Judith Clair Kelly AO is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (Australia).
Kelly was born in Queensland, daughter of Colin and Valerie Fletcher and granddaughter of Ivy and Harold Snell.
Kelly became a barrister in July 1996, at William Forster Chambers, where she predominantly practised in commercial law, contract, partnership, building, property, tax and insolvency.
[3] Kelly was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory on 12 August 2009, replacing Justice Sally Thomas.
[1] As a judge Kelly has sat on a wide range of cases, including sentencing Joachim Golder to life imprisonment for a "cowardly and vicious attack" in beating his wife to death,[4] and awarding damages, including aggravated damages to inmates of the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre for assault and battery by officers at the centre, including the use of CS gas, shackles, spit hoods and handcuffs without lawful justification.