Margaret Beazley was both the first woman to sit as a Judge of Appeal on the New South Wales Court of Appeal in 1996, and the first woman appointed President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in 2013.
Prior to her appointment to the New South Wales Court of Appeal, Justice Beazley was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia in 1993, being the first female appointment to sit solely as a judge of the Federal Court.
