Frank Costigan
| Francis Xavier Costigan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 January 1931 Melbourne, Australia |
| Died | 13 April 2009 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Known for | Costigan Royal Commission |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth |
| Relatives |
Michael Costigan (brother) Peter Costigan (brother) |
Francis Xavier "Frank" Costigan, QC, (14 January 1931 – 13 April 2009) was an Australian lawyer, Royal Commissioner and social justice activist. Costigan is renowned for presiding over the Costigan Commission into organised crime.
Costigan grew up in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne and was educated by the Jesuits at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, and at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a law degree. He was admitted as a solicitor in Victoria in 1953 and became a barrister in 1957. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in Victoria in 1973, and was admitted to practise throughout Australia and in Ireland.
Costigan was active in the campaign to reform the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Costigan, along with a group of lawyers including John Button, John Cain, Xavier Connor QC, Barry Jones, and Richard McGarvie, formed a reform group called the Participants which challenged the undemocratic state executive for control of the party and supported the political agenda of then opposition leader, and later prime minister, Gough Whitlam.
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