This page provides a list of judicial officers of the Supreme Court of Victoria, who have served the Court since 1852.
Past Supreme Court judges
Chief Justices
Chief Justice |
Period of office |
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The Hon. Marilyn Warren AC |
(1998*) 25 November 2003 – 1 October 2017 |
The Hon. John Harber Phillips |
17 December 1991 – 17 October 2003 |
The Hon. Sir John McIntosh |
1 June 1974 – 16 December 1991 |
The Hon. Sir Henry Arthur |
2 September 1964 – 31 May 1974 |
The Hon. Sir Edmund Francis Herring |
2 February 1944 – 1 September 1964 |
The Hon. Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann |
1 October 1935 – 31 October 1944 |
The Hon. Sir William Hill Irvine |
9 April 1918 – 30 September 1935 |
The Hon. Sir John Madden |
9 January 1893 – 10 March 1918 |
George Higinbotham, Esq. |
24 September 1886 – 31 December 1892 |
Sir William Foster Stawell |
25 February 1857 – 24 September 1886 |
Sir William a-Beckett |
19 January 1852 – 20 February 1857 |
* Date appointed to the Trial Division
Presidents of the Court of Appeal
President of the Court of Appeal |
Period of office |
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The Hon. Chris Maxwell AC |
18 July 2005 – 15 July 2022 |
The Hon. John Spence |
7 June 1995 – 15 July 2005 |
Judges of the Court of Appeal
Judge of the Court of Appeal |
Period of office |
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The Hon. Michael Leon Sifris |
(2010**) 2 June 2020 – 22 December 2023 |
The Hon. Terence Michael Forrest |
(2009**) 10 July 2018 – 15 August 2023 |
The Hon. Emilios John Kyrou |
(2008**) 29 July 2014 – 7 June 2023 |
The Hon. Pamela Mary Tate |
14 September 2010 – 30 April 2021 |
The Hon. Kim Hargrave |
(2005**) 19 December 2017 – 2 October 2020 |
The Hon. Stephen William Kaye AM |
(2003**) 3 February 2015 – 13 December 2021 |
The Hon. Joseph Santamaria |
20 August 2013 – 14 July 2018 |
The Hon. Paul Anthony Coghlan AO |
1 January 2013 – 11 January 2014 |
The Hon. Simon Paul Whelan |
(2004**) 16 October 2012 – 9 April 2020 |
The Hon Robert Stanley Osborn |
(2002**) 7 February 2012 – 21 June 2018 |
The Hon. David Lindsey Harper AM |
4 November 2009 – 28 June 2013 |
The Hon. Bernard Daniel Bongiorno AO |
11 August 2009 – 31 December 2012 |
The Hon. Philip Mandie |
11 August 2009 – 31 August 2012 |
The Hon. Mark Weinberg AO |
22 July 2008 – 12 May 2018 |
The Hon. Julie Anne Dodds-Streeton |
8 August 2007 – 1 February 2010 |
The Hon. Murray Bryon Kellam AO |
16 May 2007 – 15 June 2009 |
The Hon. Robert Frank Redlich |
8 May 2006 – 3 March 2016 |
The Hon. Marcia Ann Neave AO |
22 February 2006 – 23 August 2014 |
The Hon. David John Ashley AM |
21 June 2005 – 2 February 2012 |
The Hon. Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle AC |
7 June 2004 – 3 February 2015 |
The Hon. Geoffrey Michael Eames |
15 March 2002 – 27 July 2007 |
The Hon. Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent AO |
12 June 2001 – 21 August 2009 |
The Hon. Alex Chernov AC |
13 October 1998 – 29 February 2008 |
The Hon. Peter Buchanan |
28 October 1997 – 11 October 2013 |
The Hon. Susan Coralie Kenny |
25 July 1997 – 15 October 1998 |
The Hon. John Michael Batt |
6 May 1997 – 3 June 2005 |
The Hon. Frank Hortin Callaway |
7 June 1995 – 23 February 2007 |
The Hon. Stephen Pendrill Charles AO |
7 June 1995 – 21 April 2006 |
The Hon. Kenneth Madison Hayne AC |
7 June 1995 – 21 September 1997 |
The Hon. John David Phillips, RJ |
7 June 1995 – 22 May 2004 |
The Hon. William Frederick |
7 June 1995 – 24 February 2006 |
The Hon. Robert Clive Tadgell AO |
7 June 1995 – 30 May 2001 |
The Hon. Robert Brooking, RJ |
7 June 1995 – 6 March 2002 |
* Appointed as the 12th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
** Date appointed to the Trial Division
*** Later appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal
Judges
Judge |
Period of office |
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The Hon. Elizabeth Jane Hollingworth |
7 June 2004 – 14 June 2024 |
The Hon. Timothy James Ginnane |
4 June 2013 – 4 November 2023 |
The Hon. John Russell Dixon |
14 September 2010 – 29 September 2023 |
The Hon. Kate McMillan |
6 March 2012 – 31 January 2023 |
The Hon. Catherine Gail Button |
9 August 2021 – 15 January 2023 |
The Hon. Peter Julian Riordan |
10 March 2015 – 19 December 2022 |
The Hon. John Ross Champion |
19 December 2017 – 13 August 2021 |
The Hon. Geoffrey John Digby |
9 November 2012 – 18 July 2021 |
The Hon. Peter Waddington Almond |
28 July 2010 – 31 March 2021 |
Joanne Cameron |
12 August 2014 – 30 June 2020 |
The Hon. Malcolm Blue |
28 April 2015 – 28 April 2020 |
John Timothy Rush RFD |
26 November 2013 – 1 February 2016 |
The Hon. Gregory Howard |
29 May 2012 – 1 April 2019 |
The Hon. Iain James Ross AO |
4 November 2009 – 1 March 2012 |
The Hon. Clyde Elliott Croft AM |
4 November 2009 – 5 October 2019 |
The Hon. Jennifer Davies |
31 March 2009 – 4 July 2013 |
The Hon. Peter Norman Vickery |
6 May 2008 – 8 May 2018 |
The Hon. James Gregory Judd |
4 March 2008 – 31 March 2018 |
The Hon. Lex Lasry AM |
25 October 2007 – 22 June 2018 |
The Hon. Ross McKenzie Robson |
7 August 2007 – 19 July 2016 |
The Hon. Gaetano (Tony) Pagone |
17 May 2007 – 20 June 2013 |
The Hon. Paul Anthony Coghlan AO |
7 August 2007 – 31 December 2012 |
The Hon. John Herbert Lytton Forrest |
7 August 2007 – 28 March 2018 |
The Hon. Elizabeth Helen Curtain AM |
3 October 2006 – 8 May 2014 |
The Hon. Betty June King |
21 June 2005 – 14 August 2015 |
The Hon. Kevin Harcourt Bell AM |
10 February 2005 – 12 March 2020 |
Stuart Ross Morris |
9 April 2003 – 9 April 2007 |
The Hon. Katharine Mary Williams |
28 October 2002 – 12 February 2015 |
The Hon. Julie Anne |
23 July 2002 – 1 February 2010 |
The Hon. Gaetano (Tony) Pagone |
3 October 2001 – 30 June 2002 |
The Hon. Geoffrey Raymond Flatman |
18 July 2001 – 18 September 2002 |
The Hon. David John Habersberger |
3 July 2001 – 28 March 2013 |
The Hon. Bernard Daniel |
18 December 2000 – 31 December 2012 |
The Hon. Murray Bryon Kellam, JA |
28 January 1998 – 15 June 2009 |
The Hon. Alex Chernov AC, JA |
6 May 1997 – 29 February 2008 |
The Hon. Eugene William Gillard |
6 May 1997 – 31 October 2007 |
The Hon. Rosemary Anne |
6 March 1996 – 14 September 2003 |
The Hon. Philip Mandie, JA |
10 May 1994 – 31 August 2012 |
The Hon. Hartley Roland Hansen, JA |
6 April 1994 – 31 July 2012 |
The Hon. John Michael Batt, JA |
8 March 1994 – 3 June 2005 |
The Hon. Geoffrey Michael Eames, JA |
26 May 1992 – 27 July 2007 |
The Hon. Kenneth Madison Hayne AC, JA |
8 April 1992 – 21 September 1997 |
The Hon. David Lindsey Harper AM, JA |
11 March 1992 – 28 June 2013 |
The Hon. David McCartin Michael Byrne |
20 August 1991 – 30 May 2010 |
The Hon. John Allen Coldrey AO |
19 February 1991 – 4 April 2008 |
The Hon. John Joseph Hedigan |
30 January 1991 – 30 August 2001 |
The Hon. David John Ashley AM, JA |
21 August 1990 – 1 February 2012 |
The Hon. John David Phillips, JA, RJ |
22 May 1990 – 22 May 2004 |
The Hon. Thomas Harrison Smith |
1 May 1990 – 4 August 2009 |
The Hon. Allan William McDonald |
19 May 1988 – 31 August 2002 |
The Hon. Philip Damien |
17 February 1988 – 8 November 2009 |
The Hon. Bernard George Teague AO |
13 October 1987 – 15 February 2008 |
The Hon. Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent, JA |
30 April 1985 – 21 August 2009 |
The Hon. John Harber Phillips |
7 November 1984 – 13 August 1990 |
The Hon. Howard Tomaz Nathan AM, RJ |
22 November 1983 – 17 April 1997 |
The Hon. William Frederick |
22 November 1983 – 24 February 2006 |
The Hon. George Hampel |
16 March 1983 – 31 August 2000 |
The Hon. Alastair Bothwick Nicholson |
16 November 1982 – 31 January 1988 |
The Hon. Robert Clive Tadgell AO, JA |
4 March 1980 – 30 May 2001 |
The Hon. Alec James Southwell, RJ |
3 April 1979 – 11 April 1997 |
The Hon. Sir James Augustine Gobbo |
18 July 1978 – 28 February 1994 |
The Hon. Barry Watson Beach AM |
18 July 1978 – 15 February 2003 |
The Hon. Alfred Capel King |
19 July 1977 – 13 February 1991 |
The Hon. Ian Gray, RJ |
12 July 1977 – 30 March 1990 |
The Hon. Kenneth Henry Marks |
15 June 1977 – 28 January 1994 |
The Hon. Robert Brooking, JA |
22 February 1977 – 6 March 2002 |
The Hon. Norman Michael |
2 February 1977 – 6 May 1992 |
The Hon. Richard Elgin |
1 June 1976 – 22 April 1992 |
The Hon. Richard George De Burgh Griffith |
10 June 1975 – 1 December 1976 |
The Hon. Kenneth Joseph Jenkinson |
18 February 1975 – 1 November 1982 |
The Hon. Richard Kelsham |
29 January 1975 – 11 February 1994 |
The Hon. Basil Lathrop Murray |
5 September 1974 – 11 May 1988 |
The Hon. John McIntosh |
30 April 1974 – 31 May 1974 |
The Hon. William Oliver Harris |
9 October 1973 – 17 August 1978 |
The Hon. Peter Murphy |
12 April 1973 – 15 April 1992 |
The Hon. Benjamin James Dunn |
J 1 January 1973 – 31 July 1977 |
The Hon. Sir John Gerald Norris |
J 1 January 1973 – 11 June 1975 |
The Hon. William Kaye ( |
1 March 1972 – 8 February 1991 |
The Hon. Sir Ninian Martin Stephen |
30 June 1970 – 29 February 1972 |
The Hon. William Charles Crockett |
2 December 1969 – 16 April 1996 |
The Hon. Sir Kevin Victor Anderson |
29 April 1969 – 4 September 1984 |
The Hon. Francis Robert Nelson |
J 25 March 1969 – 14 June 1977 |
The Hon. Hibbert Richard Newton |
10 January 1967 – 1 June 1977 |
The Hon. Clifford Inch Menhennitt |
J 17 October 1966 – 28 October 1979 |
The Hon. Sir George Hermann Lush |
1 February 1966 – 5 October 1983 |
The Hon. Sir Murray Vincent McInerney |
J 26 October 1965 – 10 February 1983 |
The Hon. Sir Edward Hamilton Esler Barber |
J 25 May 1965 – 25 February 1977 |
The Hon. Sir John Erskine Starke |
31 January 1964 – 30 November 1985 |
The Hon. Sir Oliver James Gillard |
2 October 1962 – 13 May 1978 |
The Hon. Sir Urban Gregory Joseph Gowans |
22 August 1961 – 8 September 1976 |
The Hon. Sir Douglas Macfarlan Little |
3 February 1959 – 30 August 1974 |
The Hon. Sir Alexander Duncan Grant Adam |
21 May 1957 – 29 November 1974 |
The Hon. Sir George Augustus Pape |
18 February 1957 – 28 January 1975 |
The Hon. Sir Robert Vincent Monahan |
J 31 October 1955 – 11 April 1970 |
The Hon. Sir Edward Herbert Hudson |
J 22 December 1953 – 15 December 1966 |
The Hon. Thomas Weetman Smith |
AJ 1 February 1950 – 9 February 1950 |
The Hon. Sir Reginald Richard Sholl |
1 February 1950 – 31 January 1966 |
The Hon. Sir Arthur Dean |
8 February 1949 – 24 May 1965 |
The Hon. Sir John Vincent William Barry |
14 January 1947 – 8 November 1969 |
The Hon. Sir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar |
1 August 1945 – 10 February 1950 |
The Hon. Sir Norman O-Bryan |
J 1 September 1939 – 16 October 1966 |
The Hon. Fred Russell Beauchamp Martin |
29 January 1934 – 31 January 1957 |
The Hon. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy |
1 June 1933 - 12 August 1961 |
The Hon. Sir Charles John Lowe |
28 January 1927 – 31 January 1964 |
The Hon. Sir James Ross Macfarlan |
30 January 1922 – 31 December 1949 |
The Hon. Sir William Gilbert Stewart McArthur |
27 January 1920 – 31 March 1934 |
The Hon. Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann |
24 July 1919 – 30 September 1935 |
The Hon. William John Schutt |
24 July 1919 – 31 December 1926 |
The Hon. Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen |
19 March 1906 – 17 May 1933 |
The Hon. Sir Joseph Henry Hood |
J 5 October 1891 – 31 December 1921 |
The Hon. Sir Henry Edward Agincourt Hodges |
J 20 January 1890 – 8 August 1919 |
The Hon. Sir Thomas a-Beckett |
30 September 1886 – 30 June 1917 |
George Henry Frederick Webb, Esq. |
6 May 1886 – 20 September 1891 |
George Briscoe Kerferd, Esq. |
1 January 1886 – 31 December 1889 |
Sir Edward Dundas Holroyd |
19 August 1881 – 9 May 1906 |
Sir Hartley Williams (1843-1929) |
4 July 1881 – 9 June 1903 |
George Higinbotham, Esq. |
19 July 1880 – 23 September 1886 |
James Wilberforce Stephen, Esq. |
1 May 1874 – 14 August 1881 |
Thomas Howard Fellows, Esq. |
18 December 1872 – 8 April 1878 |
Sir Robert Molesworth |
17 June 1856 – 6 May 1886 |
Sir Edward Eyre Williams |
21 July 1852 – 30 April 1874 |
Sir Redmond Barry |
19 January 1852 – 23 November 1880 |
*Later appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal
Judges: Supreme Court of New South Wales and Port Phillip District of New South Wales, 1841-1851
The Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip was an historical division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Following the separation of the Port Phillip District to form the Colony of Victoria, it was replaced by the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Judge |
Period of office |
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Sir William a-Beckett |
28 February 1846 – 19 January 1852 |
Sir Roger Therry |
9 January 1845 – February 1846 |
Sir William Jeffcott |
1 July 1843 – December 1844 |
John Walpole Willis |
8 February 1841 – 24 June 1843 |
Reserve Judges
Reserve judges are either retired or interstate judges who have been appointed as reserve judges of the Supreme Court under the Constitution Act 1975. Appointments are made by the Governor in Council for a period of five years with engagements to undertake the duties of a judge of the Court made by the Chief Justice during that period.
Reserve judge |
Period of office |
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The Hon. Kate McMillan | 1 February 2023 – 4 June 2024 |
The Hon. Lex Lasry |
3 July 2018 – 1 March 2024 |
The Hon. Ross McKenzie Robson |
20 July 2016 – 29 April 2022 |
The Hon. Paul Anthony Coghlan AO |
11 July 2017 – 12 January 2022 |
The Hon. Mark Weinberg AO |
13 May 2018 – 31 January 2021 |
The Hon. Julie Dodds-Streeton |
24 November 2015 – 1 December 2019 |
The Hon. David John Ashley AM |
2 February 2017 – 1 February 2020 |
The Hon. Robert Frank Redlich |
4 March 2016 – 3 November 2017 |
The Hon. Bernard Daniel Bongiorno |
2 July 2013 – 1 July 2018 |
The Hon. Hartley Roland Hansen |
2 July 2013 – 1 July 2018 |
The Hon. Philip Mandie |
2 July 2013 – 1 July 2018 |
The Hon. John David Phillips |
22 May 2004 – 28 February 2005 |
The Hon. Rosemary Anne Balmford |
29 September 2003 – 31 May 2005 |
The Hon. Howard Tomaz Nathan |
18 April 1997 – 1 September 2005 |
The Hon. Alec James Southwell |
9 September 1997 – 31 October 2001 |
The Hon. Ian Gray |
30 March 1990 – 5 March 2001 |
The Hon. Robert Brooking |
14 May 2002 – 21 September 2003 |
The Hon. Norman Michael O-Bryan |
7 May 1992 – 7 April 2004 |
The Hon. Richard Kelsham Fullagar |
12 February 1994 – 9 May 1994 |
The Hon. Peter Murphy |
16 April 1992 – 5 May 1993 |
Past Supreme Court associate judges, masters and judicial registrars
Associate judges
Associate judge |
Period of office |
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The Hon. Nemeer Mukhtar |
18 August 2009 – 01 November 2023 |
The Hon. Patricia Matthews (2017****) |
15 December 2020 – 13 June 2023** |
The Hon. John Efthim |
18 July 2005 – 9 April 2022 |
The Hon. David Mark Brudenell Derham |
11 December 2012 – 10 January 2020 |
Rodney Stuart Randall |
17 May 2011 – 1 March 2022 |
The Hon. Rita Incerti* |
16 March 2010 – 13 February 2015** |
Robyn Gay Lansdowne |
17 December 2008 – 28 July 2020*** |
Kevin John Mahony AM (1941-2019) |
17 December 2008 – 7 September 2012*** |
Alexander Jamie Wood |
17 December 2008 – 25 June 2021*** |
Kathryn Elizabeth Kings |
17 December 2008 – 3 November 2009*** |
Ewan Kenneth Evans |
17 December 2008 – 31 January 2011*** |
* Formerly Associate Justice Zammit
** Later appointed to the Trial Division
*** Formerly a Master of the Court
**** Appointed as Judicial Registrar
Registrars and masters
Registrar of the Court of Appeal |
Period of office |
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Philip Lawrence Cain |
3 April 2001 – 7 June 2008 |
John Bernard Gaffney |
7 July 1995 – 2 April 2001 |
Registrar of Criminal Appeals |
|
Philip Lawrence Cain |
3 April 2001 – 7 June 2008 |
John Bernard |
19 July 1982 – 2 April 2001 |
Listing Master |
|
Kathryn Elizabeth Kings |
23 March 1993 – 16 December 2008* |
Vincent Mathew Gawne |
18 March 1977 – 26 February 1993 |
Senior Master |
|
Kevin John |
15 April 1983 – 16 December 2008* |
Charles Philip Jacobs MBE |
1 January 1977 – 14 April 1983 |
Master |
|
Robyn Gay Lansdowne |
18 September 2006 – 16 December 2008* |
Alexander Jamie Wood |
23 January 2006 – 16 December 2008* |
Michael Joseph Louis |
15 May 2001 – 5 July 2007 |
Philip Lawrence Cain |
26 November 1996 – 7 July 2008 |
Kathryn Elizabeth Kings |
20 July 1993 – 3 November 2009 |
John Bernard |
20 July 1993 – 2 April 2001 |
Thomas Peter |
20 July 1993 – 2 March 2006 |
Charles William George Wheeler |
31 July 1990 – 17 February 2005 |
Ewan Kenneth Evans |
2 August 1983 – 16 December 2008* |
Peter Anthony Barker |
5 April 1977. Died in office on 13 August 1992 |
Antony Endrey QC |
6 July 1976 – 28 February 1977 |
George Strafford Brett |
1 February 1967 – 17 September 1988 |
Eric Noel Bergere |
1 November 1963 – 2 November 1983 |
Stuart Henry Collie |
22 January 1962 – 8 July 1976 |
Charles Philip Jacobs MBE |
14 November 1960 – 31 December 1976 |
Eustace Halley Coghill |
1 July 1956 – 31 October 1963 |
Eric Smith Vance |
1 January 1949 – 30 April 1958 |
Taxing Master |
|
Thomas Peter Bruce AM |
15 July 1973 – 2 March 2006 |
Cyril Edward Fyffe |
1 February 1961 – 14 July 1973 |
Louis Lucas Oliver |
3 February 1947 – 31 January 1961 |
Edgar Henry Trebilco |
7 May 1923 – 31 January 1947 |
Morris Mondle Phillips |
1 July 1905 – 7 May 1923 |
Chief Clerk |
|
Eric Smith Vance |
29 April 1941 – 31 December 1948 |
Morris Mondle Phillips |
18 January 1916 – 29 April 1941 |
George Henry |
8 October 1900 – 19 December 1915** |
Hopson Pinckney Walker |
1 January 1884 – 8 October 1900 |
Master In Equity |
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Eric Smith Vance |
29 May 1941 – 31 December 1948 |
Morris Mondle Phillips |
16 April 1923 – 29 April 1941 |
Charles Lachlan McKinnon Templeton |
10 October 1922 – 16 April 1923 |
Harold Alfred Templeton |
5 January 1917 – 10 October 1922 |
Thomas Prout |
6 October 1884 – 22 November 1916** |
Frederick Wilkinson |
19 April 1852 – 6 October 1884 |
Robert Williams Pohlman |
6 January 1852 – 19 April 1852 |
* Later also appointed as an associate judge
** Period in office ended upon passing
Judicial registrars
Judicial registrar |
Period of office |
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Judicial Registrar Leonie Englefield | 5 July 2016 – 20 September 2024 |
Judicial Registrar Martin Keith | 5 February 2020 – 8 March 2024 |
Judicial Registrar Fiona June Steffensen |
14 December 2020 – 11 April 2022* |
Judicial Registrar Daniel Donato Caporale |
15 January 2018 – 28 February 2020 |
Judicial Registrar Julie Clayton |
20 February 2017 – 24 January 2021 |
Judicial Registrar Patricia Matthews |
24 January 2017 – 14 December 2020* |
Judicial Registrar Ian Andrew Irving |
1 March 2016 – 26 July 2021* |
Judicial Registrar Julian Hetyey |
3 November 2014 – 10 February 2020* |
Judicial Registrar David Ware |
20 May 2014 – 29 January 2017 |
Judicial Registrar Steve Wharton |
11 December 2012 – 18 March 2016 |
Judicial Registrar Meg Gourlay |
18 January 2011 – 9 July 2021 |
Judicial Registrar Mark Pedley |
18 January 2011 – 9 October 2015 |
* Later also appointed as an associate judge