Frank Vincent (judge)

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|name = Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent

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Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent {{post-nominals|country=AUS|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.{{Cite web | url=https://www.greenslist.com.au/assets/papers/Hon%20Frank%20Vincent%20QC,%20AO%20Transcript.pdf | title=WILLIAM & LONSDALE – Lives in the Law | access-date=2024-06-30 | website=www.greenslist.com.au}}

He was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 30 April 1985, and elevated to the Court of Appeals in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/retired-judge-says-some-judges-intellectually-temperamentally-unsuited/story-e6frf7kx-1225899248061 |title=Retired judge says some judges intellectually, temperamentally unsuited |accessdate=October 5, 2013}} From 2001 to 2009, he was also Chancellor of Victoria University in Melbourne.{{cite web|title=The Hon Frank Vincent, AO QC awarded Honorary Degree by Victoria University|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/news/the-hon-frank-vincent-ao-qc-awarded-honorary-degree-by-victoria-university|publisher=Victoria University|accessdate=19 January 2017|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=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|url-status=dead}} 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.

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