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	Sapphire \| Press Articles \| Rape by spouse equals rape by a stranger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Issuing the first rape guidelines for 20 years, Lord Woolf adopted recommendations by the independent sentencing advisory panel, which concluded from a public opinion survey that the impact of rape on the victim was "equally serious, whatever his or her relationship with the offender".
		Lord Woolf took the opportunity of three rape appeals to issue the first guidance for judges in the crown courts on sentencing in date rape, marital rape and male rape cases.
		Lord Woolf said that when a couple sharing the same bed had been out drinking and the man "failed to show the restraint he should have", it would be contrary to common sense to treat what happened as equivalent to stranger rape.
	www.met.police.uk /sapphire/press_articles/spouse.htm (594 words)

	UNM School of Law \| News & Events \| Announcements \| The Right Honourable Lord Woolf of Barnes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lord Woolf was called to the Bar in 1955 and from 1973-74 was junior counsel, Inland Revenue.
		Lord Woolf was appointed to the Queen’s Bench of the High Court in 1979, became a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1986, and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1992.
		Lord Woolf is Chairman of the Bank of England’s Financial Market’s Law Committee, is a joint editor of a standard text book on judicial review (De Smith, Woolf and Jowell), has written numerous articles for legal journals, and frequently speaks at conferences around the world.
	lawschool.unm.edu /announcements/ramo-lecture/lord-woolf-profile.php (526 words)

	UNM Today: Lord Woolf to Present 'Ramo Lecture on International Justice' at UNM
		Lord Woolf to Present 'Ramo Lecture on International Justice' at UNM
		Lord Woolf served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until retiring late last year.
		Lord Woolf is an author, and also teaches and lectures.
	www.unm.edu /~market/cgi-bin/archives/001410.html (429 words)

	Lord Chief Justice tells courts not to jail burglars
		Lord Woolf urged the courts to give probation and community service sentences to thousands of burglars who would otherwise be jailed.Burglars facing a sentence of up to 18 months should not go to prison but be given a non-custodial sentence supervised by the probation service, he said.
		Lord Woolf made no effort to announce in advance that he was issuing controversial new guidance.
		The Lord Chief Justice said the guidelines, issued when he and two fellow judges cut the sentences of two burglars at the Appeal Court, were an attempt to reverse the increasing use of jail for offenders convicted of burgling houses.
	www.prisonplanet.com /news_alert_122002_guncontrol1.html (487 words)

	Lord Woolf and sentencing burglars
		Lord Irvine of Lairg weighed in yesterday on the side of Lord Chief Justice Woolf by calling for fewer criminals to be sent to jail.
		Lords Woolf and Irvine appear to be unaware that in America more effective methods are being evolved to achieve better rehabilitation results without sacrificing public protection.
		Contrary to Lord Woolf's beliefs, the evidence does not suggest that we should put fewer people in jail, it implies that we should impose longer sentences but simultaneously re-focus the prison authorities on the effective rehabilitation of offenders combined with strict follow-up after release.
	www.civitas.org.uk /pubs/Times7January2003.php (869 words)

	The Standard Club - Marine Matters March 1999:Bermuda, Europe and Asia Clubs
		The recommendations of Lord Justice Woolf, published in 1996, are about to be put into effect in a move designed to streamline the nation's civil litigation processes.
		Lord Justice Woolf's brief was simple: improve access to justice by ensuring a fair, understandable, effective and responsive system that ensures cases are conducted with reasonable speed and at reasonable cost.
		The aim of Lord Justice Woolf's new rules is to have full, open and frank disclosure at an early stage and thereby avoid the need for proceedings.
	www.standard-club.com /pdf/MarineMattersArchive/mar/pub_ma_14.htm (1504 words)

	Legal Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lord Justice Clarke will become the new Master of the Rolls while Lord Justice Judge — viewed as the other front runner for the LCJ post — has been appointed as the first President of the Queen’s Bench Division.
		Lord Falconer has said that if the pilot is successful the selection of candidates for recorders on other circuits will follow the same model with an announcement expected any time.
		Lord Woolf said in his announcement that while the construction industry accounts for about 10% of the UK’s gross domestic product and gives rise to considerably complex high value disputes, often with multi-jurisdictional issues, the judiciary committed just to the TCC did not reflect this.
	www.legalweek.com /ViewItem.asp?id=24824 (1967 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Judge attacks hunt march ban
		Lord Justice Aldous, a past master of foxhounds, said he "resented" advice given last year by Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, that it would be wholly inappropriate for judges to take part in "quasi-political" events such as the Liberty and Livelihood March, postponed from last year.
		Yesterday, Lord Justice Aldous, 67, who was master of the Essex and Suffolk hunt from 1970 to 1976, said he did not see any reason why judges should not take part in a lawful march.
		Lord Justice Aldous said: "If the march was going to be a demonstration where violence was going to take place, then clearly I would not wish to be associated with it.
	portal.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/06/27/njudg27.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/06/27/ixnewstop.html (333 words)

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		Lord Woolf, 63, said that when the next Master of the Rolls was appointed he would like to think that there would be more women and fl candidates for the post.
		Lord Woolf, the most senior civil judge in England and Wales, was addressing 300 solicitors and barristers at the Woman Lawyer conference in London.
		Lord Woolf echoed a recent suggestion by Sir Richard Scott, Vice-Chancellor, that more use might be made of retired solicitors in judicial posts.
	www.lawteacher.net /Articles/0185.htm (632 words)

	chief justice lord - Dating69
		Questions for the Lord Chief Justice Interview by Marcel Berlins Home Webcast Podcast System Test Settings Help The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, was interviewed by Marcel Berlins in the run up to the implementation of major constitutional changes on 3 April 2006...
		Lord Chancellor Loses Judiciary Role House of Lords' reforms continue The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, has handed his responsibility governing the Judiciary, over to the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf.
		The abandonment of Government proposals for Lords reform in 2003 has meant that the removal of the Law Lords from the upper chamber can be seen as another step in the evolution of the membership of the House of Lords, not matched by a full consideration of the role and function of an upper...
	www.dating69.co.uk /information/chief-justice-lord.html (512 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Ex-chief justice's legal aid fear
		Lord Woolf said the "myth" the civil justice system could be self-financing had led to decisions out of line with British traditions.
		Lord Woolf stepped down as lord chief justice last September and will soon be spending a month sitting as an appeal court judge in Hong Kong.
		Lord Woolf underlined how he had said plans to deny people a right to appeal to the courts in immigration cases was an "overt challenge to the rule of law".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4691536.stm (590 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| The Guardian profile: Lord Woolf
		The lord chief justice has used all his skill and pragmatism trying to persuade the government not to take asylum and immigration issues out of the courts.
		Woolf's career at the bar and on the bench spans the rise of judicial review in the past 40 years as a protection for the citizen against arbitrary decisions and abuse of state power.
		Woolf once said that when he died the word "Tameside" would be found engraved on his heart: a reference to a case he lost as a barrister representing a Labour education minister trying to force a Conservative education authority to go comprehensive.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /constitution/story/0,,1162591,00.html (1522 words)

	News :: Lord Chief Justice wants shift away from prisons when tackling law & order. [Archive] - WebHostingTalk ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The retiring lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, today makes a passionate plea for a new approach to law and order which would see a major shift away from punishment towards the solution of problems which generate crime.
		Lord Woolf is stepping down in September after five years as the most senior criminal judge in England and Wales.
		Lord Woolf argues for a fundamental change in the use of imprisonment, restricting its use to the most dangerous offenders and the most serious crimes, as a recognition of special offences and as a fall-back where all other efforts have failed.
	www.webhostingtalk.com /archive/thread/435032-1.html (609 words)

	Murder in Kirkby:Judges in Another World
		Lord Woolf said Prayle deserved the reduction because of his "considerable progress" in custody.
		Lord Woolf is proof that we need to change the whole system of Law Making.
		Whilst Lord Justice Woolf settles down to whatever nice environment he goes home to, you wonder whether the man actually realises what the people of Kirkby and thousands of more Working Class Towns and estates have to endure.
	www.kirkbytimes.co.uk /news_items/murder_in_kirkby.html (1633 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Lord Woolf condemns 'ill-informed' ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Condemning "ill-informed comments about individual decisions in individual cases", Lord Woolf said the judge in question could not respond and the Government scored an open goal.
		Lord Woolf, breaking his self-imposed, post-retirement "vow of silence" in a BBC interview for Law in Action on Radio 4, advised ministers to exercise self-control and to realise the damage that they could cause to public confidence.
		Lord Woolf agreed that the public needed a better understanding of how the Human Rights Act worked.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/31/nreid331.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/31/ixuknews.html (278 words)

	Woolf confirmed as head of judiciary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf is to become the new head of the judiciary, the Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer announced today (26 January).
		The Lord Chief Justice will become the constitutionally-recognised leader of the judges in England and Wales and will be given the additional title of President of the Courts of England and Wales.
		In November, Woolf said that the Government’s planned reforms could be "unnecessarily harmful" to the independence of the judiciary.
	www.legalweek.net /PrintItem.asp?id=18103 (278 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Plea for end to attacks on Woolf
		Lord Goldsmith, the attorney general, said newspapers which attacked Lord Woolf over his proposals that murderers who pleaded guilty could get up to one-third off their prison time were damaging public confidence in the administration of justice.
		Lord Goldsmith used an address to the Criminal Solicitors Association annual conference to defend the lord chief justice.
		Lord Goldsmith pointed out that the relevant legislation required judges to take into account the timing and circumstances of a guilty plea in setting the minimum term.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1350381,00.html (627 words)

	Bank of England\|Publications\|News\|2005\|Lord Woolf to Succeed Lord Browne-Wilkinson as Chairman of The Financial Markets ...
		Lord Browne-Wilkinson, who will retire as Chairman of the Committee on 31 January 2006, has served in that capacity since its inception in May 2002.
		Lord Woolf was appointed to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in 1979, as Lord Justice of Appeal in 1986 and as a Law Lord in 1992.
		Between 1996 and 2000 he held the position of Master of the Rolls and in 2000 was appointed Lord Chief Justice, a position from which he retired in September 2005.
	www.bankofengland.co.uk /publications/news/2005/175.htm (465 words)

	Law Society of England and Wales - Press release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first substantive research into the effect of the Woolf reforms on the behaviour of opposing parties and their representatives reveals that court users believe the new system is delivering "better quality justice" for consumers.
		There was a strong belief that the Woolf reforms have brought about a general change of culture and the majority of those interviewed praised the reforms for achieving greater openness in the court system.
		Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers is Master of the Rolls is Head of Civil Justice, and Chairman of the Civil Justice Council.
	www.lawsociety.org.uk /newsandevents/pressreleases/view=newsarticle.law?NEWSID=374 (766 words)

	Taylor & Francis - Book Overview
		Following the riot at Strangeways prison in Manchester, and subsequent disturbances in thirty other establishments across England and Wales, Lord Justice Woolf was appointed to conduct an inquiry into the six most serious riots and their causes.
		Prisons after Woolf serves as a basic source of information on prison issues, reviewing major areas of penal practice in the light of Lord Justice Woolf''s recommendations and proposals, and the Government''s response the White Paper, Custody, Care and Justice.
		They consider the practical and theoretical issues which need to be addressed if Woolf''s vision of a proper balance between security, control and justice in prisons is to be realised.
	www.ebooksubscriptions.com /Home/html/moreinfo.asp?etailerid=19&bookId=536889689 (462 words)

	Duncan Fergusan catches burglar. Burglar may sue!
		Justice is being sacrificed as we lose sight of the real victims who are in genuine need of help and protection by the legal process.
		Lord Justice Woolf, who has been mentioned on this website, has himself tried to put forward the proposition that Burglars, or first time burglars, should not go to Jail.
		Lord Woolf himself is safe from the tide of crime sweeping the Country, and unlike the average person in Kirkby, he will also have considerable security and the safety cushion of a nice insurance policy should he be burgled.
	www.kirkbytimes.co.uk /news_items/2003_news/duncan_fergusan_burglar.html (981 words)

	Bird & BirdWoolf With Teeth
		Justice is achieved by ensuring that the parties are on an equal footing, by saving expense and by dealing with cases promptly in a manner which is proportionate to the money involved, the importance of a case, the complexity of the issues and the financial position of the parties.
		In the first case, Cowl v Plymouth City Council (2001), Lord Woolf himself, as Lord Chief Justice, made trenchant comments about the failure of the parties in the case, which involved the proposed closure of a nursing home in Plymouth, to use ADR.
		In Cowl v Plymouth Lord Woolf said “The importance of this Appeal is that it illustrates that insufficient attention is paid to the paramount importance of avoiding litigation whenever this is possible.
	www.twobirds.com /english/publications/articles/WoolfWithTeeth.cfm (853 words)

	WFU - School of Law - Lord Woolf, Chief Lord Justice of England and Wales, to Speak at Law School
		Lord Woolf, Chief Lord Justice of England and Wales, to Speak at Law School
		Lord Harry Woolf, The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, will be visiting the Law School during the week of September 8.
		Lord Woolf’s position in his country is comparable to Chief Justice Rehnquist’s in the United States.
	www.law.wfu.edu /x3958.xml (134 words)

	Law Gazette - General news
		His successor as Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, said he intends to review long cases to learn what prevents them being shorter.
		He also agreed with Lord Woolf that judges may not be strict enough: ‘We may have to get tougher, and not be looking over our shoulder all the time at the dangers of article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to a fair trial.’
		Lord Woolf said one solution could be to adopt the US docket system, where a diary of cases is run that lets judges use spare time more efficiently.
	www.lawgazette.co.uk /autonomy.law?ID=293990&CONTENTTYPEID=[83] (456 words)

	GNN - Government News Network
		Under the changes, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers succeeds Lord Woolf as the new Lord Chief Justice from October 1 this year.
		Lord Justice Clarke will succeed Lord Phillips as Master of the Rolls with Lord Justice Judge appointed President of the Queen's Bench.
		"Lord Justice Clarke, who succeeds Nicholas Phillips as Master of the Rolls, is an outstanding first instance and appeal judge.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=160106&NewsAreaID=2 (237 words)

	Lord Woolf to give first in a series of lectures on the rule of law - News archive - News - Press and Information ...
		Lord Woolf, former lord chief justice of England and Wales, will participate in a public event on Tuesday 7 February at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
		Lord Woolf, who retired as lord chief justice of England and Wales in 2005, will speak on Democracy and the Rule of Law.
		The former lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, examines today the role of the rule of law in realising democratic and human rights at LSE, Houghton Street, London.
	www.lse.ac.uk /collections/pressAndInformationOffice/newsAndEvents/archives/2006/RuleOfLaw.htm (485 words)

	Family Law Week: Lord Phillips to be next Lord Chief Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Downing Street Press Office has announced that The Right Honourable the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers is to be apppointed as Lord Chief Justice in succession to Lord Woolf.
		Lord Woolf retires on 30th September and the new appointment takes effect the following day, 1st October.
		Alongside these move, The Right Honourable Lord Justice Clarke is to be appointed Master of the Rolls, and The Right Honourable Lord Justice Judge be appointed President of The Queen's Bench Division.
	www.familylawweek.co.uk /library.asp?i=757 (128 words)

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