Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
Stephen Kaye | |
Birth Date: | 1951 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Victoria |
Education: | Scotch College Monash University |
Spouse: | Karen |
Children: | 4 |
Office: | Judge of The Supreme Court of Victoria |
Office2: | Judge of the Victorian Court of Appeal |
Termend2: | 13 December 2021 |
Termstart2: | 3 February 2015 |
Office3: | Reserve Judge of the Victorian Court of Appeal |
Termstart3: | 14 December 2021 |
Termstart: | 16 December 2003 |
Termend: | 2 February 2015 |
Successor: | The Honourable Justice Cameron Macaulay |
Stephen William Kaye (born 1951) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was appointed to the bench on 16 December 2003,[1] serving as a judge of the Trial Division until his appointment the Court of Appeal in 2015. On 1 February 2022, the Attorney General of the Victorian Government announced the end of his term from the Court of Appeal.[2]
Kaye is the son of William Kaye, who was also a Supreme Court judge. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. Like his father, Kaye attended Scotch College, where he was dux in 1968.[3] He then studied law at Monash University.[4]