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Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf

British life peer and retired barrister and judge · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Born 1933 · age 93

Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf is a British life peer and retired barrister and judge. He was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005.

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Ring of Tolerance2015
Honorary Doctorate2010
Fellow of the British Academy
Knight Bachelor

About this person

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President of the Courts of England and Wales. He was a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 2003 to 2012. He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1933 · age 93