List of Judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
The below is a complete list of Judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory has six resident Judges, including a Chief Justice. 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.
Chief Judge
| Name | Term as Chief Judge |
|---|---|
| Sir William Edward Stanley Forster | 01.02.1977 - 30.09.1979 |
Chief Justice
| Name | Term as Chief Justice |
|---|---|
| Sir William Edward Stanley Forster | 01.10.1979 - 07.02.1985 |
| Kevin Frederick O'Leary | 12.09.1985 - 31.07.1987 |
| Keith John Austin Asche | 01.08.1987 - 25.02.1993 |
| Brian Frank Martin | 26.02.1993 - 31.10.2003 |
| Brian Ross Martin | 27.01.2004 - 20.09.2010 |
| Trevor Riley | 27.09.2010 - 04.07.2016 |
| Michael Grant | 05.07.2016 - |
Resident Judges
| Name | Term as Justice |
|---|---|
| Samuel Mitchell | 30 May 1911 - April 1912 |
| David Bevan | 23 May 1912 - 22 September 1920 |
| Donald Roberts | 11 November 1921 - 7 April 1928 |
| Ross Mallam | 24 April 1928 - 1933 |
| Thomas Wells | 21 August 1933 - 26 March 1952 |
| Martin Kriewaldt | 27 March 1952 - 12 June 1960 |
| Alan Bridge | 28 September 1961 - 28 July 1966 |
| Richard Blackburn | 14 October 1966 - 27 June 1971 |
| Sir William Forster | 28 June 1971 - 31 January 1977 |
| James Muirhead | 1 May 1974 - 11 September 1985 |
| Richard Ward | 27 September 1974 - 24 November 1977 |
| John Toohey | 4 April 1977 - 5 February 1987 |
| John Gallop | 10 March 1978 - 31 July 2000 |
| Sir William Kearney | 13 April 1982 - 13 October 1999 |
| John Nader | 19 August 1982 - 19 March 1992 |
| Kevin O'Leary | 1 July 1983 - 31 July 1987 |
| Michael Maurice | 21 September 1984 - 30 January 1988 |
| Phillip Rice | 8 March 1985 - 31 January 1991 |
| Austin Asche | 14 April 1986 - 31 July 1987 |
| Brian Frank Martin | 13 September 1987 - 25 February 1993 |
| David Angel | 8 May 1989 – 2010 |
| Dean Mildren | 27 June 1991 – 28 February 2013 |
| Sally Thomas | 30 July 1992 – 7 August 2009 |
| Steven Bailey | 6 January 1997 - 25 November 2004 |
| Trevor Riley | 1 February 1999 – 26 February 2013 |
| Stephen Southwood | 31 January 2005 - |
| Judith Clare Kelly | 12 August 2009 - |
| Jenny Blokland | April 2010 - |
| Peter Barr | September 2010 - |
| Graham Hiley | March 2013 - |
Additional and Acting Judges
| Name | Term as Justice |
|---|---|
| Norman Kirkwood Ewing DJ | 1919 –1920 |
| Gerald Hogan DJ | 1920 – 1921 |
| Charles Edward Herbert AJ | 1921 – 1922 |
| William Henry Sharwood AJ | 1922, 1932 and 1933 |
| Donald Gordon Bathgate AJ | 1941 |
| Martin Kriewaldt AJ | 1951 – 52 |
| James Archibald Douglas AJ | 1956 – 57 |
| William Charles Gillespie AJ | 1960 |
| Lawrence Eric Clarke AJ | 1960 |
| Edward Arthur Dunphy | 1961 – 79 |
| Percy Ernest Joske | 1961 – 77 |
| Sir Reginald Alfree Smithers | 1964 – 71 |
| Charles Augustine Sweeney | 1967 – 70 |
| Sir John Angus Nimmo | 1969 – 74 |
| John Robert Kerr | 1970 – 72 |
| Albert Edward Woodward | 1972 – 79 |
| Robert James Anning Franki | 1972 – 86 |
| John Bernard Sweeney | 1976 – 79 |
| Phillip George Evatt | 1976 – 87 |
| Robert James Baldwin St John | 1976 – 79 |
| Francis Gerard Brennan | 1976 – 79 |
| James Boyd Keith Williams AJ | 1982 |
| Kevin Frederick O'Leary AJ | 1982 – 83 |
| James Henry Muirhead AJ | 1987 – 88 |
| Ian Gray AJ | 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998 |
| Trevor Rees Morling | 1991 – 1994, 1997* - 1998 |
| Lancelot John Priestley | 1992 – 2001, 2002 - 2006* |
| Howard William Olney | 1998 - 2003, 2005* - |
| John Foster Gallop AJ | 2000 - 2002 |
| John Jeremy Doyle AJ | 2000 – 2001 |
| Robert Brooking AJ | 2000 – 2001 |
| Len King AJ | 2004 – 2005 |
| Brian Frank Martin AJ | 2004 – |
| Leslie Trevor Olsson AJ | 2004 – |
| Geoffrey Michael Eames AJ | 2007 – |
DJ indicates ‘Deputy Judge’ (abolished 1921) AJ indicates ‘Acting Judge’
- acting
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