The Hon Chief Justice Stephen Gageler AC

The Honourable Stephen Gageler AC was appointed Chief Justice of Australia in November 2023, following appointment as a Justice of the High Court in October 2012. Immediately before his appointment to the High Court, he had been the Solicitor-General of Australia. Chief Justice Gageler is a graduate of the Australian National University and has post-graduate qualifications from Harvard University. He was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1989 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2000. Before his appointment as Solicitor-General in 2008, he practised extensively as a barrister throughout Australia. Chief Justice Gageler is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and a member of the Council of the American Law Institute. By virtue of his office, Chief Justice Gageler is the Chair of the Council of Chief Justices of Australia and New Zealand.