Frank Vincent (judge)
Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | |
| In office 30 April 1985 – 20 August 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1937 |
| Spouse | Dawn (née Eustace) |
| Education | Melbourne University |
| Profession | Judge |
Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent AO KC (born 3 October 1937) is a retired Australian jurist, who was a Court of Appeals justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2001 to 2009.
He obtaining a Bachelor of Laws from the Melbourne University Law School.[1]
He was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 30 April 1985, and elevated to the Court of Appeals in 2001.[2] From 2001 to 2009, he was also Chancellor of Victoria University in Melbourne.[3] Vincent retired from the Court on 20 August 2009.
In the 2007 Australia Day Honours he was appointed Order of Australia - General Division “for service to the judiciary and the law as a contributor to the reform of penal and parole systems, the rehabilitation of offenders, and Indigenous Australians involved with the criminal justice system; and to education as Chancellor of Victoria University, including efforts to increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth.”
Since 2012, Vincent has been a commissioner on the Victorian Law Reform Commission.
He was married to Dawn (née Eustace), and they had two daughters.
References
- ^ https://www.greenslist.com.au/assets/papers/Hon%20Frank%20Vincent%20QC,%20AO%20Transcript.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Retired judge says some judges intellectually, temperamentally unsuited". Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "The Hon Frank Vincent, AO QC awarded Honorary Degree by Victoria University". Victoria University. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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