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Former Judges of the Federal Court of Australia

Judges - Appointments and Retirements

As at 19 July 2008

Alphabetical list of former Judges Date of Appointment Date of Departure
Allsop, James Leslie Bain 7 May 2001 2 June 2008
Beaumont, Bryan Alan AO 30 May 1983 11 Feb 2005
Beazley, Margaret Joan 1 Jan 1993 28 April 1996
Blackburn , Sir Richard Arthur OBE 1 Feb 1977 31 Mar 1985
Bowen, Sir Nigel Hubert AC, KBE 20 Dec 1976 31 Dec 1990
Brennan, Francis Gerald 1 Feb 1977 12 Feb 1981
Burchett, James Charles Sholto 3 Jun 1985 10 Oct 2000
Carr, Christopher John Seymour Metford 13 Dec 1993 1 Aug 2004
Connor, Xavier Francis L. AO 1 Feb 1977 17 Mar 1982
Conti, Richard Alan 15 Aug 2000 15 Aug 2007
Cooper, Richard Ellard 30 Mar 1992 14 Mar 2005
Crennan, Susan Maree 3 Feb 2004 1 Nov 2005
Davies, John Daryl 17 May 1978 31 Aug 1998
Deane, William Patrick 1 Apr 1977 26 Jul 1982
Drummond, Douglas Paton 2 Dec 1991 12 Apr 2003
Einfeld, Marcus Richard AO 18 Dec 1986 16 Apr 2001
Ellicot, Robert James 2 Mar 1981 24 Feb 1983
Evatt, Phillip George DSC 1 Feb 1977 28 Feb 1987
Everett, Mervyn George 27 Jun 1984 4 Oct 1987
Fisher, Francis Robert 6 Mar 1978 31 Jul 1989
Fitzgerald, Gerald Edward 25 Nov 1981 30 Jun 1984
Forster, Sir William Edward Stanley 1 Feb 1977 31 Jan 1989
Foster, Michael Leader 2 Nov 1987 26 Nov 1998
Fox, Russell Walter 1 Feb 1977 31 Mar 1998
Franki, Robert James Anning 1 Feb 1977 5 Aug 1986
Gallop, John Foster, AM, RFD 11 Mar 1978 30 Jul 2000
Gummow, William Montague Charles 24 Nov 1986 20 Apr 1995
Hartigan, Trevor Russell 13 Aug 1987 24 Apr 1990
Hely, Peter Graham 2 Oct 1998 1 Oct 2005
Hill, Donald Graham 1 Feb 1989 24 Aug 2005
Jackson, David Francis 15 Nov 1985 26 May 1987
Jenkinson, Kenneth Joseph 1 Nov 1982 5 Jun 1997
Katz, Leslie Sydney 30 Sep 1998 21 Mar  2002
Keely, John Augustine 1 Feb 1977 29 Feb 1996
Kelly, John Joseph Anthony 11 Mar 1980 1 Jul 1990
Kiefel, Susan Mary 17 Oct 1994 3 Sep 2007
Kirby, Michael Donald C.M.G. 30 Mar 1983 23 Sep 1984
Lee, Malcolm Cameron 15 Feb 1988 1 May 2006
Lehane, John Robert Felix 3 Oct 1995 10 Sep 2001
Lockhart, John Stanley AO 30 Oct 1978 11 Jun 1999
Madgwick, Rodney Neville 3 Oct 1995 21 Apr 2008
McGregor, Douglas Gordon Patrick 7 Nov 1977 14 Nov 1985
Mathews, Jane Hamilton AO 4 Jul 1994 6 Apr 2001
Merkel, Ronald 5 Feb 1996 15 May 2006
Miles, Jeffrey Allan AO 18 Jun 1985 30 Sep 2002
Morling, Trevor Rees 11 Feb 1981 1 Feb 1993
Muirhead, James Henry 1 Feb 1977 4 Aug 1986
Neaves, Alan Reginald 11 Mar 1983 8 Jan 1995
Nicholson, Alastair Bothwick AO RFD 1 Feb 1988 31 May 2004
Nicholson, Robert David AO 1 Jan 1995 7 Aug 2007
Nimmo, Sir John Angus CBE, OstJ 1 Feb 1977 30 Jun 1980
Northrop, Raymond Moyle 1 Feb 1977 31 Aug 1998
O'Connor, Deirdre Frances 1 Ju1 1990 5 Mar 2002
Olney, Howard William AM 21 May 1988 30 Apr 2003
O'Loughlin, Maurice Francis 1 Aug 1989 28 Jan 2003
Phillips, John Harber 14 Aug 1990 17 Dec 1991
Pincus, Cecil William 25 Mar 1985 16 Dec 1991
Riley, Bernard Blomfield 1 Feb 1977 4 Aug 1978
Selway, Bradley Maxwell 18 Nov 2002 10 Apr 2005
Sheppard, Ian Fitzhardinge AO 9 Dec 1979 23 May 1997
Smithers, Sir Reginald Allfree 1 Feb 1977 30 Sep 1986
St John , Robert James Baldwin 1 Feb 1977 31 Mar 1985
Sweeney, Charles Augustine CBE 1 Feb 1977 29 Jun 1995
Sweeney, John Bernard 1 Feb 1977 7 May 1981
Toohey, John Leslie 4 Apr 1977 31 Dec 1986
von Doussa, John William 1 Dec 1988 15 Aug 2003
Ward, Richard Charles 1 Feb 1977 24 Nov 1977
Weinberg, Mark Samuel 15 July 1998 19 July 2008
Whitlam, Antony Philip 1 Jan 1993 1 May  2005
Wilcox, Murray Rutledge 11 May 1984 2 Oct 2006
Woodward, Sir Albert Edward OBE 1 Feb 1977 31 Jul 1990
Young, John Neil 30 Nov 2005 24 Jan 2007
 


 

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