A Distant Time and Place

by Frank Vincent

Growing up in the working-class waterfront suburb of Port Melbourne, Frank Vincent became aware very early of the impact of social and economic inequality. He went on to become a successful barrister practising in criminal law before being appointed to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. Throughout his career, which included a lengthy period as Parole Board Chair, he never lost his concern for victims and the marginalised in our society, especially its Indigenous members. Yet this memoir is no hagiography. With modesty and wit, Vincent notes his own human fallibility and frailties, and writes with modesty and humour.

200 pages, Paperback

Published April 2, 2020

About the author

Frank Hollis Rivers Vincent AO QC is a retired Australian jurist, who was a Court of Appeals justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2001 to 2009. During those same years, 2001 to 2009, he also served as Chancellor of Victoria University in Melbourne. He has been a commissioner on the Victorian Law Reform Commission since 2012.