The Chief Justice of the Family Court, Diana Bryant, has been forced to apologise to some of Australia's most senior judges after they stormed out of a dinner hosted by her which featured a sexually explicit comedy act.

Australia's Chief Justice of the High Court, Robert French, and his wife left the room in disgust after becoming offended by a comedy routine performed at a National Family Law Conference banquet in Hobart last Sunday.

Embarrassed ... Justice Diana Bryant. Credit:Gabriele Charotte

The Sun-Herald understands the female comics acted out a sexually explicit sketch while wearing judicial robes and that when Justice French stood to leave, he was joined by many others throughout the room, including the NSW Supreme Court Chief Justice, Tom Bathurst, and his wife, as well as the Family Court judges Mark Le Poer Trench and Margaret Cleary.

The booking for the evening's entertainment was overseen by Chief Justice Bryant, who last week wrote an email to all those who attended, apologising for the incident and accepting ''full responsibility'' for any embarrassment caused.