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]

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