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 |
| Cook, Anthony Peter | 4 October 2007 | |
| McNally, Gregory Peter | 4 October 2007 | |
| Connor, Kevin Michael | 4 October 2007 | |
| Hobart, Mark McLeod | 4 October 2007 | |
| Cunneen, Margaret Mary | 4 October 2007 | |
| Pritchard, David Russell | 4 October 2007 | |
| Smark, Kieran Peter | 4 October 2007 | |
| Muddle, Wayne Gordon | 4 October 2007 | |
| Craddock, Gerard Paul | 4 October 2007 | |
| Goddard, Sophie Jane | 4 October 2007 | |
| Kunc, Francois | 4 October 2007 | |
| Ashhurst, Mark Alexander | 4 October 2007 | |
| Burley, Stephen Carey George | 4 October 2007 | |
| Wigney, Michael Andrew | 4 October 2007 | |
| Turnbull, Graham Walter | 4 October 2007 | |
| Babb, Lloyd Adam | 4 October 2007 | |
| Tonking, Alwyn Ian | 4 October 2007 | |
| Leopold, Alec | 4 October 2007 | |
| Bruce, Christopher John | 2 October 2008 | |
| Brabazon, Mark Levinge | 2 October 2008 | |
| Windsor, Michael James | 2 October 2008 | |
| Hoy, Christopher Phillip | 2 October 2008 | |
| Gyles, Lachlan Vincent | 2 October 2008 | |
| Baird, Julia Rosalyn | 2 October 2008 | |
| Sirtes, Gregory Andrew | 2 October 2008 | |
| Studdy, David Bradridge | 2 October 2008 | |
| Halley, John Allaster | 2 October 2008 | |
| Moses, Arthur Raymond | 2 October 2008 | |
| Payne, Anthony James | 2 October 2008 | |
| Stoljar, Jeremy | 2 October 2008 | |
| Woodburne, Donna Mary Lisa | 2 October 2008 | |
| Lloyd, Stephen Bruce | 2 October 2008 | |
| Manuell, Janet Susan | 29 September 2009 | |
| Sheldon, Robert Stewart | 29 September 2009 | |
| Christie, Michael | 29 September 2009 | |
| Davidson, Ian Edward | 29 September 2009 | |
| Meek, Michael Kingsley | 29 September 2009 | |
| Kerr, Simon Andrew | 29 September 2009 | |
| Rees, Judith Anne | 29 September 2009 | |
| Hooke, David James | 29 September 2009 | |
| Habib, Shereef | 29 September 2009 | |
| Bromwich, Robert James | 29 September 2009 | |
| Lockhart, James Robert John | 29 September 2009 | |
| Lloyd, David John | 29 September 2009 | |
| Dick, Robert Andrew | 29 September 2009 | |
| Wells, Laura Kathleen | 29 September 2009 | |
| Brereton, Peter John | 29 September 2009 | |
| Lancaster, Richard Paul Llewellyn | 29 September 2009 | |
| Richmond, Mark | 29 September 2009 | |
| Yehia, Dina | 29 September 2009 |
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.
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