Supreme Court of New South Wales

Justice Kristina Stern

   

The Honourable Justice Kristina Stern was sworn-in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and as a Judge of Appeal on 8 June 2023. Her Honour graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1987 with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours, and Bachelor of Arts. After practicing for a decade as a barrister in London, her Honour was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 2006 joining the Sixth Floor at Selborne Wentworth Chambers. Stern JA took silk in 2011.

  

Contact chambers

Associate Email Phone
Scott Murray-Walker Associate to Justice Stern (02) 9230 8765

  

Appointments

Legal, cultural, or benevolent organisations

Member, Editorial Board of the Bulletin of the International Organisation for Judicial Training 

Member, Civil Trials Bench Book Committee 

  

Delegations and International Assistance

12 July  

Official visit to New South Wales by His Excellency Mr Kazhiro Suzuki (Japanese Ambassador), Mr Shuichi Tokuda (Consul-General, Consulate of Japan) and Mr Satoshi Nozawa (Economic Counsellor, Embassy of Japan) 

18 October  

Delegation of the Supreme Court of Korea 

  

Recent conferences

18–21 April 

Appellate Judges’ Conference (Adelaide): presented paper 

2–4 August 

‘Enhancing Safe Practice: A National Justice Forum on Sexual Assault’, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Conference, (Sydney) 

9–13 August 

Human Rights Law Trans-Tasman Conference (Queenstown) 

30–31 August 

Supreme Court Conference (Newcastle) 

7–8 September 

Blue Mountains Law Society Succession Conference (Blue Mountains) 

11 October 

Council of Australasian Tribunals Conference (Sydney) 

3–7 November  

Chair of one session, 11th International Organisation for Judicial Training Conference (South Korea) 

  

Recent speaking engagements

18 October  

Panel member, New South Wales Bar Association’s Open Day for Women and Gender Diverse Students 2024 

  

Publications

‘The Courts and Arbitration’, presented at the Appellate Judges’ Conference 2024 

‘Judicial analysis and outcomes in cases where bodily integrity is in issue, do human rights instruments make a difference?’, presented at the Human Rights Law Trans-Tasman Conference 2024. 

‘Natural Justice in the Tribunal Setting: tracing the nature and scope of the obligation of procedural fairness in tribunals’, presented at the Council of Australian Tribunals Conference 2024. 

  

  • Swearing-in ceremony
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