Supreme Court of New South Wales

Trial judges

There are 40 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 Slattery AM AM (Mil) RAN25 May 2009
The Hon. Justice Ashley Black4 July 2011
The Hon. Justice Stephen Campbell2 May 2012
The Hon. Justice Geoff Lindsay AM6 August 2012
The Hon. Justice François Kunc8 April 2013
The Hon. Justice Peter Hamill29 April 2014
The Hon. Justice Desmond Fagan11 June 2015
The Hon. Justice Natalie J Adams5 April 2016
The Hon. Justice Julia Lonergan21 March 2017
​The Hon. Justice Guy Parker6 April 2017
​The Hon. Justice Kelly Rees5 September 2018
​​The Hon. Justice Lea Armstrong31 October 2018
The Hon. Justice Richard Cavanagh16 September 2019
​The Hon. Justice Kate Williams15 April 2020
​The Hon. Justice Hament Dhanji20 September 2021
​The Hon. Justice Elisabeth Peden6 April 2022
​The Hon. Justice Mark Richmond19 April 2022
​The Hon. Justice Michael Meek5 May 2022
​The Hon. Justice Dina Yehia23 June 2022
​The Hon. Justice Nicholas Chen11 July 2022
​The Hon. Justice Sarah McNaughton11 October 2022
​The Hon. Justice Richard Weinstein1 February 2023
​The Hon. Justice Deborah Sweeney8 February 2023
​The Hon. Justice Scott Nixon8 August 2023
​The Hon. Justice Anthony McGrath15 August 2023
The Hon. Justice Sarah Huggett12 December 2023
The Hon. Justice Ian Pike30 January 2024
The Hon. Justice James Hmelnitsky1 February 2024
The Hon. Justice Tim Faulkner23 May 2024
The Hon. Justice Belinda Rigg24 July 2024
The Hon. Justice Andrew Coleman1 October 2024
The Hon. Justice Peter Brereton6 February 2025
The Hon. Justice Hayley Bennett1 July 2025
The Hon. Justice Paul McGuire8 July 2025
The Hon. Justice Edward Muston2 December 2025
The Hon. Justice James Emmett4 December 2025
The Hon. Justice Phillip Boulten3 February 2026
The Hon. Justice Gregory Sirtes5 February 2026
The Hon. Justice Helen Roberts16 March 2026
The Hon. Justice Kate Richardson3 June 2026



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