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 [lower-alpha 1] | [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, 176 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 | 18 years, 331 days | [31] | |||
Judith Kelly | 12 August 2009 | 14 years, 138 days | [32] | |||
Jenny Blokland | 9 April 2010 | 13 years, 263 days | [33] | |||
Peter Barr | 30 September 2010 | 13 years, 89 days | [34] | |||
Graham Hiley | 1 March 2013 | 10 years, 302 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 [lower-alpha 2] | 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 [lower-alpha 2] | 7 years, 128 days | |||
Robert Franki | 1972 | 1986 [lower-alpha 2] | 13–14 years | |||
John Sweeney | 2 February 1976 | 30 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] | 3 years, 240 days | |||
Phillip Evatt | 5 February 1976 | 1987 [lower-alpha 2] | 10–11 years | |||
Robert St John | 22 July 1976 | 30 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] | 3 years, 70 days | |||
Gerard Brennan | 22 July 1976 | 30 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] | 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
- ↑ 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]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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
- ↑ "Current Judges". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Former Judges". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Federal Court of Australia judicial changes the first 30 years (1977-2007)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2017.
- 1 2 "The Hon. Sir William Edward Stanley Forster". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- 1 2 "The Hon. Kevin Frederick O'Leary". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- 1 2 "The Hon. Keith John Austin Asche AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- 1 2 "The Hon. Brian Frank Martin AO MBE". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ↑ "Justice Brian Ross Martin AO". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Chief Justice Trevor Riley". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ↑ "Chief Justice Michael Grant". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- 1 2 "The Hon. James Henry Muirhead AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Samuel James Mitchell". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. David John Davies Bevan". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Donald Arthur Roberts". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Ross Ibbotson Dalton Mallam". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Thomas Alexander Wells". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Martin Chemnitz Kriewaldt". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Alan Bruce Keith Ian Bridge". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn OBE (Mil)". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Richard Charles Ward". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. John Leslie Toohey AC". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. John Foster Gallop". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Sir William John Francis Kearney CBE". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. John Anthony Nader". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Michael David Andrew Maurice". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Phillip John Rice". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. David Norman Angel". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Dean Mildren". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Sally Gordon Thomas AM". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Steven Ronald Bailey". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Stephen Southwood". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Judith Kelly". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Jenny Blokland". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Peter Barr". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Hon. Graham Hiley RFD". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Honourable Geoffrey Michael Eames". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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