Frank Vincent (judge) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent
Office:Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Term Start:30 April 1985
Term End:20 August 2009
Birth Date:3 October 1937
Spouse:Dawn (née Eustace)
Education:Melbourne University
Profession:Judge

Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent (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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WILLIAM & LONSDALE – Lives in the Law . 2024-06-30 . www.greenslist.com.au.
  2. Web site: Retired judge says some judges intellectually, temperamentally unsuited . October 5, 2013.
  3. Web site: The Hon Frank Vincent, AO QC awarded Honorary Degree by Victoria University. Victoria University. 19 January 2017. 31 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184722/https://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/news/the-hon-frank-vincent-ao-qc-awarded-honorary-degree-by-victoria-university. dead.