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List of judges of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island

The Judges of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island are generally appointed from among Justices of the Federal Court who may sit on the Australian mainland or they may convene the court on Norfolk Island depending on the type of matter they may be dealing with.

Supreme Court sittings are generally conducted on a circuit court basis with Judges attending on Norfolk Island where the volume of work may be sufficient to justify the travel or where a regular court sitting has not been convened for some time or where the law governing a particular matter may require that the court be convened on Norfolk Island and not elsewhere (e.g. most criminal law matters except sexual offences which may now be tried off-island).

The Court staff are generally resident on Norfolk Island.

List of Judges (including Chief Justices)
Position Name Appointment
commenced 		Appointment
ended 		Term Comments Notes
Chief Judge Russell Fox AC, QC 22 January 1982 31 March 1989 7 years, 68 days Federal Court [1]
Trevor Morling 9 May 1989 1 February 1993 3 years, 268 days years Federal Court [2]
Chief Justice Bryan Beaumont AO 6 July 1993 2 August 2004 11 years, 27 days Federal Court [3]
Mark Weinberg 16 December 2004 19 July 2008 3 years, 216 days Federal Court
ACT Supreme Court 		[3]
Peter Jacobson 12 December 2008 25 January 2015 6 years, 44 days Federal Court [3]
Anthony Besanko 26 February 2015 7 May 2024 9 years, 71 days Federal Court
ACT Supreme Court 		[4]
Robert Bromwich 7 May 2024 199 days Federal Court [5]
Judge Sir Richard Eggleston KC 27 October 1960 1969 8–9 years Commonwealth Industrial Court (1960–1974)
ACT Supreme Court (1960–1974) 		[6]
Sir Percy Joske CMG 10 December 1965 31 December 1977 12 years, 21 days Commonwealth Industrial Court (1960–1977)
ACT Supreme Court (1960–1977)
NT Supreme Court (1961–1977) 		[7]
Edward Dunphy KC 17 March 1969 31 December 1982 13 years, 289 days Commonwealth Industrial Court (1956–1982)
ACT Supreme Court (1958–1982)
Supreme Court of Christmas Island (1961–1982)
Supreme Court of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1961–1982)
Court of Appeal of Nauru (1967–1982) 		[8]
Robert St John 2 August 1978 31 March 1985 6 years, 241 days Federal Court
Australian Industrial Court
ACT Supreme Court
NT Supreme Court 		[9]
Phillip Evatt DSC 11 February 1981 28 February 1987 6 years, 4 days Federal Court [10]
Trevor Morling QC 8 March 1984 1 February 1993 8 years, 330 days Federal Court [11]
Murray Wilcox AO, QC 6 July 1993 2 October 2006 13 years, 88 days Chief Justice of Industrial Relations Court
Federal Court
ACT Supreme Court
Bryan Beaumont AO 1989 2004 14–15 years Federal Court
Susan Kiefel AC 16 December 2004 3 September 2007 2 years, 261 days Federal Court
Peter Jacobson 28 June 2007 25 January 2015 7 years, 211 days Federal Court
Garry Downes AM 10 April 2008 15 May 2012 4 years, 35 days Federal Court
Bruce Lander 12 December 2008 31 August 2013 4 years, 262 days Federal Court
ACT Supreme Court
Robert Buchanan KC 2013 10 September 2016 2–3 years Federal Court
Anthony Besanko 5 August 2013 11 years, 109 days Federal Court
ACT Supreme Court 		[12]
John Gilmour 26 February 2015 9 years, 270 days Federal Court [4]
Michael Wigney 15 June 2017 7 years, 160 days Federal Court
ACT Supreme Court 		[13]
Steven Rares 12 June 2018 6 years, 163 days Federal Court
ACT Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Norfolk Island
Admiralty Rules Committee 		[14][15]

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References

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  1. ^ "Appointment of Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island" (PDF). Cth Gazette. 17 March 1969. p. 2686.
  2. ^ "Judges appointed". The Canberra Times. 13 May 1989. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b c "Federal Court of Australia judicial changes the first 30 years (1977-2007)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Judicial Appointments for Norfolk Island". Australian Government. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/mcbain/media-release/new-chief-justice-supreme-court-norfolk-island
  6. ^ "Appointment of the Honourable Richard Moulton Eggleston as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island" (PDF). Cth Gazette. 1 December 1960. p. 4133.
  7. ^ "Appointment of the Honourable Percy Joske as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island" (PDF). Cth Gazette. 13 January 1966. p. 70.
  8. ^ "Appointment of the Honourable Edward Arthur Dunphy as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island" (PDF). Cth Gazette. 17 March 1969. p. 2686.
  9. ^ "Appointment of the Honourable Robert St John as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island" (PDF). Cth Gazette. 22 August 1978. p. 9.
  10. ^ "Appointment of the Honourable Phillip George Evatt as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island" (PDF). Cth Gazette. 24 February 1981. pp. 2–3.
  11. ^ "Appointment of the Honourable Trevor Morling as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island" (PDF). Cth Gazette. 20 March 1984. p. 1042.
  12. ^ "Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2013-14" (PDF). Federal Court. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2016-17" (PDF). Federal Court. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Appointments and remuneration pursuant to the Order of the Senate for the period: 2 October 2018 to 28 January 2019". The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Steven David Rares : Government Online Directory". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Biography of Justice Steven Rares". Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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