Brian Frank Martin AO MBE QC (born 2 November 1936) was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to that position on 26 February 1993 when the former Chief Justice Austin Asche took up appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory. Chief Justice Martin was appointed as a Judge of the Court in 1987 and, following his retirement, still assists the Court as an Acting Judge having been appointed to that position in 2004.
He was, unusually, succeeded as Chief Justice by a person bearing the same first name and surname (Brian Ross Martin). The two men are distinguished by their middle names - Brian 'Frank' Martin and Brian 'Ross' Martin. The judgments of the latter appear as Martin (BR) CJ to eliminate confusion.
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