This is a list of Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Victoria

Supreme Court of Victoria

The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...

. Term of service in brackets.

Chief Justices

Name	Term as Chief Justice
William à Beckett William à Beckett Sir William à Beckett was a British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.-Background:Born in London, he was the eldest son of William à Beckett, also a solicitor...	19 January 1852 – 20 February 1857
William Foster Stawell William Foster Stawell Sir William Foster Stawell KCMG was a British colonial statesman and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.-Early life:...	25 February 1857 – 24 September 1886
George Higinbotham George Higinbotham George Higinbotham was a politician and was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria.-Early life:...	24 September 1886 – 31 December 1892
John Madden John Madden (jurist) Sir John Madden GCMG , Irish-Australian jurist and politician, was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria....	9 January 1893 – 10 March 1918
William Irvine William Irvine (Australian politician) Sir William Hill Irvine GCMG , Australian politician and judge, was the 21st Premier of Victoria. Irvine was born in Newry in County Down, Ireland, into a Scottish-Presbyterian family...	9 April 1918 – 30 September 1935
Frederick Mann Frederick Mann Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann KCMG was the chief justice of the Australian state of Victoria between 1 October 1935 and 31 January 1944. He was also Victoria’s lieutenant governor between 12 May 1936 and May 1945. Mann was nicknamed the “Little Gentleman” because of his height and he was...	1 October 1935 – 31 January 1944
Edmund Herring Edmund Herring Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, KStJ, ED, QC was an Australian Army officer during the Second World War, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.A Rhodes scholar, Herring was at New College, Oxford, when the First World...	2 February 1944 – 1 September 1964
Henry Winneke Henry Winneke Sir Henry Arthur Winneke AC, KCMG, KCVO, OBE, KStJ, QC was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Governor of Victoria.- Early life and career :...	2 September 1964 – 31 May 1974
John McIntosh Young John Young (jurist) Sir John McIntosh Young AC KCMG was an Australian jurist. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 1974-91, the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria 1974-95, and the Chief Scout of Australia 1989-96....	1 June 1974 – 16 December 1991
John Harber Phillips John Harber Phillips John Harber Phillips, AC, QC was an Australian barrister and an author. He was a judge and also a Chief Justice of Victoria. He was the legal counsel who defended Lindy Chamberlain on a charge of murdering her baby Azaria. His skills as counsel were described as being that of a "very elegant...	17 December 1991 – 17 October 2003
Marilyn Warren Marilyn Warren Marilyn Louise Warren AC, QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.- Early life :...	26 November 2003 - present

Presidents of the Court of Appeal

Name	Term as President of the Court of Appeal
John Winneke John Winneke John Spence Winneke AC, RFD, QC, RANR is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the President of the Court of Appeals division of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria.-Early life:John Spence Winneke was born to Sir Henry...	7 June 1995 – 15 July 2005
Chris Maxwell Chris Maxwell Chris Maxwell BA , LLB , BPhil , QC is an Australian jurist.Maxwell has been President of the Victorian Court of Appeal since 16 July 2005, succeeding Justice John Winneke....	18 July 2005 - present

Judges of the Court of Appeal

Name	Term as Justice of Appeal
Robert Brooking	7 June 1995 – 6 March 2002
Robert Tadgell	7 June 1995 – 30 May 2001
William Ormiston	7 June 1995 - 24 February 2006
John Phillips John Phillips (jurist) John David Phillips QC LLB is a distinguished lawyer and retired judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria.-Early life:...	7 June 1995 – 22 May 2004
Kenneth Hayne Kenneth Hayne Kenneth Madison Hayne AC is a Justice of the High Court of Australia which is the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.-Education and professional life:...	7 June 1995 – 21 September 1997
Stephen Charles	7 June 1995 - 21 April 2006
Frank Callaway	7 June 1995 - 27 July 2007
John Batt	6 May 1997 – 3 June 2005
Susan Kenny	25 July 1997 – 15 October 1998
Peter Buchanan Peter Buchanan The Honourable Justice Peter Buchanan is a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest court in Victoria, a state of Australia. Buchanan was appointed a judge of the court on 27 October 1997. Buchanan is currently the longest-serving member of the Court of Appeal.-Education and...	28 October 1997 - present
Alex Chernov Alex Chernov Alex Chernov AO QC is an Australian jurist and the current Governor of Victoria.- Early life :Chernov was born in Lithuania to Russian parents, and migrated with his family to Salzburg, Austria where he commenced his schooling. In 1949 his family migrated to Australia and he completed his...	13 October 1998 - 29 February 2008
Frank Vincent	12 June 2001 - 20 August 2009
Geoffrey Eames	15 March 2002 - 27 July 2007
Geoffrey Nettle	8 June 2004 - present
David Ashley	21 June 2005 - present
Marcia Neave Marcia Neave Justice Marcia Ann Neave AO was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeals division, on 22 February 2006.Before her appointment, Neave was the foundation Chair of the Victorian Law Reform Commission and Professor of Law at Monash University...	22 February 2006 - present
Robert Redlich	8 May 2006 - present
Murray Kellam Murray Kellam Murray Kellam was formerly a judge of the County Court of Victoria in Australia before being appointed as a judge on 28 January 1998 to the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria. He was also the first President of VCAT...	16 May 2007 - present
Julie Dodds-Streeton	8 August 2007 - 1 February 2010
Mark Weinberg	28 July 2008 - present
Philip Mandie	17 August 2009 - present
Bernard Bongiorno	17 August 2009 - present
David Harper	4 November 2009 - present
Hartley Hansen	19 July 2010 - present
Pamela Tate Pamela Tate Pamela Tate SC was the Solicitor-General of Victoria, Australia. In 2003, she became the first woman to be appointed to the position. The Solicitor-General is the second highest law officer of state in Victoria, behind the Attorney-General...	16 September 2010 - present

Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip

Prior to the separation of the Port Phillip District

Port Phillip District

The Port Phillip District was an historical administrative division of the Colony of New South Wales, existing from September 1836 until 1 July 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales and became the Colony of Victoria....

 of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 into the independent colony of Victoria, the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales...

 was the superior court in the District. A local division of that court, the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip, was established in 1840 and existed until the Supreme Court of Victoria was created in 1852.

Name	Term as Judge
John Willis John Walpole Willis John Walpole Willis was an English-born judge, and a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.- Early life :...	8 February 1841 – 24 June 1843
William Jeffcott	1 July 1843 - December 1844
Roger Therry Roger Therry Roger Therry was an Irish-Australian jurist.Therry was born in Ireland. He was called to the bar in Ireland in 1824 and in England in 1827. His A Letter to the Right Hon...	9 January 1845 - February 1846
William à Beckett William à Beckett Sir William à Beckett was a British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.-Background:Born in London, he was the eldest son of William à Beckett, also a solicitor...	28 February 1846 – 19 January 1852

Judges (including Chief Justices, Presidents and Justices of Appeal)

Name	Term as Judge
William à Beckett William à Beckett Sir William à Beckett was a British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.-Background:Born in London, he was the eldest son of William à Beckett, also a solicitor...	19 January 1852 – 20 February 1857
Redmond Barry Redmond Barry Sir Redmond Barry KCMG was an Irish colonial judge in Victoria, Australia.-Early life:Barry was the son of Major-General Henry Green Barry, of Ballyclough, County Cork and his wife Phoebe Drought, daughter of John Armstrong Drought and Letita Head...	19 January 1852 – 23 November 1880
Edward Williams Edward Williams (Victorian judge) Sir Edward Eyre Williams was an English-Australian lawyer and judge.Williams was born in 1813 in England, to Burton Williams, a colonist from Trinidad, and his wife Jane; he was the couple's sixth son. In November 1833, after completing his education, Williams was called to the bar of the Inner...	21 July 1852 – 30 April 1874
Robert Molesworth	17 June 1856 – 6 May 1886
Thomas Fellows	18 December 1872 – 8 April 1878
James Stephen	1 May 1874 – 14 August 1881
George Higinbotham George Higinbotham George Higinbotham was a politician and was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria.-Early life:...	19 July 1880 – 23 September 1886
Hartley Williams	4 July 1881 – 9 June 1903
Edward Dundas Holroyd Edward Dundas Holroyd Sir Edward Dundas Holroyd, QC was a judge, active in Australia.-Early life:Holroyd was born in Surrey, England, the second son of Edward Holroyd, senior commissioner of the London bankruptcy court, and his wife Caroline, née Pugsley. E. D. Holroyd was also grandson of Sir George Sowley Holroyd, an...	19 August 1881 – 9 May 1906
George Kerferd George Kerferd George Briscoe Kerferd , Australian colonial politician, was the 10th Premier of Victoria.Kerferd was born in Liverpool, the son of G. B. Kerferd, a merchant. Kerferd was educated at the Collegiate Institute, Liverpool, with intentions of studying law; however circumstances led him to enter his...	1 January 1886 - 31 December 1889
George Webb	6 May 1886 - 20 September 1891
Thomas à Beckett Thomas à Beckett Sir Thomas à Beckett was an Australian solicitor and judge.-Personal:Thomas à Beckett was born in London, England...	30 September 1886 - 30 June 1917
Henry Hodges	12 February 1889 - 8 August 1919
Joseph Hood	1 February 1890 - 31 December 1921
Leo Cussen Leo Cussen Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen , Australian jurist, was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.Cussen was born in Portland on the western coast of Victoria in 1859. He was educated at Hamilton College in Hamilton. He studied civil engineering at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a...	19 March 1906 - 17 May 1933
William Schutt	24 July 1919 - 31 December 1926
Frederick Mann Frederick Mann Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann KCMG was the chief justice of the Australian state of Victoria between 1 October 1935 and 31 January 1944. He was also Victoria’s lieutenant governor between 12 May 1936 and May 1945. Mann was nicknamed the “Little Gentleman” because of his height and he was...	24 July 1919 - 30 September 1935
William McArthur	27 January 1920 - 31 March 1934
James Macfarlan	30 January 1922 - 31 December 1949
Charles Lowe Charles Lowe Charles Lowe was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1909 to 1912.Lowe was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire. He made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in 1909 against a team of touring Australians. In 1910 he made his first County Championship appearance against Leicestershire...	28 January 1927 - 31 January 1964
Charles Gavan Duffy	1 June 1933 - 12 August 1961
Fred Martin	29 January 1934 - 31 January 1957
Norman O'Bryan	2 February 1939 - 16 October 1966
Wilfred Fullagar Wilfred Fullagar Sir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar, KBE, KC was a judge on the High Court of Australia.-Early Life and Studies:...	1 August 1945 - 8 February 1950
John Vincent Barry John Vincent Barry Sir John Vincent William Barry KC was an Australian justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and an expert in criminology. Born the eldest child of William Edward Barry and Sarah Lena Jeanette, née Keene in Albury, New South Wales, Barry was educated in St Patrick's College, a small convent...	14 January 1947 - 8 November 1969
Arthur Dean	8 February 1949 - 24 May 1965
Reginald Sholl	1 February 1950 - 31 January 1966
Thomas Smith	1 February 1950 - 16 September 1973
Edward Hudson	27 September 1950 - 15 December 1966
Robert Monahan	3 March 1955 - 11 April 1970
George Pape	18 February 1957 - 28 January 1975
Alexander Adam	27 May 1959 - 30 August 1974
Douglas Little	3 February 1959 - 30 August 1974
Urban Gowans	22 August 1961 - 8 September 1976
Oliver Gillard	2 October 1962 - 13 May 1978
John Starke	31 January 1964 - 30 November 1985
Edward Barber	7 April 1964 - 25 February 1977
Murray McInerney	28 May 1965 - 10 February 1983
George Lush	1 February 1966 - 5 October 1983
Clifford Menhennitt Clifford Menhennitt Clifford Inch Menhennitt was an Australian jurist. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1966 to 1979...	27 April 1966 - 29 October 1979
Hibbert Newton Hibbert Newton Rev. Hibbert Newton D.D. was a poet and an early proponent of British Israelism.-Career:Hibbert Newton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin obtaining a B.A. in divinity studies, followed by a doctorate. He was ordained in 1847 and became vicar of St Michael's, Southwark, London, serving from...	10 January 1967 - 1 June 1977
Francis Nelson	1 February 1968 - 14 June 1977
Kevin Anderson	29 April 1969 - 4 September 1984
William Crockett	2 December 1969 - 16 April 1996
Ninian Stephen Ninian Stephen Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, is a retired politician and judge, who served as the 20th Governor-General of Australia and as a Justice in the High Court of Australia.-Early life:...	30 June 1970 - 29 February 1972
William Kaye	1 March 1972 - 8 February 1991
John Norris	1 March 1968 - 11 June 1975
Benjamin Dunn Benjamin Dunn Benjamin Dunn is a touring musician and artist. His latest release under the name Benjamin Dunn And Friends is Circus Of Love. He along with his wife Stephanie Dunn also work with the poor visiting garbage dumps and leper colonies on their World Garbage Dump Tours...	1 May 1968 - 31 July 1977
Peter Murphy	12 April 1973 - 15 April 1992
William Harris	9 October 1973 - 17 August 1978
John McIntosh Young	30 April 1974 - 31 May 1974
Basil Murray	5 September 1974 - 11 May 1988
Richard Fullagar	29 January 1975 - 11 February 1994
Kenneth Jenkinson	18 February 1975 - 1 November 1982
Richard Griffith	10 June 1975 - 1 December 1976
Richard McGarvie Richard McGarvie Richard Elgin McGarvie, AC, KStJ, QC was a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria and Governor of Victoria from 1992 to 1997.-Early life:...	1 June 1976 - 22 April 1992
Norman O'Bryan	2 February 1977 - 6 May 1992
Robert Brooking	22 February 1977 - 6 March 2002
Kenneth Marks	15 June 1977 - 28 January 1994
Ian Grey	12 July 1977 - 30 March 1990
Alfred King	19 July 1977 - 13 February 1991
Barry Beach	18 July 1978 - 15 February 2003
James Gobbo James Gobbo Sir James Augustine Gobbo, AC, CVO, KStJ, QC was an Australian jurist and was the 25th Governor of Victoria.-Family:...	18 July 1978 - 28 February 1994
Alec Southwell	3 April 1979 - 11 April 1997
Robert Tadgell	4 March 1980 - 30 May 2001
Alastair Nicholson Alastair Nicholson Alastair Bothwick Nicholson AO RFD QC was the Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia from 1988 until 2004.Nicholson was born in 1938 in Melbourne returning with his mother Jean to Papua New Guinea , where his parents owned a rubber and coconut plantation...	16 November 1982 - 31 January 1988
George Hampel	16 March 1983 - 31 August 2000
William Ormiston	22 November 1983 - 24 February 2006
Howard Nathan	22 November 1983 - 17 April 1997
John Harber Phillips John Harber Phillips John Harber Phillips, AC, QC was an Australian barrister and an author. He was a judge and also a Chief Justice of Victoria. He was the legal counsel who defended Lindy Chamberlain on a charge of murdering her baby Azaria. His skills as counsel were described as being that of a "very elegant...	7 November 1984 - 13 August 1990
Frank Vincent	30 April 1985 - 20 August 2009
Bernard Teague Bernard Teague Bernard Teague, AO, was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, in Australia, between 13 October 1987 and 15 February 2008. Justice Teague was the first solicitor to be appointed to the Supreme Court bench...	13 October 1987 - 15 February 2008
Philip Cummins	17 February 1988 - present
Allan McDonald	19 May 1988 – 31 August 2002
Thomas Smith	1 May 1990 - 31 July 2009
John Phillips John Phillips (jurist) John David Phillips QC LLB is a distinguished lawyer and retired judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria.-Early life:...	22 May 1990 - 22 May 2004
David Ashley	21 August 1990 - present
John Hedigan	30 January 1991 - 30 August 2001
John Coldrey	19 February 1991 - 4 April 2008
David Byrne	20 August 1991 - present
David Harper	11 March 1992 - present
Kenneth Hayne Kenneth Hayne Kenneth Madison Hayne AC is a Justice of the High Court of Australia which is the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.-Education and professional life:...	8 April 1992 – 21 September 1997
Geoffrey Eames	26 May 1992 - 27 July 2007
John Batt	8 March 1994 – 3 June 2005
Hartley Hansen	6 April 1994 - present
Philip Mandie	10 May 1994 - present
John Winneke John Winneke John Spence Winneke AC, RFD, QC, RANR is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the President of the Court of Appeals division of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria.-Early life:John Spence Winneke was born to Sir Henry...	7 June 1995 – 15 July 2005
Stephen Charles	7 June 1995 - 21 April 2006
Frank Callaway Frank Callaway Sir Frank Callaway was an influential music educator and administrator in Perth, Western Australia.-Early life:...	7 June 1995 - 10 June 2007
Rosemary Balmford	6 March 1996 – 14 September 2003
Bill Gillard	6 May 1997 - 31 October 2007
Alex Chernov Alex Chernov Alex Chernov AO QC is an Australian jurist and the current Governor of Victoria.- Early life :Chernov was born in Lithuania to Russian parents, and migrated with his family to Salzburg, Austria where he commenced his schooling. In 1949 his family migrated to Australia and he completed his...	6 May 1997 - 29 February 2008
Susan Kenny	25 July 1997 – 15 October 1998
Peter Buchanan Peter Buchanan The Honourable Justice Peter Buchanan is a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest court in Victoria, a state of Australia. Buchanan was appointed a judge of the court on 27 October 1997. Buchanan is currently the longest-serving member of the Court of Appeal.-Education and...	28 October 1997 - present
Murray Kellam Murray Kellam Murray Kellam was formerly a judge of the County Court of Victoria in Australia before being appointed as a judge on 28 January 1998 to the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria. He was also the first President of VCAT...	28 January 1998 - present
Marilyn Warren Marilyn Warren Marilyn Louise Warren AC, QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.- Early life :...	13 October 1998 - present
Bernard Bongiorno	18 December 2000 - present
David Habersberger	3 July 2001 - present
Geoffrey Flatman	18 July 2001 – 18 September 2002
Tony Pagone Tony Pagone Gaetano Pagone is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was first appointed in 2001 and served until June 2002 when he took up the position of Special Counsel to the Commissioner of Taxation until December 2003. He was appointed to the Supreme Court again in May 2007 and is the judge in...	3 October 2001 – 30 June 2002 16 May 2007 - present
Robert Osborn	9 May 2002 - present
Geoffrey Nettle	23 July 2002 – present
Julie Dodds-Streeton	23 July 2002 - present
Robert Redlich	25 October 2002 - present
Katherine Williams	25 October 2002 - present
Stuart Morris Stuart Morris Stuart Morris QC is an Australian lawyer. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and as President of VCAT from 2003 until 2007. Former Chairman of the Victorian Government's Local Government Commission, 1986 under the Cain Government. Stuart Morris worked as a barrister, and was...	9 April 2003 - 9 April 2007
Stephen Kaye	16 December 2003 - present
Simon Whelan Simon Whelan Simon Whelan was appointed judge on 17 March 2004 in the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria...	17 March 2004 - present
Elizabeth Hollingworth	7 June 2004 - present
Kevin Bell	10 February 2005 - present
Kim Hargrave	18 March 2005 - present
Betty King Betty King Betty June King QC is an Australian jurist. She is currently a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria having previously served as a judge in the County Court of Victoria. She served as a member of the National Crime Authority in the 1990s.-Education:...	21 June 2005 - present
Chris Maxwell Chris Maxwell Chris Maxwell BA , LLB , BPhil , QC is an Australian jurist.Maxwell has been President of the Victorian Court of Appeal since 16 July 2005, succeeding Justice John Winneke....	18 July 2005 - present
Anthony Cavanough	8 May 2006 - present
Elizabeth Curtain	3 October 2006 - present
Paul Coghlan	8 August 2007 - present
Ross Robson	8 August 2007 - present
Jack Forrest	8 August 2007 - present
Lex Lasry Lex Lasry Lex Lasry QC is a prominent Australian lawyer and a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria.Lasry graduated from Haileybury College, Melbourne then Monash University in Melbourne. He was admitted to practise law in Victoria in 1973 and was appointed Queens Counsel in 1990. Lasry is the former chair...	23 October 2007 - present
James Judd	6 March 2008 - present
Peter Vickery	6 May 2008 - present
Emilios Kyrou Emilios Kyrou Emilios Kyrou is a Greek-born judge sitting on the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria.Until being appointed, Kyrou was a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, a national firm of solicitors, practising mainly in insurance law, government law and...	15 May 2008 - present
David Beach	5 September 2008 - present
Jennifer Davies	6 April 2009 - present
Karin Emerton	16 October 2009 - present
Terry Forrest	29 October 2009 - present
Iain Ross	9 November 2009 - present
Clyde Croft	9 November 2009 - present

Reserve Judges

Name	Term as Reserve Judge
Peter Murphy	16 April 1992 – 5 May 1993
Richard Fullagar	12 February 1994 – 9 May 1994
Norman O'Bryan	7 May 1992 – 7 April 2004
Robert Brooking	14 May 2002 – 21 September 2003
Ian Gray	30 March 1990 – 5 March 2001
Alec Southwell	9 September 1997 – 31 October 2001
Howard Nathan	18 April 1997 – 1 September 2005
Rosemary Balmford	29 September 2003 – 31 May 2005
John Phillips	22 May 2004 – 28 February 2005