KIRBY AC CMG | 30 March 1983 | 23 September 1984 |
| Bruce Thomas LANDER KC | 14 July 2003 | 31 August 2013 |
| Malcolm Cameron LEE KC | 15 February 1988 | 1 May 2006 |
| John Robert Felix LEHANE | 3 October 1995 | 10 September 2001 |
| Kevin Edmund LINDGREN AM KC | 26 July 1994 | 12 February 2010 |
| John Stanley LOCKHART AO QC | 30 October 1978 | 11 June 1999 |
| Douglas Gordon Patrick McGREGOR QC | 7 November 1977 | 14 November 1985 |
| Neil Walter McKERRACHER KC | 15 October 2007 | 5 December 2021 |
| Rodney Neville MADGWICK KC | 3 October 1995 | 21 April 2008 |
| John Ronald MANSFIELD AM KC | 2 September 1996 | 24 August 2016 |
| Shane Raymond MARSHALL AM | 17 July 1995 | 21 November 2015 |
| Jane Hamilton MATHEWS AO | 4 July 1994 | 6 April 2001 |
| Ronald MERKEL KC | 5 February 1996 | 15 May 2006 |
| John Eric MIDDLETON AM | 31 July 2006 | 25 December 2022 |
| Jeffrey Allan MILES AO | 18 June 1985 | 30 September 2002 |
| Michael Francis MOORE | 28 March 1994 | 1 August 2011 |
| Trevor Rees MORLING QC | 11 February 1981 | 1 February 1993 |
| James Henry MUIRHEAD AC KStJ QC | 1 February 1977 | 4 August 1986 |
| Alan Reginald NEAVES | 11 March 1983 | 8 January 1995 |
| John Victor NICHOLAS SC | 16 November 2009 | 1 May 2025 |
| Alastair Bothwick NICHOLSON AO RFD KC | 1 February 1988 | 31 May 2004 |
| Robert David NICHOLSON AO | 1 January 1995 | 7 August 2007 |
| Sir John Angus NIMMO CBE OStJ QC | 1 February 1977 | 30 June 1980 |
|
Anthony Max NORTH KC | 3 October 1995 | 11 September 2018 |
| Raymond Moyle NORTHROP QC | 1 February 1977 | 31 August 1998 |
| Deirdre Frances O'CONNOR | 1 July 1990 | 5 March 2002 |
| Howard William OLNEY AM KC | 21 May 1988 | 30 April 2003 |
| Maurice Francis O'LOUGHLIN | 1 August 1989 | 28 January 2003 |
| Tony PAGONE | 21 June 2013 | 31 March 2018 |
| John Harber PHILLIPS AC QC | 14 August 1990 | 17 December 1991 |
| Cecil William PINCUS QC | 25 March 1985 | 16 December 1991 |
| Steven David RARES | 2 February 2006 | 15 November 2023 |
| John Edward REEVES KC | 19 November 2007 | 1 January 2022 |
| Bernard Blomfield RILEY QC | 1 February 1977 | 4 August 1978 |
| Alan ROBERTSON AM SC | 18 April 2011 | 8 May 2020 |
| Iain James Kerr ROSS AO | 1 March 2012 | 18 November 2022 |
| Donnell Michael RYAN KC | 29 September 1986 | 2 Junee 2011 |
| Ronald SACKVILLE AO KC | 19 September 1994 | 25 August 2008 |
| Bradley Maxwell SELWAY QC | 18 November 2002 | 10 April 2005 |
| Ian Fitzhardinge SHEPPARD AO QC | 9 December 1979 | 23 May 1997 |
|
Antony Nicholas SIOPIS SC | 14 April 2005 | 5 May 2018 |
| Sir Reginald Allfree SMITHERS QC | 1 February 1977 | 30 September 1986 |
| Jeffrey Ernest John SPENDER KC | 17 May 1984 | 19 July 2010 |
| Robert James Baldwin ST JOHN QC | 1 February 1977 | 31 March 1985 |
|
Simon Harry Peter STEWARD AC | 1 February 2018 | 30 November 2020 |
| Margaret Ackary STONE AO | 9 October 2000 | 22 March 2012 |
| Ross Alan SUNDBERG AM KC | 10 July 1995 | 9 August 2010 |
| Charles Augustine SWEENEY CBE QC | 1 February 1977 | 29 June 1995 |
| John Bernard SWEENEY QC | 1 February 1977 | 7 May 1981 |
| Brian John Michael TAMBERLIN KC | 29 August 1994 | 30 March 2009 |
| David Graham Thomas | 27 June 2017 | 31 January 2024 |
| John Leslie TOOHEY AC QC | 4 April 1977 | 31 December 1986 |
|
Richard Ross Sinclair TRACEY AM RFD QC | 24 July 2006 | 17 August 2018 |
| John William von DOUSSA AO KC | 1 December 1988 | 15 August 2003 |
| Richard Charles WARD QC | 1 February 1977 | 24 November 1977 |
| Mark Samuel WEINBERG AO KC | 15 July 1998 | 19 July 2008 |
| Richard Conway WHITE KC | 31 August 2013 | 5 January 2022 |
| Antony Philip WHITLAM KC | 1 January 1993 | 1 May 2005 |
| Murray Rutledge WILCOX AO QC | 11 May 1984 | 2 October 2006 |
| Neil John YOUNG KC | 30 November 2005 | 24 January 2007 |
| David Markey YATES | 30 November 2009 | 30 November 2024 |
| Sir Albert Edward WOODWARD AC OBE QC | 1 February 1977 | 31 July 1990 |
