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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).

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Past winners of the Vinerian Scholarship include: • Charles Abbott, 1st Baron TenterdenSir Thomas Plumer, MR (1777), University College, OxfordJohn Taylor Coleridge (1812) • Nassau William Senior (1813) • Frederic Rogers, Baron Blachford (1834), Oriel College, OxfordThomas Henry Haddan (1838), Christ Church, Oxford • Richard Harington (1858), Christ Church, Oxford • Robert Kenyon (1872), Christ Church, OxfordSir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet of Brook Street (1883), Christ Church, Oxford • Henry Straus Quixano Henriques (1891), Worcester College, OxfordF. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1896), Wadham College, Oxford • Owyn Murray (1897), Exeter College, OxfordFrancis de Zulueta (1903), New College, OxfordAugustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt (1904 joint), University of MelbourneBalliol College, Oxford • Frederick Barrington-Ward (1904 joint), Hertford College, OxfordJohn Clifford Valentine Behan (1906), University of MelbourneHertford College, Oxford • George Johnston (1909), Christ Church, OxfordHenry Angus (1914), Balliol College, Oxford Suspended for World War I (1916–1920)Harold Hanbury (1921), Brasenose College, Oxford • Cyril Pearce Harvey (1923), Brasenose College, OxfordLord Edmund-Davies (1929), King's College LondonExeter College, Oxford Change in statute to award scholarship on the basis of BCL examinations (1928)Ronald Martland (1931), University of AlbertaHertford College, Oxford • John Gabriel Starke (1934), University of Western AustraliaExeter 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), University of the WitwatersrandOriel College, OxfordTony Honoré (1948 joint), New College, OxfordWilliam Lederman (1948 joint), University of SaskatchewanExeter College, OxfordPeter Carter (1949), Oriel College, Oxford • Anthony Machin (1950), New College, OxfordIan Brownlie (1952), Hertford College, OxfordAllan Gotlieb (1953), University of California, BerkeleyChrist Church, Oxford • Laurence Libbert (1954), Magdalen College, OxfordLennie Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (1957), University of Cape TownThe Queen's College, Oxford • Brian Shaw (1958), University of MelbourneMagdalen College, Oxford • Colin Tapper (1959), Magdalen College, OxfordMark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate (1960), Brasenose College, Oxford • Robert Roy Stuart (1961), University of AlbertaWadham College, OxfordRichard Buxton (1962), Exeter College, OxfordJeffrey Hackney (1963), Wadham College, OxfordJohn Eekelaar (1965), King's College LondonUniversity College, OxfordJohn Dyson Heydon (1967), University College, OxfordUniversity College, OxfordRoss Alan Sundberg (1969), University of MelbourneMagdalen College, OxfordMichael Hart (1970), Magdalen College, OxfordMark Weinberg (1972), Monash University Faculty of Law, Wadham College, Oxford • Kenneth Parker (1973), Exeter College, Oxford • Paul Craig (1974), Worcester College, OxfordHugh Collins (1975), Pembroke College, Oxford • Peter Cane (1976), Sydney Law SchoolMagdalen College, OxfordPatrick Keane (1977), University of QueenslandMagdalen College, Oxford • Stephen Moriarty (1978), Brasenose College, Oxford • Michael Hoyle (1979), University of MelbourneMagdalen College, Oxford • Mary Stokes (1980), Brasenose College, OxfordEdwin Cameron (1982), University of StellenboschKeble College, Oxford • Norman O'Bryan (1983), Melbourne Law SchoolWadham College, OxfordEdward Braham (1984), Worcester College, Oxford • Craig Orr (1985), Downing College, CambridgeUniversity College, Oxford • Timothy Pitt-Payne (1986 joint), Worcester College, OxfordJohn Gardner (1987), New College, OxfordNew College, OxfordGraham Virgo (1988), Downing College, CambridgeChrist Church, Oxford • Paul Nicholls (1990), University of SheffieldWorcester College, Oxford • Andrew Palmer (1992), Monash UniversitySt John's College, OxfordAndrew Bell (1993), Sydney Law SchoolMagdalen College, Oxford • Andrew Dickinson (1994), St Edmund Hall, Oxford • Jeremy Kirk (1996), Australian National UniversityMagdalen College, Oxford • Ann Buckingham (1997), Victoria University of Wellington • Henry Forbes Smith (1998 joint), University of OtagoMerton College, Oxford • Angus Johnston (1999), Brasenose College, OxfordBrasenose College, Oxford • Stephen Free (2000), Australian National UniversityMagdalen College, Oxford • Burton Ong (2001), National University of SingaporeMerton College, Oxford • David Murray (2002), Christ Church, OxfordChrist Church, Oxford • Ben Allgrove (2003), University of AdelaideMagdalen 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, OxfordSt Catherine's College, Oxford • Imran Afzal (2007), Merton College, OxfordMerton College, Oxford • Natasha Bennett (2008), Trinity College, CambridgeMerton College, Oxford • Michael Bolding (2009), Melbourne Law SchoolLincoln College, Oxford • Frederick Wilmot-Smith (2010), Christ's College, CambridgeBalliol College, Oxford • Niranjan Venkatesan (2011), National Law School of India UniversityMagdalen College, Oxford • Naomi Oreb (2012), Sydney Law SchoolMagdalen College, Oxford • Ajay Ratan (2013), Downing College, CambridgeTrinity College, Oxford • James Ruddell (2014), University of AucklandMerton College, Oxford • Owen Lloyd (2015), Merton College, OxfordMerton College, Oxford • Marlena Valles (2016), The University of EdinburghJesus College, Oxford • Tristan Cummings (2017), Merton College, OxfordMerton College, Oxford • Christopher Stackpoole (2018), Queensland University of TechnologyMerton College, Oxford • Chen Chen (2019 joint), Magdalen College, OxfordMerton College, Oxford • Luca Moretti (2019 joint), University of SydneyChrist Church, Oxford • Alyssa Glass (2020), University of SydneyMagdalen College, Oxford • Edward Mordaunt (2021), St Cross College, Oxford • Ruben Robertson (2022), University of SydneyMagdalen College, Oxford • Louis Triggs (2023), King's College LondonSt Hilda's College, Oxford • Marcel Delaney (2024), Australian National UniversityWadham College, Oxford • Jake Emerson (2025), Magdalen College, Oxford == Vinerian proxime accessit award holders ==
Vinerian proxime accessit award holders
• Chloe Carpenter (2000 joint), King's College LondonBrasenose College, Oxford • Catherine Button (2000 joint), University of MelbourneMagdalen College, Oxford • Zachary Douglas (2001 joint), University of MelbourneLincoln College, Oxford • Aaron Baker (2001 joint), Saint Louis UniversitySt Peter's College, Oxford • Mario Mendez (2002), Queen Mary University of LondonSt Catherine's College, Oxford • Benjamin Doyle (2003), University of AdelaideMagdalen College, Oxford • Peter Halford (2004), Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford • Rupert Allen (2006), Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeMerton College, Oxford • Matthias Kuscher (2007), Clare College, CambridgeMerton College, Oxford • Patrick Hayden (2009), Worcester College, Oxford • Catherine Fleming (2010), University College, Oxford • Alice Irving (2011), University of OtagoMerton College, Oxford • Colm O'Grady (2013), London School of EconomicsPembroke College, Oxford • Jack Williams (2014), St Catharine's College, CambridgeHertford College, Oxford • Anthony Wicks (2015), University of OtagoSt Cross College, Oxford • Daniel Fletcher (2016), University of SydneyMagdalen College, Oxford • Man Hin Chan (2017 joint), Oriel College, Oxford • Sinziana Hennig (2017 joint), University of TorontoSt Catherine's College, Oxford • Cheng Xun Cyrus Chua (2018), Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeCorpus Christi College, Oxford • Joshua Underwood (2019 joint), University of QueenslandSt Edmund Hall, Oxford • Ashpen Rajah (2020 joint), University of SydneyChrist Church, Oxford • Elizabeth Huang (2021), Magdalene College, CambridgeMagdalen College, Oxford • Maxwell Davie (2022), Monash UniversityMansfield College, Oxford • Jonathan Hell (2023), University College LondonRegent's Park College, Oxford • Dane Luo (2024), University of SydneyWadham College, Oxford • Samuel Goldberg (2025 joint), University of SydneyMagdalen College, Oxford • Tristan Taylor (2025 joint), University of Western AustraliaSt John's College, Oxford ==References==
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