Harry Woolf Baron Woolf

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Harry Kenneth Woolf Baron Woolf PC FBA (Chinese: 伍爾夫) born 2 May 1933 was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President of the Courts of England and Wales. He has been a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong since 2003.

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active years end date

1996-06-04, 2000-06-06

active years start date

1992-10-01, 1996-06-04, 2000-06-06

alma mater

UCL Faculty of Laws

birth date

1933-05-02

birth place

England, Newcastle upon Tyne

deputy

Igor Judge Baron Judge

office

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Master of the Rolls

order in office

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

successor

Brian Hutton Baron Hutton, Nicholas Phillips Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers