Supreme Court of New South Wales

Trial judges

There are 39 permanent judges in the Supreme Court's trial divisions, including the Chief Judges of Equity and Common Law, and six acting judges

Judge

Appointed
​The Hon. Justice Michael Walton 8 December 2016
The Hon. Justice Stephen Rothman AM 3 May 2005
The Hon. Justice Michael Slattery AM AM (Mil) RAN 25 May 2009
The Hon. Justice Peter Garling RFD 7 June 2010
The Hon. Justice Ashley Black 4 July 2011
The Hon. Justice Stephen Campbell 2 May 2012
The Hon. Justice Geoff Lindsay AM 6 August 2012
The Hon. Justice François Kunc 8 April 2013
The Hon. Justice Robertson Wright 25 October 2013
The Hon. Justice Peter Hamill 29 April 2014
The Hon. Justice Desmond Fagan 11 June 2015
The Hon. Justice Natalie J Adams 5 April 2016
The Hon. Justice Julia Lonergan 21 March 2017
​The Hon. Justice Guy Parker 6 April 2017
​The Hon. Justice Kelly Rees 5 September 2018
​​The Hon. Justice Lea Armstrong 31 October 2018
​The Hon. Justice Mark Ierace 31 January 2019
​The Hon. Justice Richard Cavanagh 16 September 2019
​The Hon. Justice Kate Williams 15 April 2020
​The Hon. Justice Hament Dhanji 20 September 2021
​The Hon. Justice Elisabeth Peden 6 April 2022
​The Hon. Justice Mark Richmond 19 April 2022
​The Hon. Justice Michael Meek 5 May 2022
​The Hon. Justice Dina Yehia 23 June 2022
​The Hon. Justice Nicholas Chen 11 July 2022
​The Hon. Justice Sarah McNaughton 11 October 2022
​The Hon. Justice Richard Weinstein 1 February 2023
​The Hon. Justice Deborah Sweeney 8 February 2023
​The Hon. Justice Scott Nixon 8 August 2023
​The Hon. Justice Anthony McGrath 15 August 2023
The Hon. Justice Sarah Huggett 12 December 2023
The Hon. Justice Ian Pike 30 January 2024
The Hon. Justice James Hmelnitsky 1 February 2024
The Hon. Justice Tim Faulkner 23 May 2024
The Hon. Justice Belinda Rigg 24 July 2024
The Hon. Justice Andrew Coleman 1 October 2024
The Hon. Justice Peter Brereton 6 February 2025
The Hon. Justice Hayley Bennett 1 July 2025
The Hon. Justice Paul McGuire 8 July 2025

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