Henry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC born (May 2, 1933) in Newcastle upon Tyne, 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. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, and the presiding judge of Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, and of the Queens Bench Division of the High Court. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Schematic of court system for England and Wales The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system—England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. ...

The son of a builder and architect, Woolf attended Fettes College in Edinburgh and then studied law at University College London (UCL). He became a barrister in 1954, a High Court judge in 1979, a Law Lord in 1992, and Master of the Rolls in 1996. He succeeded Lord Bingham of Cornhill as Lord Chief Justice in 2000. Fettes College Fettes College is a leading independent boarding and day school in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ), Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic, is the second-largest city in Scotland and its capital city. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in some Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (usually known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of England and Wales: see Courts of England and Wales. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice second. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Right Honourable Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC (born October 13, 1933), is one of the most senior judges in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

He was outspoken in this job. In 2004 in a speech at the University of Cambridge, he spoke out against passing the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, which will create a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to replace the House of Lords as the final court of appeal, and severely questioned the Lord Chancellor's and the Government's handling of recent constitutional reform. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Bold textLodgey makes out with stephanie The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (2005 c. ... The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will be created under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 to take over the judicial functions of the Law Lords in the House of Lords and from the Judicial committee of the Privy Council. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ...

He was also the head of the committee that reformed civil law and excised many of the remaining Latin terms from English law, in an attempt to make it more accessible (such as changing the ancient word 'plaintiff' to the 'claimant'). The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 are a direct result of his work. He is a supporter of prison reform. It has been suggested that History of the Latin language be merged into this article or section. ... The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 came into force in England & Wales on 26 April 1999, largely replacing and significantly overhauling the previous Rules of the Supreme Court (applicable to the High Court of Justice) and the County Court Rules. ... Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system. ...

On the second floor of the Royal Courts of Justice outside Court 1 is a new sculpture of Lord Woolf, it is made entirely of silver painted coat hangers and looks astonishingly just like him. Although he was never a hanging judge! The Right Honourable Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC (born October 13, 1933), is one of the most senior judges in the United Kingdom. ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice second. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Right Honourable Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, PC (born 21 January 1938) is a British judge who was Master of the Rolls since 2000 and has been Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales since 1 October 2005. ... The Right Honourable Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC (born October 13, 1933), is one of the most senior judges in the United Kingdom. ... The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, and the presiding judge of Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, and of the Queens Bench Division of the High Court. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, PC (born 21 January 1938) is a British judge who was Master of the Rolls since 2000 and has been Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales since 1 October 2005. ...