List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in Australia has six resident Judges, including a Chief Justice.[1][2] Judges from other Courts and retired Judges have regularly held appointment as additional or acting Judges to assist, particularly with appeal sittings where at least three Judges are required.

The Northern Territory went through a period where from 1961 up until Self-Government in 1978 Federal Court (and before that Commonwealth) judges were appointed and sat occasionally in the Northern Territory.

Position Name From To Term Comments Notes
Chief Judge Sir William Forster 1 February 1977 30 September 1979 8 years, 6 days [a] [4]
Chief Justice 1 October 1979 7 February 1985
Kevin O'Leary 12 September 1985 31 July 1987 1 year, 322 days [5]
Austin Asche 1 August 1987 25 February 1993 5 years, 208 days [6]
Brian Frank Martin 26 February 1993 31 October 2003 10 years, 247 days [7]
Brian Ross Martin 27 January 2004 20 September 2010 6 years, 236 days [8]
Trevor Riley 27 September 2010 4 July 2016 5 years, 281 days [9]
Michael Grant 5 July 2016 7 years, 301 days [10]
Acting Chief Justice James Muirhead 8 February 1985 11 September 1985 215 days [11]
Resident Judge Samuel James Mitchell 30 May 1911 April 1912 307-336 days [12]
David Bevan 23 May 1912 22 September 1920 8 years, 122 days [13]
Donald Roberts 11 November 1921 7 April 1928 6 years, 148 days [14]
Ross Mallam 24 April 1928 1933 4–5 years [15]
Thomas Wells 21 August 1933 26 March 1952 18 years, 218 days [16]
Martin Kriewaldt 27 March 1952 12 June 1960 8 years, 77 days [17]
Alan Bridge 28 September 1961 28 July 1966 4 years, 303 days [18]
Richard Blackburn 14 October 1966 27 June 1971 4 years, 256 days [19]
Sir William Forster 28 June 1971 31 January 1977 5 years, 217 days [4]
James Muirhead 1 May 1974 11 September 1985 11 years, 133 days [11]
Richard Ward 27 September 1974 24 November 1977 3 years, 58 days [20]
John Toohey 4 April 1977 5 February 1987 9 years, 307 days Judge of the Federal Court [21]
John Gallop 10 March 1978 31 July 2000 22 years, 143 days [22]
Sir William Kearney 13 April 1982 13 October 1999 17 years, 183 days [23]
John Nader 19 August 1982 19 March 1992 9 years, 213 days [24]
Kevin O'Leary 1 July 1983 31 July 1987 4 years, 30 days [5]
Michael Maurice 21 September 1984 30 January 1988 3 years, 131 days [25]
Phillip Rice 8 March 1985 31 January 1991 5 years, 329 days [26]
Austin Asche 14 April 1986 31 July 1987 1 year, 108 days [6]
Brian Frank Martin 13 September 1987 25 February 1993 5 years, 165 days [7]
David Angel 8 May 1989 18 January 2010 20 years, 255 days [27]
Dean Mildren 27 June 1991 28 February 2013 21 years, 246 days [28]
Sally Thomas 30 July 1992 7 August 2009 17 years, 8 days [29]
Steven Bailey 6 January 1997 25 November 2004 7 years, 324 days [30]
Trevor Riley 1 February 1999 26 February 2013 14 years, 25 days [9]
Stephen Southwood 31 January 2005 19 years, 91 days [31]
Judith Kelly 12 August 2009 14 years, 263 days [32]
Jenny Blokland 9 April 2010 14 years, 22 days [33]
Peter Barr 30 September 2010 13 years, 214 days [34]
Graham Hiley 1 March 2013 11 years, 61 days [35]
Deputy Judge Norman Ewing 1919 1920 0–1 years [2]
Gerald Hogan 1920 1921 0–1 years
Additional Judge Edward Arthur Dunphy 10 May 1961 30 September 1979 [b] 18 years, 143 days
Percy Joske 11 May 1961 1977 15–16 years
Sir Reginald Smithers 21 July 1964 1971 6–7 years
Charles Sweeney 1967 1970 2–3 years
Sir John Angus Nimmo 1969 1974 4–5 years
John Kerr 19 September 1970 1972 1–2 years
Edward Woodward 25 May 1972 30 September 1979 [b] 7 years, 128 days
Robert Franki 1972 1986 [b] 13–14 years
John Sweeney 2 February 1976 30 September 1979 [b] 3 years, 240 days
Phillip Evatt 5 February 1976 1987 [b] 10–11 years
Robert St John 22 July 1976 30 September 1979 [b] 3 years, 70 days
Gerard Brennan 22 July 1976 30 September 1979 [b] 3 years, 70 days
Trevor Morling 1991
1994		 2–3 years
Bill Priestley 1992
2001		 1992
2002		 <1 year
0–1 years
Acting Judge Charles Edward Herbert 1921 1922 0–1 years
William Henry Sharwood 1922
1932
1933		 <3 years
Donald Gordon Bathgate 1941 <1 year
Martin Kriewaldt 1951 1952 0–1 years
James Archibald Douglas 1956 1957 0–1 years
William Charles Gillespie 1960 <1 year
Lawrence Eric Clarke 1960 <1 year
James Boyd Keith Williams 1982 <1 year
Kevin O'Leary 1982 1983 0–1 years
James Muirhead 1987 1988 0–1 years
Ian Gray 1991
1994
1995
1998		 <4 years
Trevor Morling 1997 1998 0–1 years
Howard Olney 1998
2005		 2003
2005		 4–5 years
<1 year
John Gallop 2000 2002 1–2 years
John Doyle 2000 2001 0–1 years
Robert Brooking 2000 2001 0–1 years Judge Victorian Court of Appeal
Len King 2004 2005 0–1 years
Brian Frank Martin 2004 <1 year
Trevor Olsson 2004 <1 year
Bill Priestley 2006 <1 year
Geoffrey Eames 2007 2009 1–2 years Former judge Victorian Court of Appeal [36]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The title was changed from Chief Judge to Chief Justice on the transfer of the executive authority for the Supreme Court from the Commonwealth to the Northern Territory.[3]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g The effect of the change from a federal court to a territory court was that judges who held commissions as additional judges of the federal court no longer had a court in which to exercise those commissions.[3] Only Justices Franki and Evatt were appointed additional judges in the territory court.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Current Judges". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Former Judges". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Federal Court of Australia judicial changes the first 30 years (1977-2007)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b "The Hon. Sir William Edward Stanley Forster". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b "The Hon. Kevin Frederick O'Leary". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b "The Hon. Keith John Austin Asche AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  7. ^ a b "The Hon. Brian Frank Martin AO MBE". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Justice Brian Ross Martin AO". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Chief Justice Trevor Riley". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Chief Justice Michael Grant". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  11. ^ a b "The Hon. James Henry Muirhead AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  12. ^ "The Hon. Samuel James Mitchell". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  13. ^ "The Hon. David John Davies Bevan". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  14. ^ "The Hon. Donald Arthur Roberts". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  15. ^ "The Hon. Ross Ibbotson Dalton Mallam". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  16. ^ "The Hon. Thomas Alexander Wells". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  17. ^ "The Hon. Martin Chemnitz Kriewaldt". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  18. ^ "The Hon. Alan Bruce Keith Ian Bridge". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  19. ^ "The Hon. Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn OBE (Mil)". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  20. ^ "The Hon. Richard Charles Ward". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  21. ^ "The Hon. John Leslie Toohey AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  22. ^ "The Hon. John Foster Gallop". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  23. ^ "The Hon. Sir William John Francis Kearney CBE". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  24. ^ "The Hon. John Anthony Nader". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  25. ^ "The Hon. Michael David Andrew Maurice". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  26. ^ "The Hon. Phillip John Rice". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  27. ^ "The Hon. David Norman Angel". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  28. ^ "The Hon. Dean Mildren". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  29. ^ "The Hon. Sally Gordon Thomas AM". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  30. ^ "The Hon. Steven Ronald Bailey". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  31. ^ "The Hon. Stephen Southwood". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  32. ^ "The Hon. Judith Kelly". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  33. ^ "The Hon. Jenny Blokland". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  34. ^ "The Hon. Peter Barr". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  35. ^ "The Hon. Graham Hiley RFD". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  36. ^ "The Honourable Geoffrey Michael Eames". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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