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 |
| McCarthy, John Anthony | 6 July 1988 | |
| Green, Michael Anthony | 17 August 1988 | |
| Johnston, Ian Leslie | 9 November 1988 | |
| Wheelahan, Dennis Anthony | 9 November 1988 | |
| Douglas, Francis Maxwell | 9 November 1988 | |
| Rose, Peter Isaac | 9 November 1988 | |
| Hungerford, Barrie Clive | 9 November 1988 | |
| Einfeld, Martin Lewis David | 9 November 1988 | |
| Buchanan, Robert John | 9 November 1988 | |
| Campbell, Joseph Charles | 9 November 1988 | |
| Bodor, Peter | 9 November 1988 | |
| Dawe, William Gregory | 9 November 1988 | |
| Tedeschi, Mark Alfred Guido | 9 November 1988 | |
| Allaway, Roy Clarence Pearman | 9 November 1988 | |
| Nicholson, Geoffrey | 9 November 1988 | |
| Cusack, Gregory Joseph | 21 November 1988 | |
| Maxwell, Christopher Keith | 27 September 1989 | |
| Lloyd, Ian Scott | 27 September 1989 | |
| Craigie, Rodney Graeme | 1 November 1989 | |
| Gleeson, John Nicholas | 1 November 1989 | |
| Cowdroy, Dennis Antill | 1 November 1989 | |
| Garnsey, John Joseph | 1 November 1989 | |
| Collins, Bruce Wilkie | 1 November 1989 | |
| Beazley, Margaret Joan | 1 November 1989 | |
| Branson, Christopher Charles | 1 November 1989 | |
| West, John Norman | 1 November 1989 | |
| Simpson, Carolyn Chalmers | 1 November 1989 | |
| Craig, Malcolm Graeme | 1 November 1989 | |
| Roser, Paul David | 1 November 1989 | |
| Robinson, Wendy Louise | 1 November 1989 | |
| Dowd, John Robert Arthur | 1 November 1990 | |
| Rummery, George Richard | 1 November 1990 | |
| Anderson, Desmond Christopher | 1 November 1990 | |
| O’Reilly, John Kevin | 1 November 1990 | |
| Ramage, Malcolm Carmichael | 1 November 1990 | |
| Poulos, James | 1 November 1990 | |
| McDougall, Robert Calder | 1 November 1990 | |
| Maconachie, John Edwin | 1 November 1990 | |
| O’Ryan, Stephen Richard | 1 November 1990 | |
| Timbs, John Andrew | 1 November 1990 | |
| Ireland, John McClemont | 1 November 1990 | |
| Haylen, Wayne Roger | 1 November 1990 | |
| Donohoe, Paul Michael | 1 November 1990 | |
| Sullivan, Alan John | 1 November 1990 | |
| Collins, Peter Edward James | 20 November 1991 | |
| Coleman, Peter Evan | 20 November 1991 | |
| Lloyd, David Henry | 20 November 1991 | |
| Strathdee, Ian Douglas | 20 November 1991 | |
| Hislop, John David | 20 November 1991 | |
| Sackville, Ronald | 20 November 1991 |
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.
To top
