Baron Woolf

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkbp:birthDate 1933-05-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:Fettes_College
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Harry_Kenneth_Woolf
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FBA
PC
The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baron Woolf
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:politics
prison reform
civil procedure reform
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableCase Woolf Inquiry into Strangeways Prison riot
Belmarsh case (A v Secretary of State for the Home Department)
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Access_to_Justice_Report_1996
gptkb:Woolf_Reforms
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Woolf
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Master_of_the_Rolls
gptkb:Lord_Chief_Justice_of_England_and_Wales
gptkb:Lord_of_Appeal_in_Ordinary
gptkb:President_of_the_Courts_of_England_and_Wales
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_Bingham_of_Cornhill
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:retired 2005
gptkbp:signature Baron Woolf signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Hemsted
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_Phillips_of_Worth_Matravers
gptkbp:termEnd Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 2005
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1996
Master of the Rolls, 2000
gptkbp:termStart Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 2000
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1992
Master of the Rolls, 1996
gptkbp:title The Right Honourable The Lord Woolf
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lord_Woolf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8