The Honourable Justice Anthony McGrath was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 15 August 2023. His Honour sits in the Equity Division and is the Adoptions List Judge. Justice McGrath graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1987 with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws, and in 1989 completed a Master of Law at the University of Cambridge. From 1989 to 1999, his Honour worked as a solicitor at the firms now known as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and King & Wood Mallesons, serving as a partner of Mallesons from 1997 to 1999. His Honour was called to the New South Wales Bar in 2000, becoming a member of 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers. Justice McGrath took silk in 2013 and co-founded the gender-balanced Alinea Chambers in 2018. Justice McGrath has held a number of roles promoting equality and diversity at the Bar, including chair of the New South Wales Bar Association’s Diversity and Equality Committee, member of the Law Council of Australia’s Equal Opportunity Committee, and was the Bar’s Advocate for Change for Gender Diversity.
| Associate | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Hewish | Associate to Justice McGrath | (02) 9230 8615 |
Legal, cultural or benevolent organisations
23 May, 19 Sep |
NSW Bar Association’s Bar Readers’ Course – Day with Judges |
8–19 July |
NSW Supreme Court’s First Nations Interns Program |
11 September |
NSW Bar Association Bar Practice Course – Application before a Judge |
Ongoing |
NSW Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution Steering Committee |
18–22 March |
National Judicial Orientation Program (Brisbane) |
30–31 August |
Supreme Court Conference (Newcastle) |
28 February |
Guest Speaker Oration – New South Wales Bar Association’s Diversity and Equality Committee (CPD Panel Event), ‘The importance of promoting speaking roles in court for junior barristers and how this can be achieved by addressing unconscious bias’ (Sydney) |
11 March |
Guest Speaker Oration – Johnson Winter Slattery, International Women’s Day Special Panel Event, ‘Equitable Briefing for Barristers’ |
| 12 March | Guest Speaker Oration – New South Wales Bar Association’s Succession and Elder Law Committee (CPD Panel Event), ‘Judicial Advice: A View from the Bench’ (Sydney) |
Talia Epstein and Winsome Hall, ‘Seen and not heard: Improving access to speaking roles for junior counsel, and countering unconscious bias – In conversation with Justice Anthony McGrath and Kate Morgan SC’ Bar News: Journal of the NSW Bar Association (2024 Winter) 72
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