Stephen Kaye

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| name = Stephen Kaye

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|12|13}}

| birth_place = Victoria

| education = Scotch College

Monash University

| alma_mater =

| spouse = Karen

| children = 4

| parents = {{Plainlist|William, Henrietta}}

| office = Judge of The Supreme Court of Victoria

| office2 = Judge of the Victorian Court of Appeal

| termend2 = 13 December 2021

| termstart2 = 3 February 2015

| office3 = Reserve Judge of the Victorian Court of Appeal

| termstart3 = 14 December 2021

| termstart = 16 December 2003

| termend = 2 February 2015

| successor = The Honourable Justice Cameron Macaulay

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|size=100%}}

}}

Stephen William Kaye (born 1951) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was appointed to the bench on 16 December 2003,{{Cite web |date=2015-02-03 |title=Appointments - The Honourable Justice Stephen Kaye AM and The Honourable Justice Rita Zammit |url=https://www.vicbar.com.au/news-events/appointments-honourable-justice-stephen-kaye-am-and-honourable-justice-rita-zammit |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Victorian Bar}} serving as a judge of the Trial Division until his appointment the Court of Appeal in 2015. On 1 February 2022, the Attorney General of the Victorian Government announced the end of his term from the Court of Appeal.{{Cite press release |title=New Judge Appointed To Court Of Appeal |url=https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-02/220201%20-%20New%20Judge%20Appointed%20To%20Court%20Of%20Appeal.pdf |publisher=Victoria State Government |last1=Symes |first1=Jaclyn}}

Kaye is the son of William Kaye, who was also a Supreme Court judge. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. Like his father, Kaye attended Scotch College, where he was dux in 1968.[https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/greatscot/2004aprgs/wtdn.htm Scotch College Website] He then studied law at Monash University.{{cite web |title=Honourable Justice Stephen Kaye |url=http://www.vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=VicBarNewsFiles/128%20Kaye%20Welcome.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005114246/http://www.vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=VicBarNewsFiles/128%20Kaye%20Welcome.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-05 |accessdate=4 October 2013}}

Kaye was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2014 Australia Day Honours.{{Cite web |title=The Honourable Justice Stephen William KAYE |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1148924 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}