Reginald Smithers

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Reginald Allfree Smithers (born 1903 in Echuca, Victoria[1] – died January 1994)[2] was an Australian lawyer and judge.[3] Smithers educated at Melbourne Grammar School. Admitted to the Bar in 1929, he was appointed a King's Counsel in 1951.[4] was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 1 February 1977 to 30 September 1986.[5] Smithers was the Chancellor of La Trobe University from 1972 to 1980.[6] He was knighted in the 1980 New Year Honours for service to law.[7]

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  1. ^ "Sir Reginald Alfree Smithers QC". Victorian Bar. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ Jack Waterford (5 February 1994). "A Good Judge of Character". The Canberra Times via Trove. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Supreme Court of the Northern Territory -The Honourable Sir Reginald Alfree Smithers". Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.
  4. ^ "Two New K.C.'s Appointed to Victorian Bar". The Age. No. 30, 147. Victoria, Australia. 12 December 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Federal Court of Australia - Former Judges of the Court". Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  6. ^ "La Trobe University - Our history". La Trobe University. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Mr Reginald Allfree Smithers". It's an Honour. Retrieved 2022-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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