Anthony McGrath

Anthony McGrath is an Australian judge who has served as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in its Equity Division since 2023.

Early life and education McGrath was born in Sydney to Tony McGrath AM and Jill McGrath. He was one of five children, the only boy among four sisters. The family lived in the United Kingdom and New Zealand before returning to Australia.

McGrath graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales. In 1987 he served as tipstaff to Justice Harold Glass of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, and subsequently as tipstaff and research assistant to President Michael Kirby.

His principal areas of practice were equity, commercial law, corporations law, trade practices and competition, professional negligence, banking, inquests and commissions of inquiry. His appointment replaced Justice Philip Hallen, who retired from the court.

Personal life McGrath's first wife, Kathryn, whom he married in March 1990, died of breast cancer in 2013. They had one daughter, Megan. He married his second wife, Kate, in 2020.