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Harry Woolf

Henry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC (born May 2, 1933), is the current Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales, making him the most senior judge in England and Wales.

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.

He has been outspoken in this job. In 2004 he spoke out against plans to create a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to replace the House of Lords as the final court of appeal. He is a supporter of prison reform.

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