List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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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 NameFromToTermCommentsNotes
Chief Judge Sir William Forster 1 February 197730 September 19798 years, 6 days [lower-alpha 1] [4]
Chief Justice1 October 19797 February 1985
Kevin O'Leary 12 September 198531 July 19871 year, 322 days [5]
Austin Asche 1 August 198725 February 19935 years, 208 days [6]
Brian Frank Martin 26 February 199331 October 200310 years, 247 days [7]
Brian Ross Martin 27 January 200420 September 20106 years, 236 days [8]
Trevor Riley 27 September 20104 July 20165 years, 281 days [9]
Michael Grant 5 July 20167 years, 231 days [10]
Acting Chief Justice James Muirhead 8 February 198511 September 1985215 days [11]
Resident Judge Samuel James Mitchell 30 May 1911April 1912307-336 days [12]
David Bevan 23 May 191222 September 19208 years, 122 days [13]
Donald Roberts 11 November 19217 April 19286 years, 148 days [14]
Ross Mallam 24 April 192819334–5 years [15]
Thomas Wells 21 August 193326 March 195218 years, 218 days [16]
Martin Kriewaldt 27 March 195212 June 19608 years, 77 days [17]
Alan Bridge 28 September 196128 July 19664 years, 303 days [18]
Richard Blackburn 14 October 196627 June 19714 years, 256 days [19]
Sir William Forster 28 June 197131 January 19775 years, 217 days [4]
James Muirhead 1 May 197411 September 198511 years, 133 days [11]
Richard Ward 27 September 197424 November 19773 years, 58 days [20]
John Toohey 4 April 19775 February 19879 years, 307 daysJudge of the Federal Court [21]
John Gallop 10 March 197831 July 200022 years, 143 days [22]
Sir William Kearney 13 April 198213 October 199917 years, 183 days [23]
John Nader 19 August 198219 March 19929 years, 213 days [24]
Kevin O'Leary 1 July 198331 July 19874 years, 30 days [5]
Michael Maurice 21 September 198430 January 19883 years, 131 days [25]
Phillip Rice 8 March 198531 January 19915 years, 329 days [26]
Austin Asche 14 April 198631 July 19871 year, 108 days [6]
Brian Frank Martin 13 September 198725 February 19935 years, 165 days [7]
David Angel 8 May 198918 January 201020 years, 255 days [27]
Dean Mildren 27 June 199128 February 201321 years, 246 days [28]
Sally Thomas 30 July 19927 August 200917 years, 8 days [29]
Steven Bailey 6 January 199725 November 20047 years, 324 days [30]
Trevor Riley 1 February 199926 February 201314 years, 25 days [9]
Stephen Southwood 31 January 200519 years, 21 days [31]
Judith Kelly 12 August 200914 years, 193 days [32]
Jenny Blokland 9 April 201013 years, 318 days [33]
Peter Barr 30 September 201013 years, 144 days [34]
Graham Hiley 1 March 201310 years, 357 days [35]
Deputy Judge Norman Ewing 191919200–1 years [2]
Gerald Hogan192019210–1 years
Additional Judge Edward Arthur Dunphy 10 May 196130 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] 18 years, 143 days
Percy Joske 11 May 1961197715–16 years
Sir Reginald Smithers 21 July 196419716–7 years
Charles Sweeney 196719702–3 years
Sir John Angus Nimmo 196919744–5 years
John Kerr 19 September 197019721–2 years
Edward Woodward 25 May 197230 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] 7 years, 128 days
Robert Franki 19721986 [lower-alpha 2] 13–14 years
John Sweeney 2 February 197630 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] 3 years, 240 days
Phillip Evatt 5 February 19761987 [lower-alpha 2] 10–11 years
Robert St John 22 July 197630 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] 3 years, 70 days
Gerard Brennan 22 July 197630 September 1979 [lower-alpha 2] 3 years, 70 days
Trevor Morling 1991
1994		2–3 years
Bill Priestley 1992
2001		1992
2002
Acting Judge Charles Edward Herbert 192119220–1 years
William Henry Sharwood1922
1932
1933
Donald Gordon Bathgate1941
Martin Kriewaldt 195119520–1 years
James Archibald Douglas195619570–1 years
William Charles Gillespie1960
Lawrence Eric Clarke1960
James Boyd Keith Williams1982
Kevin O'Leary 198219830–1 years
James Muirhead 198719880–1 years
Ian Gray 1991
1994
1995
1998
Trevor Morling 199719980–1 years
Howard Olney 1998
2005		2003
2005
John Gallop 200020021–2 years
John Doyle 200020010–1 years
Robert Brooking 200020010–1 yearsJudge Victorian Court of Appeal
Len King 200420050–1 years
Brian Frank Martin 2004
Trevor Olsson 2004
Bill Priestley 2006
Geoffrey Eames 200720091–2 yearsFormer judge Victorian Court of Appeal [36]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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]
  2. 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.

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The following is the order of precedence for Australia:

  1. The King of Australia: Charles III
  2. The Governor-General of Australia: David Hurley
  3. Governors of states in order of appointment:
    1. Governor of New South Wales: Margaret Beazley
    2. Governor of Tasmania: Barbara Baker
    3. Governor of South Australia: Frances Adamson
    4. Governor of Queensland: Jeannette Young
    5. Governor of Western Australia: Chris Dawson
    6. Governor of Victoria: Margaret Gardner
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    2. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Milton Dick
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    2. Chargés d'affaires en pied or en titre in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
    3. Chargés d'affaires and Acting High Commissioners in order of date of assumption of duties
  8. Members of the Federal Executive Council:
    1. Ministry List
  9. Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
    1. Administrator of Norfolk Island: Eric Hutchinson
    2. Administrator of the Northern Territory: Hugh Heggie
    3. Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories: Farzian Zainal
  10. The Leader of the Opposition: Peter Dutton
  11. Former holders of high offices:
    1. Former Governors-General in order of leaving office:
      1. William Deane (1996–2001)
      2. Peter Hollingworth (2001–2003)
      3. Quentin Bryce (2008–2014)
      4. Peter Cosgrove (2014–2019)
    2. Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
      1. Paul Keating (1991–1996)
      2. John Howard (1996–2007)
      3. Kevin Rudd
      4. Julia Gillard (2010–2013)
      5. Tony Abbott (2013–2015)
      6. Malcolm Turnbull (2015–2018)
      7. Scott Morrison (2018–2022)
    3. Former Chief Justices in order of leaving office:
      1. Anthony Mason (1987–1995)
      2. Murray Gleeson (1998–2008)
      3. Robert French (2008–2017)
      4. Susan Kiefel (2017–2023)
  12. Premiers of states in order of state populations, then Chief Ministers of the territories in order of territory populations:
    1. Premier of New South Wales: Chris Minns
    2. Premier of Victoria: Jacinta Allan
    3. Premier of Queensland: Annastacia Palaszczuk
    4. Premier of Western Australia: Roger Cook
    5. Premier of South Australia: Peter Malinauskas
    6. Premier of Tasmania: Jeremy Rockliff
    7. Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory: Andrew Barr
    8. Chief Minister of the Northern Territory: Natasha Fyles
  13. Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
    1. Michelle Gordon AC
    2. James Edelman
    3. Simon Steward
    4. Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson
    5. Jayne Jagot
    6. Robert Beech-Jones
  14. Senior judges:
    1. Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia: Debra Mortimer
    2. President of the Fair Work Commission: Adam Hatcher
  15. Chief Justices of States in order of appointment:
    1. Chief Justice of South Australia
    2. Chief Justice of Tasmania
    3. Chief Justice of Victoria
    4. Chief Justice of Western Australia
    5. Chief Justice of New South Wales:
    6. Chief Justice of Queensland
  1. Australian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in order of appointment:
    1. Ian Sinclair
    2. The Rt Hon Sir William Heseltine
  2. The Chief of the Defence Force
  3. Chief Judges of Federal and Territory Courts in order of appointment
    1. Chief Justice of the Northern Territory
    2. Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
    3. Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
  4. Members of Parliament
  5. Judges of the Federal Court of Australia and Family Court of Australia, and Deputy presidents of the Fair Work Commission in order of appointment
  6. Lord Mayors of capital cities in order of city populations:
    1. Lord Mayor of Sydney: Clover Moore
    2. Lord Mayor of Melbourne: Sally Capp
    3. Lord Mayor of Brisbane: Adrian Schrinner
    4. Lord Mayor of Perth: Basil Zempilas
    5. Lord Mayor of Adelaide: Jane Lomax-Smith
    6. Lord Mayor of Hobart: Anna Reynolds
    7. Lord Mayor of Darwin: Kon Vatskalis
  7. Heads of religious communities according to the date of assuming office in Australia
  8. Presiding officers of State Legislatures in order of appointment, then Presiding Officer of Territory Legislatures in order of appointment:
    1. Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: Colin Brooks
    2. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland: Curtis Pitt
    3. President of the Victorian Legislative Council: Nazih Elasmar
    4. Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly: Jonathan O'Dea
    5. President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council: Craig Farrell
    6. President of the South Australian Legislative Council: John Dawkins)
    7. Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly: Michelle Roberts)
    8. President of the New South Wales Legislative Council: Matthew Mason-Cox
    9. President of the Western Australian Legislative Council: Alanna Clohesy
    10. Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly: Mark Shelton
    11. Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly: Dan Cregan
    12. Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly: Joy Burch
    13. Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly: Ngaree Ah Kit
  9. Members of State Executive Councils in order of state populations, and then members of the Northern Territory Executive Council:
    1. Executive Council of New South Wales
    2. Executive Council of Victoria
    3. Executive Council of Queensland
    4. Executive Council of Western Australia
    5. Executive Council of South Australia
    6. Executive Council of Tasmania
    7. Executive Council of the Northern Territory
  10. Leaders of the Opposition of State Legislatures in order of state populations, then Leaders of the Opposition in Territory Legislatures in order of territory populations:
    1. Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales: Mark Speakman
    2. Leader of the Opposition of Victoria: John Pesutto
    3. Leader of the Opposition of Queensland: David Crisafulli
    4. Leader of the Opposition of Western Australia: Shane Love
    5. Leader of the Opposition of South Australia: Peter Malinauskas
    6. Leader of the Opposition of Tasmania: Rebecca White
    7. Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory: Elizabeth Lee
    8. Leader of the Opposition of the Northern Territory: Lia Finocchiaro
  11. Judges of State and Territory Supreme Courts in order of appointment:
    1. Supreme Court of New South Wales
    2. Supreme Court of Victoria
    3. Supreme Court of Queensland
    4. Supreme Court of Western Australia
    5. Supreme Court of South Australia
    6. Supreme Court of Tasmania
    7. Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
  12. Members of State and Territory Legislatures in order of population:
    1. New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
    2. Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
    3. Queensland Legislative Assembly
    4. Western Australian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
    5. South Australian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
    6. Tasmanian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
    7. Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
    8. Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
  13. The Secretaries of Departments of the Australian Public Service and their peers and the Chiefs of the Air Force, Army, and Navy and Vice Chief of the Defence Force in order of first appointment to this group:
    1. Vice Chief of the Defence Force: Vice Admiral David Johnston
    2. Chief of Air Force: Air Marshal Robert Chipman
    3. Chief of Army: Lieutenant General Simon Stuart
    4. Chief of Navy: Vice Admiral Mark Hammond
  14. Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls according to the date on which recognition was granted
  15. Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
  16. Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the Sovereign
  17. Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
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  7. 1 2 "The Hon. Brian Frank Martin AO MBE". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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  30. ↑ "The Hon. Steven Ronald Bailey". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  31. ↑ "The Hon. Stephen Southwood". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  32. ↑ "The Hon. Judith Kelly". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  33. ↑ "The Hon. Jenny Blokland". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  34. ↑ "The Hon. Peter Barr". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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