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	Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC (born May 2, 1933), retired as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, on October 1, 2005.
		The Constitutional Reform Act made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President of the Courts of England and Wales, and the most senior judge in the United Kingdom instead of the Lord Chancellor.
		He became a barrister in 1954, a High Court judge in 1979, a Law Lord in 1992, and Master of the Rolls in 1996.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Justice_Woolf (214 words)

	Society \| Woolf cuts offender's tariff in review of child killers
		Lord Woolf said that he had reduced the tariff, confirmed by Jack Straw as home secretary, because Darren Dermody's role in the attack - when he was 17 - had not directly led to the victim's death.
		Lord Woolf confirmed Coddington's 12 year minimum tariff for stabbing a man to death in a row over an ex-girlfriend and said he would not interfere in the case despite the offender's good progress in jail.
		Lord Woolf said in Malik's case even after 12 years it would be difficult to decide whether it was safe to release him back into the community.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4235597-107705,00.html (637 words)

	icScotland - Woolf launches twin attack on reforms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lord Woolf said proposals for a new supreme court to replace the House of Lords as the highest court in the land would create a "second class" institution which was the "poor relation" of others around the world.
		Lord Woolf also stepped up his condemnation of ministers' plans to bar the courts from reviewing asylum cases, saying the move would be a "blot on the reputation of the Government" which could trigger a campaign for a written constitution.
		Lord Woolf, the most senior judge in England and Wales, said the proposals by Home Secretary David Blunkett to reform the asylum appeals system - in clause 11 of his Asylum and Immigration Bill - were "fundamentally in conflict with the rule of law".
	icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk /news/uk/today/content_objectid=14012682_method=full_siteid=50141_headline=-Woolf-launches-twin-attack-on-reforms-name_page.html (382 words)

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		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, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, the Lord Chancellor, and the Attorney-General have all called this year for less use of custody as the prison population has soared.
		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 /lord_chief_justice_tells_courts_not_to_jail_burglars.html (478 words)

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		Lord Woolf, the country's most senior judge, said the spate of recent medical scandals meant it was no longer a case of "doctor knows best".
		But Lord Woolf reserved his fiercest criticism for those he blamed for turning medical negligence litigation into a "disaster area." He said that the annual cost of such litigation was estimated to be equivalent to building, running and staffing one new hospital.
		Lord Woolf warned:"It is unwise to place any profession or other body providing services to the public on a pedestal where their actions cannot be subject to close scrutiny.
	www.perceptions.couk.com /examine.txt (402 words)

	Lord Woolf and Human Rights
		Lord Woolf reveals little sympathy for the British heritage of liberty and its intimate connection with the law.
		A written constitution is not a charter for arbitrary judicial interference, as Lord Woolf seems to think, but a decision by a free people to tie their own hands in advance in certain limited respects in the hope that the common good will prevail in times of conflict.
		Lord Woolf's brand of judicial activism and his evident disdain for 'cheerful chappies' who defend the predominance of parliament is endangering the ideal of the rule of law itself.
	www.civitas.org.uk /pubs/WoolfTimes5Mar04.php (733 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Comment \| In praise of ... Lord Woolf
		Lord Woolf was due for retirement in 2003 but postponed it beyond his 70th birthday to ensure the independence of the judiciary was embedded in statute, following the "torrent" of constitutional changes that Labour announced in that year.
		Lord Woolf was only informed of the proposal to abolish the office of the lord chancellor, the traditional defender of the judiciary, minutes before the public were.
		He was the ideal person to lead the defence, a determined negotiator with a keen sense of the art of the possible.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,9115,1579214,00.html (251 words)

	Guardian \| Don't jail burglars, says Lord Woolf
		Lord Woolf urged the courts to give probation and community service sentences as long as they were an effective punishment which would also tackle an offender's underlying problems, such as drug addiction.
		The decision handed down at the court of appeal was Lord Woolf's latest attempt to slow the explosion in prison numbers which is already at a record level and set to rise further.
		Lord Woolf, sitting with Mr Justice Silber and Mr Justice Grigson, said they had not forgotten the importance of maintaining public confidence in the criminal justice system.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4571699-108101,00.html (330 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - Speeches - Speech by the Lord Chief Justice on the Rule of Law and a Change in ...
		Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, a former head of the judiciary of Scotland, has experience of all these areas and combines this with a career as an academic; all achieved at an astonishingly early age.
		I am relieved that the Lord Chancellor and I have achieved a concordat and that this is now in the public domain, a document recording our agreement having been lodged, earlier this year, in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.
		Although the Law Lords involvement in the legislative chamber is limited, the very fact that they are members of the legislature does provide them with an insight and understanding of the workings of Parliament to a greater extent than will be possible if they are no longer part of the House of Lords.
	www.dca.gov.uk /judicial/speeches/lcj030304.htm (5743 words)

	[1997] 2 Web JCLI
		Lord Woolf also sees great advantages for the judiciary too, especially in view of his proposal to enhance their role in the management of individual cases.
		Lord Woolf anticipates that removing the need for all participants to be present in one physical location at one and the same time can give rise to faster, cheaper, more accessible case management hearings.
		Lord Woolf was required to address the current crisis of confidence in the justice system and to recommend urgent or short term solutions.
	webjcli.ncl.ac.uk /1997/issue2/widdison2.html (4352 words)

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		Lord Woolf said: “This is an exciting time for UCL, and I am particularly looking forward to coming back to the university and working to support its ongoing programme aimed at maintaining its status as one of the world's leading universities.
		Lord Woolf was born in Newcastle in May 1933 and educated at Glasgow Academy and Fettes College Edinburgh, then at University College London where he graduated in Law in 1954.
		Lord Woolf was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1992.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /development/experts/newpages/pressreleases/CouncilLordWoolf.htm (514 words)

	Society \| Cut jail population to minimum, Blair told
		Lord Woolf, the lord chief justice, is expected this week to call on the government to end prison overcrowding, arguing that it is time the jail population was reduced to "an unavoidable minimum".
		This week sees the 10th anniversary of the publication of Lord Woolf's report into prison conditions in the wake of the Strangeways riot and he is expected to use the annual Prison Reform Trust lecture on Wednesday to argue that its reform agenda is as relevant today as it was a decade ago.
		Lord Woolf is expected to revive his recommendations that prisoners should be held nearer their homes.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4127130-107705,00.html (292 words)

	The Observer \| Comment \| None so high
		Lord Woolf's liberal critics were in no mood to accept a plea in mitigation.
		The arc of Woolf's career since spans an era of exponential growth in the number of cases brought, and also a dramatic enlargement of the scope which the judiciary feels it has to intervene.
		Woolf's judgment, whose logic is impossible to follow, was that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority was wrong to prevent the insemination, because when it did so it had not ruled (as it later did) that she should not have removed the sperm at all.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,6903,625684,00.html (1375 words)

	Judge defends child killers' release - theage.com.au
		They were freed last year after Lord Woolf decided that they had served the punishment element of their indefinite sentences, imposed in 1993 for what the trial judge described as "an act of unparalleled evil and barbarity".
		Lord Woolf's unequivocal stance in favour of jury trials puts him on a collision course with ministers, who hope to implement the White Paper proposals in the next session of Parliament.
		Lord Woolf says in the interview that some people who are sent to prison would be better dealt with by community punishments.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/29/1027818506684.html (958 words)

	New Statesman: Let's tip the scales in lawyer v client - U.K. legal reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lord Woolf has drawn attention to the complexity of our procedures, to the fact that litigants and lawyers are free to complicate and protract the process, and to an adversarial culture that encourages wasteful and costly practices.
		Lord Woolf has observed that it is not uncommon for the financially stronger party to "spin out proceedings and escalate costs, by litigating on technical points or peripheral issues...
		The first set of Lord Woolf's proposals for reform would allow judges, rather than the parties' lawyers, to dictate the steps to be taken in the litigation, and their pace.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_n4294_v125/ai_18538859 (1547 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Falconer's plans for judges bring out fire in Lord Woolf's belly
		Lord Woolf certainly supported increasing the pool of applicants from which the judiciary is drawn.
		Lord Woolf warmed to his theme at the Lord Mayor's annual dinner for the judges in the City of London last night.
		Lord Woolf, speaking for the majority, concluded on pragmatic grounds that the board could disclose the sensitive material to a specially appointed advocate, who would represent Roberts at a closed hearing.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/14/nlaw14.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/14/ixhome.html (986 words)

	Guardian \| Lord Woolf proposes 'protective custody' for paedophiles
		Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, today suggested to the Radio 4 Today programme that some people should be jailed simply because of the possibility they could commit a crime.
		Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf floated the idea during a discussion on how the justice system might adapt to deal with the threat posed by predatory paedophiles such as Roy Whiting, the killer of schoolgirl Sarah Payne.
		In his interview, Lord Woolf said: "The problem is that if you have got an illness which can be treated, then you can be sent to a hospital compulsorily because of the illness.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4325850-105248,00.html (720 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Lord Woolf's 'radical' reputation
		Lord Woolf said plans for a supreme court replacing the House of Lords as the top legal body will create a "second class institution.
		Harry Woolf, or Lord Woolf of Barnes has a track record as a penal reformer and is no stranger to taking on the government.
		Lord Woolf's interest in the state of our prisons stems from both a pragmatic view of justice and a deep humanitarian streak.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2995692.stm (719 words)

	World News GKCNN Online
		Lord Woolf suggests a shortlist of four strictly limited categories of offenders who might be imprisoned and - in sharp contrast to the rhetoric of government ministers - he adds: "We need wider understanding and acceptance that the principles of sentencing are not just founded on punishing offenders."
		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.geocities.com /publik16/archive05/2005c58.html (1243 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)

	Woolf to fight for judges independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lord Woolf, Britain’s most senior judge, has questioned the Government’s commitment to judicial independence — hinting he may delay retiring to help shape Tony Blair’s controversial constitutional reforms.
		However, Woolf said that it would be acceptable for the Government to retain a veto on judicial appointments, adding that he would be releasing the judiciary’s response to the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ consultation in October.
		Woolf’s intervention is the most explicit sign yet of unease among the judiciary regarding the constitutional reforms announced by Downing Street on 12 June on the same day as a controversial ministerial reshuffle.
	www.legalweek.net /PrintItem.asp?id=15873 (375 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Burglary sentences spark political row
		The row began when the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, made a ruling during an appeal that appeared to change the guidelines used by judges in all the criminal courts.
		Lord Woolf made it clear that a non-custodial sentence had to be effective, and should tackle underlying problems such as an offender's drug addiction.
		Lord Woolf has clearly been irritated by the suggestion that his sentencing guidelines are a "charter for burglars".
	news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2658597.stm (648 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		That is why Lord Woolf remarked that our new court would be a "poor relation" of others around the world and that we would be "exchanging a first-class final court of appeal for a second-class supreme court".
		That led people to assume that Lord Woolf was attacking the totality of Lord Falconer's plans, when in fact he was commenting on a specific proposal to which, as he said later in his speech, he was not "wholly hostile".
		Lord Lloyd of Berwick, the retired law lord who persuaded the Lords on Monday to send Lord Falconer's Bill to a Select Committee, disagreed: "It is not too late to save the office of Lord Chancellor," he insisted.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/11/nlaw11.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/03/11/ixhome.html (1277 words)

	The Times
		LORD WOOLF, the Lord Chief Justice, summed up the difficulty in settling the length of sentence which Robert Thompson and John Venables should serve for the murder of James Bulger when he said that “further detention would not serve any constructive purpose”.
		Lord Woolf wished to give the two boys, who had expressed remorse, the opportunity to reform and thereby escape the destructive influence of life in a young offenders’ unit.
		Others agree that William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, is correct in his portrayal of children as savages — unless tamed by social rules and pressures.
	www.addcentre.co.uk /ADHDandCrime.htm (468 words)

	The Insider - Bush and Hitler - How Quickly We Forget
		Lord Woolf, the most senior serving judge, said the plans to scrap the post of Lord Chancellor posed the biggest threat to judicial independence for hundreds of years.
		Lord Woolf said the Lord Chancellor was “absolutely the central core” on which the justice system in England and Wales was suspended.
		Lord Woolf said it was "almost inevitable" that ministers would fail to protect the rights of minorities as they confronted what he said could be an even greater threat than Hitler.
	theinsider.org /news/article.asp?id=0419 (1302 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Newsmakers \| Lord Woolf: Wild about Harry
		Lord Woolf has consistently championed the cause of penal reform and the problems of prison overcrowding since he criticised the government in his report following the Strangeways prison riot in 1990.
		Lord Woolf's ruling was driven by his desire to keep the boys out of a young offenders' institution where the conditions were "so corrosive" as to rule out any hopes of a successful rehabilitation.
		But the idea of challenging government policy in the courts took hold with him, and, in his later career, as he became a Law Lord, then Master of the Rolls and, latterly, Lord Chief Justice, he was to cross swords with many a home secretary on this question.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2669719.stm (797 words)

	Irvine says public happy to see burglars freed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But the Lord Chancellor reminded his audience that he had joined forces with the Home Secretary and the Attorney General in November “in support of generalised statements by the Lord Chief Justice that people should be sent to prison only as a last resort and always for no longer than necessary.
		Lords W and I are the equivalent of our Beverly Hills elite - except that to gain their exalted status, they didn't even need the minimal talent it takes to star in a few action movies or get lucky on an insider-trading deal.
		Lords Woolf and Irvine are using their pet burglars to conduct a fox hunt, with the "tabloid readers" as prey.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/817967/posts (1217 words)

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