List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland
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Current Judges

In order of seniority

Name Division Date appointed
Chief Justice Paul de Jersey
Paul de Jersey
Paul de Jersey, AC, QC was appointed Chief Justice on 17 February 1998 of the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.-Education:...

- 17 February 1998
President Margaret McMurdo
Margaret McMurdo
Margaret A McMurdo AC is the current President of the Queensland Court of Appeal. Her appointment on 30 July 1998 saw her become the first female president of an appellate court in Australia.-Education:...

Court of Appeal 30 July 1998
Catherine Holmes
Catherine Holmes
The Honourable Justice Catherine Ena Holmes was appointed as a judge on 16 March 2000 to the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.-Education:...

Court of Appeal 26 May 2006
John Muir Court of Appeal 12 July 2007
Hugh Fraser Court of Appeal 24 February 2008
Richard Chesterman Court of Appeal 11 December 2008
Margaret White Court of Appeal 15 April 2010
Senior Judge Administrator John Byrne
John Byrne (judge)
Justice John Byrne is the Senior Judge Administrator of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Having been a judge of that court since 1989, he is one of the court’s most experienced judges.-Pre-judicial Career:...

Trial Division 25 July 1989
Keiran Cullinane Trial Division (Northern Judge, Townsville); Land Appeal Court (Northern Division) 16 November 1992
George Fryberg
Henry George Fryberg
Justice Henry George Fryberg is a current Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia. He is considered a compassionate judge. Justice Fryberg was sworn in on 23 September 1994.-Brisbane City Council v. Matthews:Brisbane City Council v...

Trial Division 23 September 1994
Stanley Jones Trial Division (Far Northern Judge, Cairns); Land Appeal Court (Far Northern Division) 2 October 1997
Margaret Wilson Trial Division 20 August 1998
Roslyn Atkinson
Roslyn Atkinson
Justice Roslyn Atkinson is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, having been appointed to that position in 1998. In 2002 she also became the Chairperson of the Queensland Law Reform Commission, and has served in that role since....

Trial Division; Chair, Law Reform Commission 3 September 1998
Debra Mullins Trial Division; Criminal List Judge 16 March 2000
Anthe Philippides
Anthe Philippides
Anthe Ioanna Philippides was appointed as a judge on 14 December 2000 to the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland....

Trial Division; Mental Health Court 14 December 2000
Philip McMurdo Trial Division; Commercial List Judge 3 March 2003
James Douglas Trial Division 1 December 2003
Ann Lyons Trial Division 7 July 2006
Martin Daubney Trial Division; Supervised Case List Judge 12 July 2007
Glen Martin Trial Division 30 August 2007
Duncan McMeekin Trial Division (Central Judge, Rockhampton); Land Appeal Court (Central Division) 15 October 2007
Peter Applegarth Trial Division 28 August 2008
David Boddice Trial Division 2 July 2010

Former Chief Justices

Name Term Reason for leaving Death
James Cockle 21 February 1863 – 24 June 1879 Retired 27 January 1895
Charles Lilley
Charles Lilley
Sir Charles Lilley was a Premier and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He had a significant influence on the form and spirit of state education in colonial Queensland which lasted well into the twentieth century.Lilley was born at Newcastle on Tyne, England, the son of Thomas...

25 June 1879 – 13 March 1893 Resigned 20 August 1897
Samuel Griffith
Samuel Griffith
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith GCMG QC, was an Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.-Early life:...

13 March 1893 – 4 October 1903 Appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and...

9 August 1920
Pope Alexander Cooper
Pope Alexander Cooper
Sir Pope Alexander Cooper KCMG was an attorney-general and a chief judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia.-Early life:...

21 October 1903 – 31 March 1922 Retired 30 August 1923
Thomas McCawley
Thomas McCawley
Thomas William McCawley was a chief justice of Queensland.McCawley was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was of Irish-Catholic background, his father having been born in County Leitrim, Ireland. On his mother's side he had German ancestry, his mother coming from Darmstadt, Germany...

1 April 1922 – 16 April 1925 Death 16 April 1925
James Blair
James Blair (Australian judge)
Sir James William Blair KCMG was an Australian politician, lawyer and judge. He was a successful politician, being elected to the Queensland Parliament on several occasions. He held the office of Attorney-General and was also the Minister for Mines and introduced many successful law reforms...

24 April 1925 – 16 May 1940 Retired 18 November 1944
Hugh Denis Macrossan
Hugh Denis Macrossan
Hugh Denis Macrossan was a politician and judge in Queensland, a State of Australia. He was elected as a member of the Queensland Parliament, and was later to become a judge and also the Chief Justice of Queensland. He was the son of a prominent Queensland politician, and he was elected as a...

17 May 1940 – 23 June 1940 Death 23 June 1940
William Webb 27 June 1940 – 15 May 1946 Appointed to the High Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and...

11 August 1972
Neal Macrossan
Neal Macrossan
Neal William Macrossan was a lawyer, judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.-Early years:Macrossan was born on 27 April 1889 at Lutwyche in Queensland. He was the eighth and youngest child of Australian politician John Murtagh Macrossan and Bridget Macrossan . He was educated...

23 April 1946 – 30 December 1955 Death 30 December 1955
Alan Mansfield
Alan Mansfield
Sir Alan James Mansfield KCMG, KCVO was Governor of Queensland, Australia between 1966 and 1972.-Family:Sir Alan Mansfield was born in Brisbane and educated in Sydney. The Mansfield family had land in Gumdale. Mansfield lived in the Mount Gravatt area for many years...

9 February 1956 – 21 February 1966 Retired 17 July 1980
William Mack 24 February 1966 – 12 May 1971 Retired 26 July 1979
Mostyn Hanger
Mostyn Hanger
Sir Mostyn Hanger KBE was a judge, Chief Justice of Queensland, and Administrator of Queensland.-Early years:...

13 May 1971 – 18 July 1977 Retired 11 August 1980
Charles Wanstall 19 July 1977 – 17 February 1982 Retired 17 October 1999
Walter Campbell 18 February 1982 – 7 July 1985 Appointed as Governor of Queensland 4 September 2004
Dormer Andrews 8 July 1985 – 7 April 1989 Retired 28 July 2004
John Murtagh Macrossan 10 April 1989 – 16 February 1998 Retired

Former Judges of Appeal

Name Term Reason for leaving Death
Tony Fitzgerald
Tony Fitzgerald
Gerald Edward Fitzgerald, AC, QC is a former Australian judge, who presided over the Fitzgerald Inquiry.-Life and career:...

 (President)
16 December 1991 – 30 June 1998 Retired
Cecil Pincus 16 December 1991 – 3 March 2001 Retired
James Burrows Thomas
James Burrows Thomas
The Honourable Justice James Burrows Thomas AM QC was a judge on the Supreme Court of Queensland , which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.-Personal:...

30 July 1998 – 22 March 2002 Retired
Geoffrey Davies 16 December 1991 – 11 February 2005 Retired
Bruce McPherson
Bruce McPherson (Australian judge)
Bruce Harvey McPherson was born in Melmoth, South Africa on 23 September 1936. He graduated from Cambridge in 1959, then moved to Brisbane, Australia in 1960. He was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1965 and became Queen's Counsel in 1975, after marrying his second wife, Isobel Jacqueline Marie...

12 December 1991 – 23 September 2006 Retired
Glen Williams 14 December 2000 – 23 January 2008 Retired

Former Senior Puisne Judges

Name Term Reason for leaving Death
Patrick Real 13 November 1903 – 31 March 1922 Retired 10 June 1928
Hugh Macrossan 1 December 1926 – 17 May 1940 Appointed Chief Justice 23 June 1940
William Webb 17 May 1940 – 26 June 1940 Appointed Chief Justice 11 August 1972
Neal Macrossan
Neal Macrossan
Neal William Macrossan was a lawyer, judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.-Early years:Macrossan was born on 27 April 1889 at Lutwyche in Queensland. He was the eighth and youngest child of Australian politician John Murtagh Macrossan and Bridget Macrossan . He was educated...

1 July 1940 – 22 April 1946 Appointed Chief Justice 30 December 1955
Alan Mansfield
Alan Mansfield
Sir Alan James Mansfield KCMG, KCVO was Governor of Queensland, Australia between 1966 and 1972.-Family:Sir Alan Mansfield was born in Brisbane and educated in Sydney. The Mansfield family had land in Gumdale. Mansfield lived in the Mount Gravatt area for many years...

20 March 1947 – 8 February 1956 Appointed Chief Justice 17 July 1980
Roslyn Philp
Roslyn Philp
Sir Roslyn Foster Bowie Philp KBE was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland. He served as a puisne judge 4 May 1939 until 8 February 1956...

9 February 1956 – 19 March 1965 Death 19 March 1965
Joseph Sheehy 15 April 1965 – 14 April 1970 Retired 22 September 1971
Mostyn Hanger
Mostyn Hanger
Sir Mostyn Hanger KBE was a judge, Chief Justice of Queensland, and Administrator of Queensland.-Early years:...

15 April 1970 – 12 May 1971 Appointed Chief Justice 11 August 1980
Norton Stable 19 July 1977 – 22 October 1979 Retired 12 May 1989
Geoffrey Lucas 15 November 1979 – 17 February 1982 Retired 28 November 1992
Dormer Andrews 18 February 1982 – 7 July 1985 Appointed Chief Justice 28 June 2004
Jack Kelly 8 July 1985 – 24 September 1990 Retired 20 April 1999
Bruce McPherson
Bruce McPherson (Australian judge)
Bruce Harvey McPherson was born in Melmoth, South Africa on 23 September 1936. He graduated from Cambridge in 1959, then moved to Brisbane, Australia in 1960. He was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1965 and became Queen's Counsel in 1975, after marrying his second wife, Isobel Jacqueline Marie...

25 September 1990 – 11 December 1991 Appointed to Court of Appeal
Martin Moynihan 16 December 1991 – 24 August 2007 Retired

Former Puisne Judges

Name Term Reason for leaving Death
Alfred Lutwyche 7 August 1861 – 12 June 1880 Death 12 June 1880
Charles Lilley
Charles Lilley
Sir Charles Lilley was a Premier and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He had a significant influence on the form and spirit of state education in colonial Queensland which lasted well into the twentieth century.Lilley was born at Newcastle on Tyne, England, the son of Thomas...

4 July 1874 – 24 June 1879 Appointed Chief Justice 20 August 1897
Edmund Sheppard 17 July 1874 – 22 December 1882 Death 22 December 1882
George Harding 14 July 1879 – 31 August 1885 Death 31 August 1885
Ratcliffe Pring 11 November 1880 – 25 March 1885 Death 25 March 1885
Pope Alexander Cooper
Pope Alexander Cooper
Sir Pope Alexander Cooper KCMG was an attorney-general and a chief judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia.-Early life:...

5 January 1883 – 20 October 1903 Appointed Chief Justice 30 August 1923
Charles Mein 17 April 1885 – 30 June 1890 Death 30 June 1890
Charles Chubb 2 December 1889 – 31 March 1922 Retired 27 February 1930
Patrick Real 18 July 1890 – 12 November 1903 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 10 June 1928
Virgil Power 20 December 1895 – 20 December 1910 Retired 2 June 1914
William Shand 3 November 1908 – 30 June 1925 Retired 4 March 1942
Lionel Lukin
Lionel Lukin (judge)
Justice Lionel Oscar Lukin was appointed as the first judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia on 25 January 1934 and remained the sole Judge of the Court until November 1943 when he retired due to ill health....

26 July 1910 – 18 July 1926 Retired 1 June 1944
Thomas McCawley
Thomas McCawley
Thomas William McCawley was a chief justice of Queensland.McCawley was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was of Irish-Catholic background, his father having been born in County Leitrim, Ireland. On his mother's side he had German ancestry, his mother coming from Darmstadt, Germany...

12 October 1917 – 31 March 1922 Appointed Chief Justice 16 April 1925
Allan Macnaughton 1 April 1922 – 21 March 1929 Retired 8 May 1937
Charles Jameson 1 April 1922 – 16 December 1922 Retired 28 June 1936
Thomas O'Sullivan 1 April 1922 – 15 December 1926 Retired 22 February 1953
James Blair
James Blair (Australian judge)
Sir James William Blair KCMG was an Australian politician, lawyer and judge. He was a successful politician, being elected to the Queensland Parliament on several occasions. He held the office of Attorney-General and was also the Minister for Mines and introduced many successful law reforms...

1 April 1922 – 23 April 1925 Appointed Chief Justice 18 November 1944
Robert Douglas 24 January 1923 – 13 April 1953 Retired 24 December 1972
William Webb 24 April 1925 – 16 May 1940 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 11 August 1972
Frank Brennan 1 July 1925 – 6 August 1949 Death 6 August 1949
Hugh Macrossan 23 July 1926 – 1 December 1926 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 23 June 1940
John Woolcock 1 February 1927 – 18 January 1929 Death 18 January 1929
Charles Stumm 6 February 1929 – 28 February 1929 Death 28 February 1929
Hereward Henchman 5 March 1929 – 25 April 1939 Death 25 April 1939
Edward Douglas 22 March 1929 – 27 August 1947 Death 27 August 1947
Roslyn Philp
Roslyn Philp
Sir Roslyn Foster Bowie Philp KBE was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland. He served as a puisne judge 4 May 1939 until 8 February 1956...

4 May 1939 – 8 February 1956 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 19 March 1965
Alan Mansfield
Alan Mansfield
Sir Alan James Mansfield KCMG, KCVO was Governor of Queensland, Australia between 1966 and 1972.-Family:Sir Alan Mansfield was born in Brisbane and educated in Sydney. The Mansfield family had land in Gumdale. Mansfield lived in the Mount Gravatt area for many years...

17 May 1940 – 19 March 1947 Appointed Chief Justice 17 July 1980
Neal Macrossan
Neal Macrossan
Neal William Macrossan was a lawyer, judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.-Early years:Macrossan was born on 27 April 1889 at Lutwyche in Queensland. He was the eighth and youngest child of Australian politician John Murtagh Macrossan and Bridget Macrossan . He was educated...

27 June 1940 – 30 June 1940 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 30 December 1955
Benjamin Matthews 25 April 1946 – 21 December 1961 Retired 5 June 1974
Edwin Stanley
Edwin Stanley
Edwin Stanley , was an American film actor. He appeared in over 230 films between 1916 and 1946.He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...

6 February 1947 – 30 October 1964 Retired 23 May 1993
Joseph Sheehy 2 September 1947 – 14 April 1965 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 22 September 1971
Kenneth Townley 8 August 1949 – 30 July 1962 Retired 28 August 1981
William Mack 20 July 1950 – 23 February 1966 Appointed Chief Justice 26 July 1979
Thomas O'Hagan
Thomas O'Hagan (Australian judge)
Thomas O'Hagan served as a judge from 16 October 1952 until 18 July 1958 on the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.-References :...

16 October 1952 – 18 July 1958 Death 18 July 1958
Thomas Barry 20 November 1952 – 3 February 1955 Retired 20 October 1970
Mostyn Hanger
Mostyn Hanger
Sir Mostyn Hanger KBE was a judge, Chief Justice of Queensland, and Administrator of Queensland.-Early years:...

23 July 1953 – 12 May 1971 Appointed Chief Justice 11 August 1980
Leslie Brown 10 February 1955 – 12 December 1961 Death 12 December 1961
Bernard Jeffriess 2 February 1956 – 10 July 1965 Retired 16 November 1969
Charles Wanstall 27 February 1958 – 18 July 1977 Appointed Chief Justice 17 October 1999
Norton Stable 24 July 1958 – 18 July 1977 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 12 May 1989
Harry Gibbs
Harry Gibbs
Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981...

8 June 1961 – 24 June 1967 Appointed to the Federal Bankruptcy Court 25 June 2005
Russell Skerman 9 August 1962 – 21 September 1973 Retired 24 February 1983
Graham Hart
Graham Hart
Graham Lloyd Hart was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Mount Gravatt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1963....

11 February 1963 – 18 April 1974 Retired 18 April 1974
Geoffrey Lucas 18 November 1963 – 14 November 1979 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 23 November 1992
James Douglas 11 February 1965 – 2 February 1984 Death 2 February 1984
Douglas Campbell 11 February 1965 – 4 August 1985 Retired 12 July 2003
Marcus Hoare 12 May 1966 – 3 March 1980 Retired
Walter Campbell 1 August 1967 – 17 February 1982 Appointed Chief Justice 4 September 2004
Ronald Matthews 14 August 1967 – 10 February 1989 Retired 2 July 1998
Joseph Patrick George Kneipp 6 November 1969 – 13 November 1992 Retired 15 February 1993
Edward Williams
Edward Williams (judge)
Sir Edward Stratten Williams KCMG KBE QC was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian state of Queensland....

13 May 1971 – 17 February 1984 Retired 10 January 1999
Dormer Andrews 13 May 1971 – 7 July 1985 Appointed Chief Justice 28 July 2004
Jack Kelly 25 September 1973 – 7 July 1985 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge 20 April 1999
James Dunn 30 April 1974 – 29 March 1983 Death 29 March 1983
Charles Sheahan 20 January 1977 – 25 January 1985 Retired 30 November 1997
Peter Connolly
Peter Connolly (Australian judge)
Peter David Connolly QC was an Australian politician and judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.Born in Sydney in 1920, Connolly served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force between 1940 and 1946...

31 October 1977 – 29 September 1990 Retired
Alan Demack 16 January 1978 – 19 May 2000 Retired
John Murtagh Macrossan 4 February 1980 – 9 April 1989 Appointed Chief Justice
Bruce McPherson
Bruce McPherson (Australian judge)
Bruce Harvey McPherson was born in Melmoth, South Africa on 23 September 1936. He graduated from Cambridge in 1959, then moved to Brisbane, Australia in 1960. He was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1965 and became Queen's Counsel in 1975, after marrying his second wife, Isobel Jacqueline Marie...

28 January 1982 – 24 September 1990 Appointed Senior Puisne Judge
Tom Farquhar Shepherdson 18 February 1982 – 10 March 2000 Retired
James Burrows Thomas
James Burrows Thomas
The Honourable Justice James Burrows Thomas AM QC was a judge on the Supreme Court of Queensland , which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.-Personal:...

18 February 1982 – 29 July 1998 Appointed to the Court of Appeal
Glen Norman Williams 3 December 1982 – 13 December 2000 Appointed to the Court of Appeal
Desmond Derrington 3 December 1982 – 4 April 2000 Retired
William Carter 12 May 1983 – 31 May 1990 Retired
Kevin Ryan 13 February 1984 – 15 April 1994 Retired
Angelo Vasta 13 February 1984 – 8 June 1989 Removed from office by Parliament
Martin Moynihan 13 February 1984 – 15 December 1991 Appointed Senior Judge Administrator
Paul de Jersey
Paul de Jersey
Paul de Jersey, AC, QC was appointed Chief Justice on 17 February 1998 of the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.-Education:...

4 February 1985 – 16 February 1998 Appointed Chief Justice
Brian Ambrose 8 July 1985 – 11 September 2003 Retired
John Dowsett
John Dowsett
The Honourable Justice John Dowsett is a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.Justice Dowsett was appointed to the Federal Court on 14 September 1998, after serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland since 1985. He has therefore served as a superior court judge for 25...

29 July 1985 – 13 September 1998 Appointed to the Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...

Richard Cooper 2 February 1989 – 30 March 1992 Appointed to the Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...

15 March 2005
William Lee 20 February 1989 – 30 April 1999 Retired
Susan Kiefel
Susan Kiefel
Susan Mary Kiefel AC is a Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.- Early life and education :...

16 June 1993 – 16 October 1994 Appointed to the Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...

Catherine Holmes
Catherine Holmes
The Honourable Justice Catherine Ena Holmes was appointed as a judge on 16 March 2000 to the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.-Education:...

16 March 2000 – 25 May 2006 Appointed to the Court of Appeal
John Helman 16 December 1994 – July 2007 Retired
John Muir 4 April 1997 – 11 July 2007 Appointed to the Court of Appeal
Peter Dutney 16 March 2000 – 4 September 2009 Death 4 September 2009
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