High Court of Australia

James Joshua Edelman (born 9 January 1974) has been a justice of the High Court of Australia since 30 January 2017, and is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson (born 7 March 1966) is an Australian jurist. She has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 1 March 2021, and was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, based in Sydney, from April 2014 to February 2021.

Justice Gordon was sworn in on 9 June 2015.

On 17 October 2022, Jagot was sworn in as a Justice of the High Court of Australia, replacing the retiring Justice Patrick Keane.

Justice of the High Court of Australia

Michelle Marjorie Gordon (born 19 November 1964) is a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Mary Genevieve Gaudron (5 January 1943-13 September 2026) was an Australian lawyer and judge who was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Robert Shenton French (born 1947) is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia and was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 2008 to 2017.

He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Party, before resigning in 1903 to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia, on which he served until his death in 1920.

Sir Charles Powers (3 March 1853-24 April 1939) was an Australian politician and judge who served as Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1913 to 1929.

He was a member of the High Court of Australia for one month in 1913, making him the shortest-serving judge in the court's history.

Sir George Edward Rich (3 May 1863-14 May 1956) was an Australian lawyer and judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1913 to 1950.

Sir Hayden Erskine Starke (22 February 1871-14 May 1958) was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1920 to 1950.

He served as a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949, and leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition from 1951 to 1960.

Sir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar (16 November 1892-9 July 1961) was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1950 until his death in 1961.

Sir Frank Walters Kitto (30 July 1903-15 February 1994), Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Sir Douglas Ian Menzies (7 September 1907-29 November 1974) was an Australian judge, serving as a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Major General Sir William John Victor Windeyer (28 July 1900-23 November 1987) was an Australian judge, soldier, educator, and a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Sir Cyril Ambrose Walsh (15 June 1909-29 November 1973) was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1969 until his death in 1973.

Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs (7 February 1917-25 June 2005) was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981.

He was previously a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1972 to 1982.

Sir Keith Arthur Aickin (1 February 1916-18 June 1982) was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1976 until his death in 1982.

Sir Ronald Darling Wilson (23 August 1922-15 July 2005) was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 and 1997.

He was previously a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1982 to 1995, during which time he was one of the judges who decided in favour of Eddie Mabo in the Mabo case.

Sir Daryl Michael Dawson (born 12 December 1933) is an Australian former judge who served as a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1982 to 1997.

Michael Hudson McHugh (born 1 November 1935) is a former justice of the High Court of Australia; the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

William Montague Charles Gummow (9 October 1942-17 September 2026) was an Australian judge who was a Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

Kenneth Madison Hayne (born 5 June 1945) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

Ian David Francis Callinan (born 1 September 1937) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

John Dyson Heydon (born 1 March 1943) is an Australian former judge and barrister who served on the High Court of Australia from 2003 to 2013 and the New South Wales Court of Appeal from 2000 to 2003, and previously served as Dean of the Sydney Law School.

Susan Maree Crennan (née Walsh; born 1945) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

She is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

Patrick Anthony Keane (born 26 October 1952) is an Australian judge currently serving as a non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal since 6 April 2023, after his retirement as a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle (born 2 December 1950) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy, who served from 3 February 2015 to 30 November 2020.

He was appointed to the High Court of Australia in 2023, and previously served as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 2012 to 2023.

She concurrently served on the High Court of Australia from 2007 to 2023, previously being a judge of both the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Federal Court of Australia.

He had previously served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 to 1931, including as Chief Justice from 1930.

He served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 until his death in 1929, after briefly serving as Attorney-General of Australia in 1904.

His total service on the High Court of Australia was from 1913 to 1935.

He served on the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1976, the longest-serving judge in the court's history.