List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia
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This is a list of Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia.
In addition to their judicial service, six judges of the Federal Court have also been elected to the Parliament of Australia: Nigel Bowen, Robert Ellicott, Merv Everett, Tony Whitlam, John Reeves and Duncan Kerr. All were elected prior to their appointment to the bench.
Additionally, two judges of the Federal Court have served in state Parliaments: Bernard Riley, formerly of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and Howard Olney, formerly of the Western Australian Legislative Council.
Chief Justices
| Name | Appointment commenced |
Appointment ended |
Term as Chief Justice |
Date of death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Nigel Bowen AC, KBE, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 December 1976 | 31 December 1990 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 27 September 1994 | [1] |
| Michael Black AC, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 January 1991 | 21 March 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [2] | |
| Patrick Keane AC, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 March 2010 | 28 February 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [3] | |
| James Allsop AO, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 March 2013 | incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [4] |
Judges (including Chief Justices)
| Name | Appointment commenced |
Appointment ended |
70th birthday[5] |
Term in office | Comments | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Nigel Bowen AC, KBE, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 December 1976 | 31 December 1990 | 26 May 1981 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | as Chief Justice | [6] |
| Sir Richard Blackburn OBE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 February 1977 | 31 March 1985 | 26 July 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
| Sir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 February 1981 | 22 May 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| Xavier Connor AO, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 17 March 1982 | 12 December 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| Phillip Evatt DSC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 28 February 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Sir William Forster | 31 January 1989 | 15 June 1991 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| Robert Franki | 5 August 1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Russell Fox AC, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 31 March 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| John Keely QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 February 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| James Muirhead AC, KStJ, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 August 1986 | 24 April 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| Sir John Nimmo CBE, OStJ, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 30 June 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Ray Northrop QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 31 August 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Bernard Riley | 4 August 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Sir Reginald Smithers | 30 September 1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Robert St John | 31 March 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Charles Sweeney CBE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 June 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| John Sweeney | 7 May 1981 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Richard Ward QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 24 November 1977 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Sir Edward Woodward AC, OBE, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 31 July 1990 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Deane AC KBE, William Patrick | 1 April 1977 | 26 July 1982 | ||||
| Toohey AC QC, John Leslie | 4 April 1977 | 31 December 1986 | ||||
| McGregor, Douglas Gordon Patrick | 7 November 1977 | 14 November 1985 | ||||
| Fisher AO QC, Francis Robert | 6 March 1978 | 31 July 1989 | ||||
| Gallop AM RFD QC, John Foster | 11 March 1978 | 30 July 2000 | ||||
| Davies QC, John Daryl | 17 May 1978 | 31 August 1998 | ||||
| Lockhart AO, John Stanley | 30 October 1978 | 11 June 1999 | ||||
| Sheppard AO, Ian Fitzhardinge | 9 December 1979 | 23 May 1997 | ||||
| Kelly QC, John Joseph Anthony | 11 March 1980 | 1 July 1990 | ||||
| Morling QC, Trevor Rees | 11 February 1981 | 1 February 1993 | ||||
| Ellicot QC, Robert James | 2 March 1981 | 24 February 1983 | ||||
| Fitzgerald AC QC, Gerald Edward | 25 November 1981 | 30 June 1984 | ||||
| Jenkinson, Kenneth Joseph | 1 November 1982 | 5 June 1997 | ||||
| Neaves, Alan Reginald | 11 March 1983 | 8 January 1995 | ||||
| Kirby AC CMG, Michael Donald | 30 March 1983 | 23 September 1984 | ||||
| Beaumont AO, Bryan Alan | 30 May 1983 | 11 February 2005 | ||||
| Wilcox AO QC, Murray Rutledge | 11 May 1984 | 2 October 2006 | ||||
| Gray AM, Peter Ross Awdry | 17 May 1984 | 17 May 2013 | ||||
| Spender QC, Jeffrey Ernest John | 17 May 1984 | 19 July 2010 | ||||
| Everett, Mervyn George | 27 June 1984 | 4 October 1987 | ||||
| Pincus QC, Cecil William | 25 March 1985 | 16 December 1991 | ||||
| Burchett, James Charles Sholto | 3 June 1985 | 10 October 2000 | ||||
| Miles AO, Jeffrey Allan | 18 June 1985 | 30 September 2002 | ||||
| Jackson AM QC, David Francis | 15 November 1985 | 26 May 1987 | ||||
| Ryan QC, Donnell Michael | 29 September 1986 | 2 June 2011 | ||||
| Gummow AC, William Montague Charles | 24 November 1986 | 20 April 1995 | ||||
| French AC, Robert Shenton | 25 November 1986 | 1 September 2008 | ||||
| Einfeld, Marcus Richard | 18 December 1986 | 16 April 2001 | ||||
| Hartigan, Trevor Russell | 13 August 1987 | 24 April 1990 | ||||
| Foster QC, Michael Leader | 2 November 1987 | 26 November 1998 | ||||
| Nicholson AO RFD, Alastair Bothwick | 1 February 1988 | 31 May 2004 | ||||
| Lee QC, Malcolm Cameron | 15 February 1988 | 1 May 2006 | ||||
| Olney AM QC, Howard William | 21 May 1988 | 30 April 2003 | ||||
| von Doussa AO QC, John William | 1 December 1988 | 15 August 2003 | ||||
| Hill, Donald Graham | 1 February 1989 | 24 August 2005 | ||||
| O'Connor, Deirdre Frances | 1 Ju1y 1990 | 5 March 2002 | ||||
| Phillips, John Harber | 14 August 1990 | 17 December 1991 | ||||
| O'Loughlin, Maurice Francis | 1 August 1989 | 28 January 2003 | ||||
| Higgins AO QC, Terence John | 1 July 1990 | 12 September 2013 | ||||
| Heerey AM QC, Peter Cadden | 17 December 1990 | 16 February 2009 | ||||
| Michael Black AC, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 January 1991 | 21 March 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | As Chief Justice | ||
| Drummond QC, Douglas Paton | 2 December 1991 | 12 April 2003 | ||||
| Cooper, Richard Ellard | 30 March 1992 | 14 March 2005 | ||||
| Beazley AO, Margaret Joan | 1 January 1993 | 28 April 1996 | ||||
| Whitlam QC, Antony Philip | 1 January 1993 | 1 May 2005 | ||||
| Carr, Christopher John Seymour Metford | 13 December 1993 | 1 August 2004 | ||||
| Moore, Michael Francis | 28 March 1994 | 1 August 2011 | ||||
| Branson QC, Catherine | 16 May 1994 | 13 October 2008 | ||||
| Mathews AO, Jane Hamilton | 4 July 1994 | 6 April 2001 | ||||
| Lindgren AM QC, Kevin Edmund | 26 July 1994 | 12 February 2010 | ||||
| Tamberlin QC, Brian John | 29 August 1994 | 30 March 2009 | ||||
| Sackville AO QC, Ronald | 19 September 1994 | 25 August 2008 | ||||
| Kiefel, Susan Mary | 17 October 1994 | 3 September 2007 | ||||
| Nicholson AO, Robert David | 1 January 1995 | 7 August 2007 | ||||
| Finn, Paul Desmond | 3 July 1995 | 4 July 2012 | ||||
| Sundberg AM QC, Ross Alan | 10 July 1995 | 9 August 2010 | ||||
| Shane Marshall | 17 July 1995 | incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [7] | ||
| Lehane, John Robert Felix | 3 October 1995 | 10 September 2001 | ||||
| Madgwick QC, Rodney Neville | 3 October 1995 | 21 April 2008 | ||||
| North, Anothony Max | 3 October 1995 | Present | ||||
| Merkel QC, Ronald | 5 February 1996 | 15 May 2006 | ||||
| Mansfield AM, John Ronald | 2 September 1996 | Present | ||||
| Emmett, Arthur Robert | 3 February 1997 | 6 March 2013 | ||||
| Goldberg AO QC, Alan Henry | 3 February 1997 | 4 July 2010 | ||||
| Finkelstein QC, Raymond Antony | 21 July 1997 | 1 July 2011 | ||||
| Giudice AO, Geoffrey Michael | 17 September 1997 | 28 February 2012 | ||||
| Weinberg, Mark Samuel | 15 July 1998 | 19 July 2008 | ||||
| Dowsett AM, John Alfred | 14 September 1998 | Present | ||||
| Katz SC, Leslie Sydney | 30 September 1998 | 21 March 2002 | ||||
| Hely, Peter Graham | 2 October 1998 | 1 October 2005 | ||||
| Kenny, Susan Coralie | 16 October 1998 | Present | ||||
| Gyles AO QC, Roger Vincent | 11 June 1999 | 22 August 2008 | ||||
| Conti QC, Richard Alan | 15 August 2000 | 15 August 2007 | ||||
| Stone, Margaret Ackary | 9 October 2000 | 22 March 2012 | ||||
| James Allsop AO, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 May 2001 | 2 June 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | As Justice | ||
| Downes AM, Garry Keith | 2 April 2002 | 15 May 2012 | ||||
| Jacobson, Peter Michael | 17 June 2002 | Present | ||||
| Selway, Bradley Maxwell | 18 November 2002 | 10 April 2005 | ||||
| Bennett AO, Annabelle Claire | 5 May 2003 | Present | ||||
| Lander, Bruce Thomas | 14 July 2003 | 31 August 2013 | ||||
| Crennan AC, Susan Maree | 3 February 2004 | 1 November 2005 | 1 July 2015 | |||
| Siopis, Antony Nicholas | 14 April 2005 | Present | ||||
| Edmonds, Richard Francis | 5 May 2005 | Present | ||||
| Graham QC, Peter Ross | 24 May 2005 | 6 September 2010 | ||||
| Greenwood, Andrew Peter | 4 August 2005 | Present | ||||
| Young QC, John Neil | 30 November 2005 | 24 January 2007 | ||||
| Rares, Steven David | 2 February 2006 | Present | ||||
| Collier, Berna Joan | 8 February 2006 | Present | ||||
| Cowdroy OAM, The Hon Dennis Antill | 13 March 2006 | 15 March 2014 | ||||
| Besanko, Anthony James | 3 April 2006 | Present | ||||
| Jessup, Christopher Neil | 23 June 2006 | Present | ||||
| Tracey AM RFD, Richard Ross Sinclair | 24 July 2006 | Present | ||||
| Middleton, John Eric | 7 August 2006 | Present | ||||
| Buchanan, Robert John | 8 September 2006 | Present | ||||
| Gilmour, John | 11 December 2006 | Present | ||||
| Gordon, Michelle Marjorie | 20 April 2007 | Present | ||||
| Logan, John Alexander | 27 September 2007 | Present | ||||
| Flick, Geoffrey Alan | 15 October 2007 | Present | ||||
| McKerracher, Neil Walter | 15 October 2007 | Present | ||||
| Reeves, John Edward | 15 October 2007 | Present | ||||
| Perram, Nye | 8 August 2008 | Present | ||||
| Jagot, Jayne Margaret | 3 September 2008 | Present | ||||
| Foster, Lyndsay Graeme | 4 September 2008 | Present | ||||
| Barker, Michael Laurence | 9 February 2009 | Present | ||||
| Nicholas, John Victor | 16 November 2009 | Present | ||||
| Yates, David Markey | 30 November 2009 | Present | ||||
| Bromberg, Mordecai | 7 December 2009 | Present | ||||
| Dodds-Streeton QC, Julie Anne | 1 February 2010 | 1 April 2014 | ||||
| Katzmann, Anna Judith | 1 February 2010 | Present | ||||
| Patrick Keane AC, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 March 2010 | 28 February 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | As Chief Justice | [8] | |
| Alan Robertson | 18 April 2011 | incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| Bernard Murphy | 13 March 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Iain Ross AO, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 March 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| John Griffiths | 24 April 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Duncan Kerr SC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 May 2012 | 22 February 2022 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| Kathleen Farrell | 5 December 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| James Allsop AO, QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 March 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | As Chief Justice | [9] | ||
| Tony Pagone | 21 June 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Jennifer Davies SC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 July 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Debra Mortimer | 12 July 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Darryl Rangiah | 13 August 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Richard Conway White | 31 August 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Michael Wigney | 9 September 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Melissa Perry QC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 23 September 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Sarah Gleeson | 15 April 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Jonathan Beach | 30 June 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
See also
References
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- ↑ "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, s 72
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