Chief Justice of New South Wales

The Chief Justice of New South Wales is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of New South Wales. The Chief Justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head. He or she is responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures.

The current Chief Justice is Tom Bathurst, who was appointed by Governor Marie Bashir to succeed Jim Spigelman, effective 1 June 2011.

List of Chief Justices of New South Wales

No.	Image	Chief Justice	Term of office	Governor appointed
1	80px	Sir Francis Forbes	13 October 1823 – 1 July 1837	Sir Thomas Brisbane
2	80px	Sir James Dowling	30 August 1833 – 27 September 1844	Sir Richard Bourke
3		Sir Alfred Stephen	7 October 1844 – 6 November 1873	Sir George Gipps
4	80px	Sir James Martin	19 November 1873 – 4 November 1886	Lord Rosmead
5	80px	Sir Julian Salomons	12 November 1886 – 27 November 1886	The Marquess Lincolnshire
6	80px	Sir Frederick Darley	29 November 1886 – 4 January 1910	The Marquess Lincolnshire
7	80px	Sir William Cullen	28 January 1910 – 27 January 1925	The Viscount Chelmsford
8		Sir Philip Street	28 January 1925 – 31 January 1934	Sir Dudley de Chair
9		Sir Frederick Jordan	1 February 1934 – 4 November 1949	Sir Dudley de Chair
10	80px	Sir Kenneth Street	6 January 1950 – 27 January 1960	Sir John Northcott
11		Herbert Evatt	15 February 1960 – 24 October 1962	Sir Eric Woodward
12		Sir Leslie Herron	25 October 1962 – 22 May 1972	Sir Eric Woodward
13		Sir John Kerr	23 May 1972 – 27 June 1974	Sir Roden Cutler
14		Sir Laurence Street	28 June 1974 – 1 November 1988	Sir Roden Cutler
15	80px	Murray Gleeson	2 November 1988 – 31 March 1998	Sir James Rowland
16		James Spigelman	19 May 1998 – 31 May 2011	Gordon Samuels
17		Tom Bathurst	1 June 2011 – present	Marie Bashir

See also

• Judiciary of Australia
• Supreme Court of New South Wales