List of judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia explained

Of the judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia,[1], 14 had previously served in the Parliament of South Australia Edward Gwynne, Sir Richard Hanson, Randolph Stow, Sir Samuel Way, Sir James Boucaut, Richard Andrews, Sir William Bundey, Sir John Gordon, Robert Homburg, Sir Angas Parsons, Sir Charles Abbott, Leo Travers, Len King and Robin Millhouse. In addition, Sir John Jeffcott served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council concurrent with his brief tenure as a judge in South Australia.

PositionNameAppointment
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[2]
[3]
President of the Court of Appeal from to
President of the Court of Appeal from
data-sort-value="Jeffcott, John"
data-sort-value="Cooper, Charles" 23 years, 112–142 days
data-sort-value="Crawford, George"
data-sort-value="Boothby, Benjamin" removed from office
data-sort-value="Gwynne, Edward"
data-sort-value="Wearing, William"
data-sort-value="Stow, Randolph"
data-sort-value="Boucaut, James"
data-sort-value="Andrews, Richard"
data-sort-value="Bundey, William"
data-sort-value="Gordon, John"
data-sort-value="Homburg, Robert"
data-sort-value="Buchanan, Alexander"
data-sort-value="Poole, Thomas"
data-sort-value="Parsons, Herbert Angas"
data-sort-value="Richards, Frederick"
data-sort-value="Piper, Arthur"
data-sort-value="Cleland, Edward"
data-sort-value="Mayo, Herbert"
data-sort-value="Reed, Geoffrey"
data-sort-value="Ligertwood, George"
data-sort-value="Abbott, Charles" [4]
data-sort-value="Ross, Bruce"
data-sort-value="Piper, Francis"
data-sort-value="Brazel, James"
data-sort-value="Chamberlain, Roderic"
data-sort-value="Millhouse, Vivian"
data-sort-value="Travers, Leo" John Leo Travers (Leo)
data-sort-value="Hogarth, David"
data-sort-value="Bright, Charles"
data-sort-value="Mitchell, Roma"
data-sort-value="Walters, George"
data-sort-value="Zelling, Howard"
data-sort-value="Wells, Andrew"
data-sort-value="Sangster, Keith"
data-sort-value="Jacobs, Samuel"
data-sort-value="King, Len"
data-sort-value="White, Michael"
data-sort-value="Legoe, Christopher"
data-sort-value="Cox, Brian"
data-sort-value="Mohr, Robert"
data-sort-value="Matheson, Roderick"
data-sort-value="Williams, Donald"
data-sort-value="Bollen, Derek"
data-sort-value="Millhouse, Robin"
data-sort-value="Johnston, Elliott" Elliott Johnston[5]
data-sort-value="Prior, Graham"
data-sort-value="Olsson, Trevor"
data-sort-value="O'Loughlin, Maurice"
data-sort-value="Perry, John"
data-sort-value="Duggan, Kevin" [6]
data-sort-value="Mulligan, Ted"
data-sort-value="Debelle, Bruce" [7]
data-sort-value="Nyland, Margaret" [8]
data-sort-value="Lander, Bruce" [9]
data-sort-value="Williams, Horton"
data-sort-value="Bleby, David" [10]
data-sort-value="Wicks, David"
data-sort-value="Martin, Brian"
data-sort-value="Gray, Tom"
data-sort-value="Besanko, Anthony"
data-sort-value="Sulan, John"
data-sort-value="Vanstone, Ann" [11]
data-sort-value="Anderson, Tim"
data-sort-value="White, Richard"
data-sort-value="Layton, Robyn"
data-sort-value="David, Michael"
data-sort-value="Kelly, Trish"
data-sort-value="Kourakis, Chris" [12]
data-sort-value="Peek, David" [13]
data-sort-value="Blue, Malcolm" [14]
data-sort-value="Stanley, Tim" [15]
data-sort-value="Nicholson, Kevin" [16] [17]
data-sort-value="Bampton, Anne" [18]
data-sort-value="Parker, Greg"
data-sort-value="Lovell, David" [19]
[20]
data-sort-value="Hinton, Martin" Resigned to become Director of Public Prosecutions for South Australia [21]
data-sort-value="Hughes, Judith" [22]
data-sort-value="Livesey, Mark" [23]
data-sort-value="Bleby, Chris" [24]
data-sort-value="David, Sophie"
data-sort-value="Stein, Laura Grace"
data-sort-value="McDonald, Sandi"
data-sort-value="Kimber, Adam"
data-sort-value="McIntyre, Julie"
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judicial Officers. Courts Administration Authority of South Australia. 9 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Retirement of the Chief Justice John Jeremy Doyle AC speech. Attorney General's Department. 2 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201155849/http://www.agd.sa.gov.au/sites/agd.sa.gov.au/files/documents/Initiatives%20Announcements%20and%20News/2012-retirement-of-chief-justice-doyle.pdf. 1 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Media Release - New Chief Justice Kourakis. Courts Administration Authority. 2 January 2013.
  4. 3567 . Hon Sir Charles Abbott . yes . 20 August 2022.
  5. News: Debelle. Penelope. Judge red - the Communist on the bench. Adelaide Now. 24 February 2011.
  6. Web site: Livesey QC. M.C.. Special Sitting for the Retirement of Justice Duggan. SA Bar. 17 February 2013.
  7. Web site: Chief Justice John Doyle on Retirement of the Honourable Justice Debelle. Networked Knowledge. 11 December 2012.
  8. Web site: Retirement of the Supreme Court Justice Margaret Jean Nyland AM speech. Attorney-General's Department. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201155759/https://www.agd.sa.gov.au/sites/agd.sa.gov.au/files/documents/Presentations/2012-ag-speech-justice-nyland-retirement.pdf . 1 February 2014.
  9. Web site: Notice . 1603 . W. Matthew . . ATTG 54/1993CS . 24 November 1994 . 27 September 2018.
  10. News: Fewster . Sean . Judge tells lawyers 'don't fleece clients' . Adelaide Now . 8 June 2011 . 9 December 2012 .
  11. Web site: 2020-07-27. Former Supreme Court justice Ann Vanstone to be SA's new anti-corruption watchdog. 2020-07-27. www.abc.net.au. en-AU.
  12. Web site: Fresh faces to lead the law. Dr Robert N Moles. 2 January 2013.
  13. Web site: Special Sitting for the Presentation of Commission of Justice Peek. SA Bar. 2 January 2013.
  14. Web site: Special Sitting for the Presentation of Commission of Justice Blue. SA Bar. 2 January 2013.
  15. Web site: Special Sitting for the Presentation of Commission of Justice Stanley. SA Bar. 2 January 2013.
  16. Web site: Katsaras . Jason . SA's first Aboriginal magistrates appointed . . 2 February 2023 . 4 February 2023. District Court Judge Julie McIntyre is being elevated to the Supreme Court ahead of the retirement of Justice Kevin Nicholson....
  17. Web site: Media Release for appointment of Justice Nicholson. Courts Administration Authority. 2 January 2013.
  18. Web site: Anne Bampton and Greg Parker appointed to Supreme Court | Attorney-General's Department . 2014-01-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132824/http://www.agd.sa.gov.au/anne-bampton-and-greg-parker-appointed-supreme-court . 16 January 2014 . dmy-all .
  19. Web site: New Judge appointed to the Supreme Court | Attorney-General's Department . 2015-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150317220406/http://agd.sa.gov.au/new-judge-appointed-supreme-court . 17 March 2015 . dmy-all .
  20. Web site: Notice . . AGO0172/15CS . . 17 December 2015 . 27 September 2018 . 5213.
  21. Web site: Martin Hinton appointed to Supreme Court. 28 April 2016.
  22. https://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2017/July/2017_043.pdf Gov Gazette July 2017
  23. https://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2020/January/2020_008.pdf Gov Gazette January 2020
  24. https://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2020/April/2020_035.pdf Gov Gazette April 2020
  25. Web site: Supreme Court History . Supreme Court of South Australia . 5 March 2019.
  26. News: Fewster . Sean . 'I'm out' - Judge Robert Lunn's exit delays epic divorce case . Adelaide Now . 23 November 2012 . 9 December 2012 .
  27. News: NT medical clinic wins over the ACC's coercive powers. 13 December 2012. Crikey.
  28. Web site: Brian Withers appointed to the bench. Law Council of Australia. 11 December 2012.