List of judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Victoria as of 18 June 2022,[1][2] include :

PositionNameAppointment
commenced
Appointment
ended
Term in officeCommentsNotes
Chief JusticeWilliam à Beckett19 January 185220 February 18575 years, 32 days
William Stawell25 February 185724 September 188629 years, 211 days
George Higinbotham24 September 188631 December 18926 years, 98 days
John Madden9 January 189310 March 191825 years, 60 days
William Irvine9 April 191830 September 193517 years, 174 days
Frederick Mann1 October 193531 January 19448 years, 122 days
Edmund Herring2 February 19441 September 196420 years, 212 days
Henry Winneke2 September 196431 May 19749 years, 271 days
John Young1 June 197416 December 199117 years, 198 days
John Harber Phillips AC17 December 199117 October 200311 years, 304 days
Marilyn Warren AC26 November 20031 October 201713 years, 309 days
Anne Ferguson2 October 20176 years, 244 days
President, Court of AppealJohn Winneke7 June 199515 July 200510 years, 38 days
Chris Maxwell18 July 2005June 202216 years, 338 days
Karin Emerton21 June 20221 year, 347 days[3]
Judge of AppealRobert Brooking AO7 June 19956 March 20026 years, 272 days
Robert Tadgell7 June 199530 May 20015 years, 357 days
William Ormiston AO7 June 199524 February 200610 years, 262 days
John Phillips7 June 199522 May 20048 years, 350 days
Kenneth Hayne AC7 June 199521 September 19972 years, 106 daysAppointed to the High Court
Stephen Charles AO7 June 199521 April 200610 years, 318 days
Frank Callaway RFD7 June 199527 July 200712 years, 50 days
John Batt AM6 May 19973 June 20058 years, 28 days
Susan Kenny AM25 July 199715 October 19981 year, 82 daysAppointed to the Federal Court
Peter Buchanan28 October 199711 October 201315 years, 348 days
Alex Chernov AC13 October 199829 February 20089 years, 139 days
Frank Vincent AO12 June 200120 August 20098 years, 69 days
Geoffrey Eames AM15 March 200227 July 20075 years, 134 days
Geoffrey Nettle7 June 20042 February 20127 years, 240 daysAppointed to the High Court
David Ashley21 June 20051 February 20126 years, 225 days
Marcia Neave AM22 February 200623 August 20148 years, 182 days
Robert Redlich8 May 20063 March 20169 years, 300 days
Murray Kellam AO16 May 200715 June 20092 years, 30 days
Julie Dodds-Streeton8 August 20071 February 20102 years, 177 daysAppointed to the Federal Court
Mark Weinberg AO28 July 200813 May 20189 years, 289 daysFormerly a judge of the Federal Court
Philip Mandie17 August 200931 August 20123 years, 14 days
Bernard Bongiorno AO17 August 200931 December 20123 years, 136 days
David Harper AM4 November 200928 June 20133 years, 236 days
Hartley Hansen19 July 201031 August 20122 years, 43 days
Pamela Tate16 September 201013 years, 260 days
Robert Osborn7 February 201221 June 20186 years, 134 days
Simon Whelan16 October 20129 April 20207 years, 176 days
Phillip Priest23 October 201211 years, 223 days
Paul Coghlan1 January 201311 January 20141 year, 10 days[2]
Joseph Santamaria20 August 201314 July 20184 years, 328 days
David Beach22 October 201310 years, 224 days
Emilios Kyrou29 July 20149 years, 309 days
Anne Ferguson12 August 20142 October 20173 years, 51 daysAppointed Chief Justice
Stephen Kaye AM3 February 201513 December 20216 years, 313 days
Stephen McLeish3 March 20159 years, 91 days
Richard Niall28 November 20176 years, 187 days
Kim Hargrave19 December 20176 years, 166 days
Terry Forrest10 July 20185 years, 328 days[2]
Karin Emerton10 July 201821 June 20223 years, 346 daysAppointed President of the Court of Appeal
Michael Sifris2 June 20204 years, 0 days
Maree Kennedy15 December 20203 years, 170 days
Kristen Walker3 May 20213 years, 30 daysPreviously Solicitor-General of Victoria
Cameron Macaulay1 February 20222 years, 122 days
Judge, District of Port Phillip [a]John Willis8 February 184124 June 18432 years, 136 days
William Jeffcott1 July 1843December 1844 1 year, 153–183 days
Roger Therry9 January 1845February 1846 1 year, 23–50 days
William à Beckett28 February 184619 January 18525 years, 325 days
JudgeRedmond Barry19 January 185223 November 188028 years, 309 days
Edward Williams21 July 185230 April 187421 years, 283 days
Robert Molesworth17 June 18566 May 188629 years, 323 days
Thomas Fellows18 December 18728 April 18785 years, 111 days
James Stephen1 May 187414 August 18817 years, 105 days
George Higinbotham19 July 188031 December 189212 years, 165 days
Hartley Williams4 July 18819 June 190321 years, 340 days
Edward Dundas Holroyd19 August 18819 May 190624 years, 263 days
George Kerferd1 January 188631 December 18893 years, 364 days
George Webb6 May 188620 September 18915 years, 137 days
Thomas à Beckett30 September 188630 June 191730 years, 273 days
Henry Hodges12 February 18898 August 191930 years, 177 days
Joseph Hood1 February 189031 December 192131 years, 333 days
Leo Cussen19 March 190617 May 193327 years, 59 days
William Schutt24 July 191931 December 19267 years, 160 days
Frederick Mann24 July 191931 January 194424 years, 191 days
William McArthur27 January 192031 March 193414 years, 63 days
James Macfarlan30 January 192231 December 194927 years, 335 days
Charles Lowe28 January 192731 January 196437 years, 3 days
Charles Leonard Gavan Duffy [b]1 June 193312 August 196128 years, 72 days[4]
Fred Martin29 January 193431 January 195723 years, 2 days
Norman John O'Bryan [c]2 February 193916 October 196627 years, 256 days[5]
Wilfred Fullagar [d]1 August 19458 February 19504 years, 191 daysAppointed to the High Court.[6]
John Vincent Barry14 January 19478 November 196922 years, 298 days
Arthur Dean8 February 194924 May 196516 years, 105 days
Reginald Sholl1 February 195031 January 196615 years, 364 days
Thomas Weetman Smith1 February 195016 September 197323 years, 227 days
Edward Hudson27 September 195015 December 196616 years, 79 days
Robert Monahan3 March 195511 April 197015 years, 39 days
George Pape18 February 195728 January 197517 years, 344 days
Alexander Adam27 May 195930 August 197415 years, 95 days
Douglas Little3 February 195930 August 197415 years, 208 days
Gregory Gowans22 August 19618 September 197615 years, 17 days
Oliver Gillard2 October 196213 May 197815 years, 223 days
John Starke31 January 196430 November 198521 years, 303 days
Edward Barber7 April 196425 February 197712 years, 324 days
Murray McInerney28 May 196510 February 198317 years, 258 days
George Lush1 February 19665 October 198317 years, 246 days
Clifford Menhennitt27 April 196629 October 197913 years, 185 days
Hibbert Newton10 January 19671 June 197710 years, 142 days
Francis Nelson1 February 196814 June 19779 years, 133 days
Kevin Anderson29 April 19694 September 198415 years, 128 days
William Crockett2 December 196916 April 199626 years, 136 days
Ninian Stephen30 June 197029 February 19721 year, 244 daysAppointed to the High Court.
William Kaye1 March 19728 February 199118 years, 344 days
John Norris1 March 196811 June 19757 years, 102 days
Benjamin Dunn1 May 196831 July 19779 years, 91 days
Peter Murphy12 April 197315 April 199219 years, 3 days
William Harris9 October 197317 August 19784 years, 312 days
John Young30 April 197416 December 199117 years, 230 days
Tony Murray5 September 197411 May 198813 years, 249 days[7]
Richard Fullagar [d]29 January 197511 February 199419 years, 13 days
Kenneth Jenkinson18 February 19751 November 19827 years, 256 days
Richard Griffith10 June 19751 December 19761 year, 174 days
Richard McGarvie AC1 June 197622 April 199215 years, 326 days
Norman Michael O'Bryan [c]2 February 19776 May 199215 years, 94 days[8]
Robert Brooking AO22 February 19776 March 200225 years, 12 days
Kenneth Marks15 June 197728 January 199416 years, 227 days
Ian Gray12 July 197730 March 199012 years, 261 days
Alfred King19 July 197713 February 199113 years, 209 days
Barry Beach AO18 July 197815 February 200324 years, 212 days
James Gobbo AC18 July 197828 February 199415 years, 225 days
Alec Southwell3 April 197911 April 199718 years, 8 days
Robert Tadgell4 March 198030 May 200121 years, 87 days
Alastair Nicholson16 November 198231 January 19885 years, 76 daysAppointed to the Family Court
George Hampel AM16 March 198331 August 200017 years, 168 days
William Ormiston AM22 November 198324 February 200622 years, 94 days
Howard Nathan22 November 198317 April 199713 years, 146 days
John Harber Phillips AC7 November 198413 August 19905 years, 279 days
Frank Vincent AO30 April 198520 August 200924 years, 112 days
Bernard Teague AO13 October 198715 February 200820 years, 125 days
Philip Cummins AM17 February 19888 November 200921 years, 264 days
Allan McDonald19 May 198831 August 200214 years, 104 days
Thomas Harrison Smith1 May 199031 July 200919 years, 91 days
John Phillips22 May 199022 May 200414 years, 0 days
David Ashley21 August 19901 June 201221 years, 285 days
John Hedigan30 January 199130 August 200110 years, 212 days
John Coldrey19 February 19914 April 200817 years, 45 days
David Byrne20 August 199120 May 201018 years, 273 days
David Harper AM11 March 199228 June 201321 years, 109 days
Kenneth Hayne AC8 April 199221 September 19975 years, 166 daysAppointed to the High Court.
Geoffrey Eames AM26 May 199227 July 200715 years, 62 days
John Batt AM8 March 19943 June 200511 years, 87 days
Hartley Hansen6 April 199431 July 201218 years, 116 days
Philip Mandie10 May 199431 August 201218 years, 113 days
John Winneke AC, RFD7 June 199515 July 200510 years, 38 days
Stephen Charles AO7 June 199521 April 200610 years, 318 days
Frank Callaway RFD7 June 199510 June 200712 years, 3 days
Rosemary Balmford AM6 March 199614 September 20037 years, 192 days
Bill Gillard6 May 199731 October 200710 years, 178 days
Alex Chernov AC6 May 199729 February 200810 years, 299 days
Susan Kenny AM25 July 199715 October 19981 year, 82 days
Peter Buchanan28 October 199711 October 201315 years, 348 days
Murray Kellam AO28 January 199815 June 200911 years, 138 days
Marilyn Warren AC13 October 19981 October 201718 years, 353 days
Bernard Bongiorno AO18 December 200031 December 201212 years, 13 days
David Habersberger3 July 200128 March 201311 years, 268 days
Geoffrey Flatman18 July 200118 September 20021 year, 62 days
Tony Pagone3 October 2001
16 May 2007
30 June 2002
20 June 2013
270 days
6 years, 35 days
Appointed to the Federal Court[2]
Robert Osborn9 May 200221 June 201816 years, 43 days
Geoffrey Nettle23 July 20022 February 20129 years, 194 days
Julie Dodds-Streeton23 July 20021 February 20107 years, 193 days
Robert Redlich25 October 20023 March 201613 years, 130 days
Katharine Williams25 October 200212 February 201512 years, 110 days
Stuart Morris9 April 20039 April 20074 years, 0 days
Stephen Kaye AM16 December 200313 December 202117 years, 362 days
Simon Whelan17 March 20049 April 202016 years, 23 days
Elizabeth Hollingworth7 June 200419 years, 361 days
Kevin Bell AM10 February 20055 March 202015 years, 24 days
Kim Hargrave18 March 200519 years, 76 days
Betty King21 June 200514 August 201510 years, 54 days
Chris Maxwell AC18 July 200518 years, 320 days
Anthony Cavanough8 May 200618 years, 25 days
Elizabeth Curtain3 October 20068 May 20147 years, 217 days[2]
Paul Coghlan8 August 200731 December 20125 years, 145 days[2]
Ross Robson8 August 200720 July 20168 years, 347 days[2]
Jack Forrest8 August 200728 March 201810 years, 232 days
Lex Lasry AM23 October 200722 June 201810 years, 242 days[2]
James Judd6 March 200831 March 201810 years, 25 days[2]
Peter Vickery6 May 20088 May 201810 years, 2 days[2]
Emilios Kyrou15 May 200816 years, 18 days
David Beach5 September 200815 years, 271 days
Jennifer Davies6 April 20094 July 20134 years, 89 daysAppointed to the Federal Court[2]
Terry Forrest13 October 200914 years, 233 days
Karin Emerton13 October 200914 years, 233 days
Iain Ross AO9 November 20091 March 20122 years, 113 daysAppointed to the Federal Court and Fair Work Commission[2]
Clyde Croft9 November 20095 October 20199 years, 330 days[2]
Anne Ferguson3 May 201014 years, 30 days
Michael Sifris13 July 201013 years, 325 days
Peter Almond28 July 201031 March 202110 years, 246 days[2]
John Dixon13 September 201013 years, 263 days
Cameron Macaulay13 September 201013 years, 263 days
Kate McMillan8 March 201212 years, 86 days
Gregory Garde AO RFD29 May 20121 April 20196 years, 307 days[2]
John Digby19 November 201218 July 20218 years, 241 days[2]
James Elliott25 March 201311 years, 69 days
Tim Ginnane4 June 201310 years, 364 days
Melanie Sloss30 July 201310 years, 308 days
Michael Croucher30 July 201310 years, 308 days
Joseph Santamaria20 August 201314 July 20184 years, 328 days
Jack Rush26 November 20131 February 20162 years, 67 days[2]
Joanne Cameron12 August 201430 June 20205 years, 323 days[2]
Christopher Beale2 September 20149 years, 274 days
Michael McDonald16 September 20149 years, 260 days
Rita Incerti3 February 20159 years, 120 daysFormerly known as Justice Rita Zammit
Stephen McLeish3 March 20159 years, 91 days
Peter Riordan10 March 20159 years, 84 days
Jane Dixon17 August 20158 years, 290 days
Andrew Keogh4 April 20168 years, 59 days
Peter Kidd24 May 20168 years, 9 daysAlso Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria
Maree Kennedy25 July 20167 years, 313 days
Richard Niall28 November 20176 years, 187 days
John Champion19 December 201713 August 20213 years, 237 days[2]
Michelle Quigley19 December 20176 years, 166 daysAlso President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Matthew Connock10 April 20186 years, 53 days
Melinda Richards24 April 20186 years, 39 days
Kevin Lyons22 May 20186 years, 11 days
Lesley Taylor10 July 20185 years, 328 days
Steven Moore10 July 20185 years, 328 days
Andrew Tinney16 July 20185 years, 322 days
Jacinta Forbes16 April 20195 years, 47 days
Lisa Nicols22 October 20194 years, 224 days
Jim Delany2 June 20204 years, 0 days
Kathryn Stynes22 June 20203 years, 346 days
James Gorton15 December 20203 years, 170 days
Michael Osborne15 December 20203 years, 170 days
Steven O'Meara18 May 20213 years, 15 days
Richard Attiwill18 May 20213 years, 15 days
Catherine Button9 August 20212 years, 298 days
Mandy Fox13 August 20212 years, 294 days
Andrea Tsalamandris2 February 20222 years, 121 days
Lisa Hannan9 August 20212 years, 298 daysAlso Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates Court of Victoria
Acting judgeThomas CopeAugust 1885June 1886 275–333 days[9]
Reserve judgePeter Murphy16 April 19925 May 19931 year, 19 days
Richard Fullagar [d]12 February 19949 May 199486 days
Norman Michael O'Bryan [c]7 May 19927 April 200411 years, 336 days[8]
Robert Brooking14 May 200221 September 20031 year, 130 days
Ian Gray30 March 19905 March 200110 years, 340 days
Alec Southwell9 September 199731 October 20014 years, 52 days
Howard Nathan18 April 19971 September 20058 years, 136 days
Rosemary Balmford29 September 200331 May 20051 year, 244 days
John Phillips22 May 200428 February 2005282 days
David Ashley9 April 20131 February 20206 years, 298 days
Philip Mandie2 July 20131 July 20184 years, 364 days
Hartley Hansen2 July 20131 July 20184 years, 364 days
Bernard Bongiorno AO2 July 20131 July 20184 years, 364 days
Paul Coghlan AO12 January 201423 January 20162 years, 11 days
Malcolm Blue28 April 20159 years, 35 days
Julie Dodds-Streeton24 November 20151 December 20194 years, 7 days
Robert Redlich4 March 20163 November 20171 year, 244 days
Ross Robson1 August 20165 years, 271 days
Paul Coghlan AO11 July 201722 January 20224 years, 195 days
Mark Weinberg AO13 May 201831 January 20212 years, 263 days
Lex Lasry AM3 July 20185 years, 335 days
Gregory Garde AO RFD1 April 20195 years, 62 days
Simon Whelan13 October 20203 years, 233 days
Clyde Croft AM6 July 20212 years, 332 days
Jack Forrest6 July 20212 years, 332 days
Stephen Kaye AM14 December 20212 years, 171 days
John Champion17 January 20222 years, 137 days

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