Reginald Smithers

Sir 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]

References
  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.
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