• Source: Vinerian Scholarship

The Vinerian Scholarship is a scholarship given to the University of Oxford student who "gives the best performance in the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law". Currently, £2,500 is given to the winner of the scholarship, with an additional £950 awarded at the examiners' discretion to a proxime accessit (runner-up).
The Vinerian Scholarship is the most prestigious law scholarship awarded by the University of Oxford. Past award holders have distinguished themselves in the judiciary, legal practice, academia, civil service and in other fields. The list of scholars includes four Law Lords (Lord Uthwatt, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Edmund-Davies and Lord Saville), and justices of the highest courts in Australia (Dyson Heydon and Patrick Keane), Canada (Ronald Martland) and South Africa (Edwin Cameron).




Vinerian scholars


Past winners of the Vinerian Scholarship include:

Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
Sir Thomas Plumer, MR (1777), University College, Oxford
John Taylor Coleridge (1812)
Nassau William Senior (1813)
Frederic Rogers, Baron Blachford (1834), Oriel College, Oxford
Thomas Henry Haddan (1838) Christ Church, Oxford
Richard Harington (1858), Christ Church, Oxford
Robert Kenyon (1872), Christ Church, Oxford
Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet of Brook Street (1883), Christ Church, Oxford
Henry Straus Quixano Henriques (1891), Worcester College, Oxford
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1896), Wadham College, Oxford
Owyn Murray (1897), Exeter College, Oxford
Francis de Zulueta (1903), New College, Oxford
Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt (1904 joint), University of Melbourne – Balliol College, Oxford
Frederick Barrington-Ward (1904 joint), Hertford College, Oxford
John Clifford Valentine Behan (1906), University of Melbourne – Hertford College, Oxford
George Johnston (1909), Christ Church, Oxford
Henry Angus (1914), Balliol College, Oxford
Suspended for World War I (1916 – 1920)

Harold Hanbury (1921), Brasenose College, Oxford
Cyril Pearce Harvey (1923), Brasenose College, Oxford
Lord Edmund-Davies (1929), King's College London – Exeter College, Oxford
Change in statute to award scholarship on the basis of BCL examinations (1928)

Ronald Martland (1931), University of Alberta – Hertford College, Oxford
John Gabriel Starke (1934), University of Western Australia – Exeter College, Oxford
Alan Brock Brown (1935), New College, Oxford
(William) Reginald Verdon-Smith (1936) – Brasenose College, Oxford
Norman Marsh (1937) – Pembroke College, Oxford
Suspended for World War II (1940 – 1945)

Zelman Cowen (1947 joint), Melbourne Law School – New College, Oxford
Rex Welsh (1947 joint), University of the Witwatersrand – Oriel College, Oxford
Tony Honoré (1948 joint), New College, Oxford
William Lederman (1948 joint), University of Saskatchewan – Exeter College, Oxford
Peter Carter (1949), Oriel College, Oxford
Anthony Machin (1950), New College, Oxford
Ian Brownlie (1952), Hertford College, Oxford
Allan Gotlieb (1953), University of California, Berkeley – Christ Church, Oxford
Laurence Libbert (1954), Magdalen College, Oxford
Leonard Hubert Hoffmann, Lord Hoffmann (1957), University of Cape Town – The Queen's College, Oxford
Brian Shaw (1958), University of Melbourne – Magdalen College, Oxford
Colin Tapper (1959), Magdalen College, Oxford
Mark Saville, Baron Saville (1960), Brasenose College, Oxford
Robert Roy Stuart (1961), University of Alberta – Wadham College, Oxford
Richard Buxton (1962), Exeter College, Oxford
Jeffrey Hackney (1963), Wadham College, Oxford
John Eekelaar (1965), King's College London – University College, Oxford
John Dyson Heydon (1967), University College, Oxford – University College, Oxford
Ross Alan Sundberg (1969) University of Melbourne – Magdalen College, Oxford
Michael Hart (1970), Magdalen College, Oxford
Mark Weinberg (1972), Monash University Faculty of Law
Kenneth Parker (1973) Exeter College, Oxford
Paul Craig (1974), Worcester College, Oxford
Hugh Collins (1975), Pembroke College, Oxford
Peter Cane (1976), Sydney Law School – Magdalen College, Oxford
Patrick Keane (1977), University of Queensland – Magdalen College, Oxford
Stephen Moriarty (1978), Brasenose College, Oxford
Michael Hoyle (1979) University of Melbourne – Magdalen College, Oxford
Mary Stokes (1980), Brasenose College, Oxford
Edwin Cameron (1982), University of Stellenbosch – Keble College, Oxford
Norman O'Bryan (1983), Melbourne Law School – Wadham College, Oxford
Edward Braham (1984), Worcester College, Oxford
Craig Orr (1985), Downing College, Cambridge – University College, Oxford
Timothy Pitt-Payne (1986 joint), Worcester College, Oxford
John Gardner (1987), New College, Oxford – New College, Oxford
Graham Virgo (1988), Downing College, Cambridge – Christ Church, Oxford
Paul Nicholls (1990), University of Sheffield – Worcester College, Oxford
Andrew Palmer (1992), Monash University – St John's College, Oxford
Andrew Bell (1993), Sydney Law School – Magdalen College, Oxford
Andrew Dickinson (1994), St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Jeremy Kirk (1996), Australian National University – Magdalen College, Oxford
Ann Buckingham (1997), Victoria University of Wellington
Henry Forbes Smith (1998 joint), University of Otago – Merton College, Oxford
Angus Johnston (1999), Brasenose College, Oxford – Brasenose College, Oxford
Stephen Free (2000), Australian National University – Magdalen College, Oxford
Burton Ong (2001), National University of Singapore – Merton College, Oxford
David Murray (2002), Christ Church, Oxford – Christ Church, Oxford
Ben Allgrove (2003), University of Adelaide – Magdalen College, Oxford
Tamsyn Allen (2004), Magdalen College, Oxford
Andrew Scott (2005 joint), St John's College, Oxford
Marc Brown (2005 joint), Mansfield College, Oxford
Paul Adams (2006), St Catherine's College, Oxford – St Catherine's College, Oxford
Imran Afzal (2007), Merton College, Oxford – Merton College, Oxford
Natasha Bennett (2008), Trinity College, Cambridge – Merton College, Oxford
Michael Bolding (2009), Melbourne Law School – Lincoln College, Oxford
Frederick Wilmot-Smith (2010), Christ's College, Cambridge – Balliol College, Oxford
Niranjan Venkatesan (2011), National Law School of India University – Magdalen College, Oxford
Naomi Oreb (2012), Sydney Law School – Magdalen College, Oxford
Ajay Ratan (2013), Downing College, Cambridge – Trinity College, Oxford
James Ruddell (2014), University of Auckland – Merton College, Oxford
Owen Lloyd (2015), Merton College, Oxford – Merton College, Oxford
Marlena Valles (2016), The University of Edinburgh – Jesus College, Oxford
Tristan Cummings (2017), Merton College, Oxford – Merton College, Oxford
Christopher Stackpoole (2018), Queensland University of Technology – Merton College, Oxford
Chen Chen (2019 joint) Magdalen College, Oxford – Merton College, Oxford
Luca Moretti (2019 joint) University of Sydney – Christ Church, Oxford
Alyssa Glass (2020), University of Sydney - Magdalen College, Oxford
Edward Mordaunt (2021), St Cross College, Oxford
Ruben Robertson (2022),University of Sydney - Magdalen College, Oxford
Louis Triggs (2023), King's College London - St Hilda's College, Oxford




Vinerian proxime accessit award holders


Chloe Carpenter (2000 joint), King's College London - Brasenose College, Oxford
Catherine Button (2000 joint), University of Melbourne - Magdalen College, Oxford
Zachary Douglas (2001 joint), University of Melbourne - Lincoln College, Oxford
Aaron Baker (2001 joint), Saint Louis University - St Peter's College, Oxford
Mario Mendez (2002), Queen Mary University of London - St Catherine's College, Oxford
Benjamin Doyle (2003), University of Adelaide - Magdalen College, Oxford
Rupert Allen (2006), Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge - Merton College, Oxford
Matthias Kuscher (2007), Clare College, Cambridge - Merton College, Oxford
Patrick Hayden (2008), Magdalen College, Oxford
Henry Philips (2009), Worcester College, Oxford
Catherine Fleming (2010), University College, Oxford
Alice Irving (2011), University of Otago - Merton College, Oxford
Colm O'Grady (2013), London School of Economics - Pembroke College, Oxford
Jack Williams (2014), St Catharine's College, Cambridge - Hertford College, Oxford
Anthony Wicks (2015), University of Otago - St Cross College, Oxford
Daniel Fletcher (2016), University of Sydney - Magdalen College, Oxford
Man Hin Chan (2017 joint), Oriel College, Oxford
Sinziana Hennig (2017 joint), University of Toronto - St Catherine's College, Oxford
Chen Xun Chua (2018), Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge - Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Joshua Underwood (2019 joint), University of Queensland - St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Ashpen Rajah (2019 joint), Downing College, Cambridge - Trinity College, Oxford
Alice Zhou (2020 joint), University of Sydney - Christ Church, Oxford
Elizabeth Huang (2020 joint), Trinity College, Cambridge - Magdalen College, Oxford
Tiffany Tang (2021), Magdalene College, Cambridge - Magdalen College, Oxford
Maxwell Davie (2022), Monash University - Mansfield College, Oxford
Jonathan Hell (2023), University College London - Regent's Park College, Oxford




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Frederic G. Kenyon
• Vinerian Scholarship
• Bachelor of Civil Law
• Zelman Cowen
• Vinerian Professor of English Law
• Charles Viner (jurist)
• Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate
• Graham Virgo
• Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
• Dyson Heydon
• Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies