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 |
| Condon, Miles Kevin | 5 October 2012 | |
| Cheeseman, Elizabeth Anne | 5 October 2012 | |
| Nomchong, Kylie Therese | 5 October 2012 | |
| Webster, Carol Ann | 5 October 2012 | |
| Taylor, Ingmar | 5 October 2012 | |
| Jordan, Dean | 5 October 2012 | |
| Lonergan, Julia Lily Ann | 5 October 2012 | |
| McInerney, Anthony John | 5 October 2012 | |
| Eastman, Katherine Louise | 5 October 2012 | |
| Kidd, Nicholas John | 5 October 2012 | |
| Thawley, Thomas Michael | 5 October 2012 | |
| Rees, Kelly Anne | 5 October 2012 | |
| Pritchard, Sarah Elizabeth | 5 October 2012 | |
| McHugh, Michael | 5 October 2012 | |
| Noman, Nicole Frances | 5 October 2012 | |
| Kearney, Michael Patrick | 5 October 2012 | |
| Adams, Natalie Jane | 5 October 2012 | |
| Pickering, John Hunter | 5 October 2012 | |
| Girdham, Jennie Anne | 5 October 2012 | |
| Gleeson, Jacqueline Sarah | 5 October 2012 | |
| Wilson, Raoul David | 4 October 2013 | |
| Coleman, Ian Roy | 4 October 2013 | |
| Nicholls, Nicholas Andrew | 4 October 2013 | |
| Lynch, Terrence Michael | 4 October 2013 | |
| Romaniuk, Eugene Guy | 4 October 2013 | |
| Baly, Julia Anne | 4 October 2013 | |
| Steele, Mark Jeffrey | 4 October 2013 | |
| Hemmings, Ian James | 4 October 2013 | |
| Cummings, Peter Ralph | 4 October 2013 | |
| Dowling, Sally Christina | 4 October 2013 | |
| Painter, Michelle Ailsa Clare | 4 October 2013 | |
| Pesman, Marcus Robert | 4 October 2013 | |
| White, Matthew Saxon | 4 October 2013 | |
| Clarke, Jeremy Richard | 4 October 2013 | |
| Wilson, Helen McLeod | 4 October 2013 | |
| Howard, Thomas Gregory | 4 October 2013 | |
| McGrath, Anthony Stephen | 4 October 2013 | |
| Wass, Penelope Margot | 4 October 2013 | |
| Beaumont, Nicholas Joseph | 4 October 2013 | |
| Rich, Garry Kenneth James | 4 October 2013 | |
| Henry, Michael Shaun | 4 October 2013 | |
| Seiden, Rashelle Leah | 4 October 2013 | |
| Allars, Margaret Nita | 4 October 2013 | |
| Hmelnitsky, James Oleg | 4 October 2013 | |
| McGrath, Peter John | 2 October 2014 | |
| Bourke, Ian David | 2 October 2014 | |
| Rana, Rashda Parveen | 2 October 2014 | |
| Priestley, Jonathon James | 2 October 2014 | |
| Morris, Jeremy Mearns | 2 October 2014 | |
| Polin, Nicholas Joseph | 2 October 2014 |
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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