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
Bridge, Alan Campbell Andrew	29 October 1998
Murr, David Henry	29 October 1998
Wales, Ian Milton	29 October 1998
Rudge, Michael Geoffrey	29 October 1998
Walton, Matthew	29 October 1998
Bergin, Patricia Anne	29 October 1998
Sexton, Michael Gerard	29 October 1998
Sullivan, Brendan James	29 October 1998
Smith, Rodney Michael	29 October 1998
Reynolds, Guy O’Loghlin	29 October 1998
White, Richard Weeks	29 October 1998
Brereton, Paul Le Gay	29 October 1998
Kearns, William Patrick	27 October 1999
McIntyre, James Alexander	27 October 1999
Hewitt, Anthony David Martin	27 October 1999
Kennedy, Desmond Thomas	27 October 1999
Dodd, William Kingsford Ludlow	27 October 1999
Gibb, Selwyn Warwick	27 October 1999
Kimber, Maxwell James	27 October 1999
Martin, Antony Seymour	27 October 1999
Kiely, John Phillip	27 October 1999
Blacket, Paul Edwin	27 October 1999
Letherbarrow, Ross Victor	27 October 1999
Williams, Mark Lloyd	27 October 1999
Aldridge, Murray Robert	27 October 1999
Hale, Timothy Stuart	27 October 1999
Needham, Caroline Anne	27 October 1999
Ierace, Mark Joseph	27 October 1999
Whittle, John Brian	27 October 1999
Birch, Christopher John	27 October 1999
Fullerton, Elizabeth Lillian	27 October 1999
Ryan, Dermot Edward James	27 October 1999
Rein, Nigel Geoffrey	27 October 1999
Sexton, Julian Edward	27 October 1999
Preston, Brian John	27 October 1999
Petty, Geoffrey Roy	26 October 2000
Dailly, John	26 October 2000
Bozic, Michael Ivan	26 October 2000
Goot, Robert Malcolm	26 October 2000
Epstein, Stephen Desmond	26 October 2000
Little, Graeme Frederick	26 October 2000
Simpkins, Jonathan Bennett	26 October 2000
Margo, Robin Fabian	26 October 2000
Corsaro, Francesco Carmine	26 October 2000
Rushton, Stephen Jeffrey	26 October 2000
Donaldson, Stuart Roy	26 October 2000
Berman, Peter Graeme	26 October 2000
Zahra, Peter Raymond	26 October 2000
Odgers, Stephen James	26 October 2000
Gleeson, Justin Thomas	26 October 2000

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.