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 |
| Christie, Terence Joseph | 20 November 1991 | |
| Hall, Peter Michael | 20 November 1991 | |
| Stevens, Clarence James | 20 November 1991 | |
| O’Connor, Colin Emmett | 20 November 1991 | |
| Lindgren, Kevin Edmund | 20 November 1991 | |
| Austin, Stephen Berry | 20 November 1991 | |
| Coles, Bernard Anthony John | 20 November 1991 | |
| Deakin, Peter John | 20 November 1991 | |
| Biscoe, Peter Meldrum | 20 November 1991 | |
| Holmes, Malcolm Fraser | 20 November 1991 | |
| Wright, Frederick Lance | 20 November 1991 | |
| Barr, Graham Russell | 1 December 1992 | |
| Semmler, Peter Clement Bronner | 1 December 1992 | |
| Basten, John | 1 December 1992 | |
| Slater, Anthony Hugh | 1 December 1992 | |
| Steele, John Joseph | 1 December 1992 | |
| Hastings, Peter Selby | 1 December 1992 | |
| Barry, Christopher Thomas | 1 December 1992 | |
| Robb, Stephen David | 1 December 1992 | |
| Slattery, Michael John | 1 December 1992 | |
| Catterns, David Kenneth | 1 December 1992 | |
| Littlemore, Stuart Meredith | 1 December 1992 | |
| Jacobson, Peter Michael | 1 December 1992 | |
| Sweeney, Michael John | 1 December 1993 | |
| Flick, Geoffrey Alan | 1 December 1993 | |
| Morrison, Andrew Stewart | 1 December 1993 | |
| Hilton, Jeffrey Steven | 1 December 1993 | |
| Stern, Clive | 1 December 1993 | |
| Kelly, John Charles | 1 December 1993 | |
| Taylor, Peter William | 1 December 1993 | |
| Walker, Bret William | 1 December 1993 | |
| Gallagher, John Neil | 1 December 1993 | |
| Rares, Steven David | 1 December 1993 | |
| Callaghan, Peter Raymond | 4 November 1994 | |
| Joseph, Michael John | 4 November 1994 | |
| King, Larry | 4 November 1994 | |
| Nicholson, John Cecil | 4 November 1994 | |
| Forster, Robert Gabor | 4 November 1994 | |
| Garling, Peter Richard | 4 November 1994 | |
| Lindsay, Geoffrey Charles | 4 November 1994 | |
| McColl, Ruth Stephanie | 4 November 1994 | |
| Oakes, Malcolm Bruce | 4 November 1994 | |
| Durack, John William | 4 November 1994 | |
| Davison, William Roy | 4 November 1994 | |
| Bennett, Annabelle Claire | 4 November 1994 | |
| Foster, Lindsay Graeme | 4 November 1994 | |
| Allsop, James Leslie Bain | 4 November 1994 | |
| Hoyle, Timothy Roscoe | 3 November 1995 | |
| Cranitch, Michael James | 3 November 1995 | |
| Nock, David Garnet Thomas | 3 November 1995 |
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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