List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
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Chief Justices
| Name | Term as Chief Justice |
|---|---|
| Sir John Pedder John Pedder Sir John Lewes Pedder was a judge, politician and first Chief Justice of Van Diemen's Land .Pedder was born in London, the eldest son of John Pedder, a barrister. Pedder junior was educated at Charterhouse and the Middle Temple from 1818 where he was called to the bar in 1820. Then he entered... |
4 March 1824 - 4 May 1854 |
| Sir Valentine Fleming Valentine Fleming (judge) Sir Valentine Fleming was a Chief Justice of Tasmania.Fleming was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, the second son of Captain Valentine Fleming of Tuam, County Galway and his wife Catherine, a daughter of John Hunter Gowan II. Fleming was educated at Bangor and Trinity College,... |
7 August 1854 - 31 December 1869 |
| Sir Francis Smith Francis Smith (Australian politician) Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith was a British lawyer, judge and politician, who was the fourth Premier of Tasmania from 12 May 1857 until 1 November 1860.... |
8 August 1870 - 7 February 1885 |
| Sir William Lambert Dobson William Lambert Dobson Sir William Lambert Dobson KCMG was a politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania, .-Early life:Dobson was born at Carr Hill, Gateshead, Durham, England, the elder son of John Dobson, a solicitor at Gateshead, and his first wife Mary Ann, née Atkinson... |
7 February 1885 - 17 March 1898 |
| Sir John Stokell Dodds John Stokell Dodds Sir John Stokell Dodds KCMG, was an Australian politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania.-Early life:Dodds was born in Durham, England, the son of William Dodds and his wife Annie, née Shute. The family moved to Hobart, Tasmania, arriving in 1853. His father died soon afterwards and Dodds was... |
29 October 1898 - 26 June 1914 |
| Sir Herbert Nicholls | 1 July 1914 - 31 October 1937 |
| Sir Harold Crisp | 21 December 1937 - 14 April 1940 |
| Sir John Morris | 15 April 1940 - 3 July 1956 |
| Sir Stanley Burbury Stanley Burbury Sir Stanley Charles Burbury, KCMG, KCVO, KBE was an Australian jurist. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and the first Australian-born person appointed as Governor of Tasmania 1973-1982.-Biography:... |
28 August 1956 - 29 October 1973 |
| Sir Guy Green | 30 October 1973 - 1 September 1995 |
| William Cox William Cox (governor) William John Ellis Cox, AC, RFD, ED, QC was Governor of Tasmania from 15 December 2004 to 2 April 2008, prior to which he was the state's Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor.... |
4 September 1995 - 1 December 2004 |
| Peter Underwood | 2 December 2004 - 28 March 2008 |
| Ewan Crawford Ewan Crawford Ewan Charles Crawford is an Australian judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.Crawford was born in Launceston to parents Sir George and Lady Crawford. He went to Launceston Church Grammar School.... |
24 April 2008 - |
Puisne Judges
| Name | Term as Judge |
|---|---|
| Algernon Montagu | 31 January 1833 - 31 December 1847 |
| Thomas Horne | 1 January 1848 - 1 November 1860 |
| Sir Francis Smith Francis Smith (Australian politician) Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith was a British lawyer, judge and politician, who was the fourth Premier of Tasmania from 12 May 1857 until 1 November 1860.... |
1 November 1860 - 8 August 1870 |
| Sir William Lambert Dobson William Lambert Dobson Sir William Lambert Dobson KCMG was a politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania, .-Early life:Dobson was born at Carr Hill, Gateshead, Durham, England, the elder son of John Dobson, a solicitor at Gateshead, and his first wife Mary Ann, née Atkinson... |
8 August 1870 - 7 February 1885 |
| William Giblin William Giblin William Robert Giblin was Premier of Tasmania from 5 March 1878 until 20 December 1878 and from 1879 until 1884.-Early life:... |
7 February 1885 - 17 January 1887 |
| Sir John Stokell Dodds John Stokell Dodds Sir John Stokell Dodds KCMG, was an Australian politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania.-Early life:Dodds was born in Durham, England, the son of William Dodds and his wife Annie, née Shute. The family moved to Hobart, Tasmania, arriving in 1853. His father died soon afterwards and Dodds was... |
15 February 1887 - 20 October 1898 |
| Robert Patten Adams | 14 March 1887 - 31 May 1898 |
| Andrew Inglis Clark Andrew Inglis Clark Andrew Inglis Clark was an Australian barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified engineer, however he re-trained as a barrister in order to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him... |
1 June 1898 - 14 November 1907 |
| John McIntyre | 20 October 1898 - 30 June 1914 |
| Sir Herbert Nicholls | 1 January 1909 - 1 July 1914 |
| Edward Dobbie | 1 January 1914 - 28 August 1915 |
| Sir Harold Crisp | 1 August 1914 - 21 December 1937 |
| Norman Ewing Norman Ewing Norman Kirkwood Ewing , Australian politician, was a member of three parliaments: the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, the Australian Senate, and the Tasmanian House of Assembly... |
23 September 1915 - 19 July 1928 |
| Andrew Inglis Clark, Jr. | 31 August 1928 - 20 February 1952 |
| Wilfred Hutchins | 1 November 1938 - 23 March 1950 |
| Sir Kenneth Green | 1 June 1950 - 19 March 1961 |
| Marcus Gibson | 2 May 1951 - 11 January 1968 |
| Sir Peter Crisp | 21 March 1952 - 1 March 1971 |
| Sir George Crawford | 10 November 1958 - 11 December 1981 |
| William Ellis Cox | 28 March 1961 - 15 March 1963 |
| Frank Neasey | 18 March 1963 - 13 September 1990 |
| David Chambers | 27 February 1968 - 24 September 1978 |
| Robert Nettlefold | 2 March 1971 - 15 May 1990 |
| Henry Cosgrove | 2 February 1977 - 23 September 1988 |
| Merv Everett | 7 November 1978 - 14 March 1984 |
| Cecil Brettingham-Moore | 21 March 1984 - 14 March 1986 |
| William Cox William Cox (governor) William John Ellis Cox, AC, RFD, ED, QC was Governor of Tasmania from 15 December 2004 to 2 April 2008, prior to which he was the state's Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor.... |
2 February 1982 - 3 September 1995 |
| Peter Underwood | 20 August 1984 - 1 December 2004 |
| Christopher Wright | 29 April 1986 - 7 March 2000 |
| Ewan Crawford Ewan Crawford Ewan Charles Crawford is an Australian judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.Crawford was born in Launceston to parents Sir George and Lady Crawford. He went to Launceston Church Grammar School.... |
5 October 1988 - 23 April 2008 |
| Bill Zeeman | 30 May 1990 - 10 March 1998 |
| Pierre Slicer | 3 June 1991 - 18 September 2009 |
| Peter Evans | 10 June 1998 - present |
| Alan Blow | 13 June 2000 - present |
| Shan Tennent Shan Tennent Shan Eve Tennent is an Australian judge. She has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, the highest ranking court in the state of Tasmania, since March 2005, and is the first woman to be appointed to the position.... |
15 March 2005 - present |
| David Porter | 26 May 2008 - present |
| Helen Wood | 9 November 2009 - present |