Supreme Court of New South Wales

Justice François Kunc

The Honourable Justice François Kunc was sworn-in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 8 April 2013. Following graduation with degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney, his Honour practised as a solicitor from 1986 until called to the Bar in 1992 and joining Eleven Wentworth. Kunc J took silk in 2007. His Honour is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and in 2020 graduated Master of Laws from Duke University’s Bolch Judicial Institute. Since 2016 his Honour has been the General Editor of The Australian Law Journal.

  

Contact chambers

Associate Email Phone
Amanda Holland Associate to Justice Kunc (02) 9230 8272

  

Appointments

Legal, cultural or benevolent organisations

General Editor, The Australian Law Journal

Member Editorial Board, Journal of Equity 

Chair, Legal Services Council Law Admissions Committee 

Chair, Law Admissions Consultative Committee 

Member, Judicial Council on Diversity and Inclusion subcommittee on the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals 

  

Recent conferences

20–24 January 

Supreme and Federal Courts Judges’ Conference (Melbourne) 

6–7 April  

National Judicial College of Australia – ‘AI and the Courts: Master or Servant?’ (Canberra) 

2–4 August 

Australian Institute of Judicial Administration – National Justice Forum on Sexual Assault (Sydney) 

30–31 August 

Supreme Court Conference (Newcastle) 

  

Recent speaking engagements

1 March  

Evidence and Advocacy Conference – Advocacy Insights for practitioners from the experts - Hear from the Bench ‘Interlocutory and Urgent Applications Advocacy’ (Sydney) 

23 March 

Succession Law Conference organised by Two Wentworth Chambers – keynote address ‘I Testamentary Capacity; II Practice in Succession (Family Provision) List’ 

28 March  

College of Law – CPD Mandatory Bundle – speaker ‘Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity and Working with Interpreters’ 

10 September  

Fair Work Commission’s Member’s Conference 2024 – guest speaker ‘Working with Interpreters’ 

2 October 

St George Sutherland Law Society – Succession Law Subcommittee - speaker ‘Preparing, mediating and litigating family provision claims’ (Southern Waters Legal – Cronulla) 

26 October 

Partnership and Principles in Adoption Practice: the permanency pathways from out-of-home care to adoption, Adoptions Seminar Panel ‘Adoption Plans – how to improve them, what is working and what is not’ 

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