NSW Senior Counsel Appointments

Prior to 1993 silks were referred to as QC or KC (KC from 1901-1952) depending on the reigning sovereign - they commenced being referred to as SC on and from 1993. Please note that formal titles and/or post nominals that may have been held by an individual on their appointment as a silk have been omitted.

Note: An individual is not listed here if it is know he/she was appointed silk in another jurisdiction prior to taking silk status in NSW where this is known.

Name	Date of appointment	External links
Court, Roger Maxwell	1978
Saunders, Allan Chapman	1979
Laurence, John Hopeton	1979
Cox, Rosslyn William	1979
Purvis, Rodney Norman James	1979
Gibson, Joseph Xavier	1979
Morris, Linton Mearns	1979
Grove, Michael Brian	1979
Sully, Brian Thomas	1979
Hodgson, David Hargraves	1979
Burbidge, Richard John	1979
Capelin, Peter Richard	1979
Parker, Roger William Rodney	1979
Bennett, David Michael John	1979
Hosking, William Delbridge	1980
Blanch, Reginald Oliver	1980
Hardwick, Malcolm Roger	1980
Cassidy, Derek Ian	1980
Flannery, Paul Francis	1980
Cowdery, Edward Charles Francis	1980
Wall, Brian Cecil Maclaren	1980
Dunford, John Robert	1980
Murray, Brian Francis	1980
Cummins, John Daniel	1980
Hemmings, Noel Alan	1980
Toomey, Barry Michael	1980
Wood, James Roland Tomson	1980
Walker, Francis John	1981
Kinchington, Barrie Richard	1981
Gaudron, Mary Genevieve	1981
Nader, John Anthony	1981
Bowie, Colin Lionel James	1981
Ward, Ian Bevan	1981
Hall, Graham Barry	1981
McInnes, Adrian Thomas	1981
Callaway, Calvin Rochester	1981
Stein, Paul Leon	1981
Newman, Peter James	1981
Nicholas, William Henric	1981
Tamberlin, Brian John	1981
Hely, Peter Graham	1981
Brownie, John Edward Horace	1981
Mason, Keith	1981
Woods, Gregory David	1981
Broun, Malcolm David	1982
Stone, Julius	1982
Holt, Walter John	1982
Leslie, Arthur James	1982
Studdert, Timothy James	1982
Mahoney, Barry Edmund	1982

Note for interest

William Charles Wentworth, admitted in 1824 with Robert Wardell as foundation barristers in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, was accorded the distinction of wearing a silk gown in February 1835 - the first in private practice to be so recognised (Sydney Gazette, 12 February 1835). That was a 'patent of precedence' but did not entitle him to use the term 'King's Counsel'. Senior law officers customarily wore silk gowns in court in the early decades of the Supreme Court.