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 (1937-10-03) 3 October 1937
SpouseDawn (née Eustace)
EducationMelbourne University
ProfessionJudge

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 is married to Dawn (née Eustace), and they have two daughters.

References

  1. ^ "WILLIAM & LONSDALE – Lives in the Law" (PDF). www.greenslist.com.au. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Retired judge says some judges intellectually, temperamentally unsuited". Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The Hon Frank Vincent, AO QC awarded Honorary Degree by Victoria University". Victoria University. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.