Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf

Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf is a British life peer, retired judge, and barrister who currently sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. Born in 1933, he had a distinguished legal career, serving as Master of the Rolls from 1996 to 2000 and as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 to 2005. Known for his work on the Woolf Report regarding prison reform and his modernization of civil procedure rules, he has held numerous international judicial roles, including as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong and Head Justice of the Astana International Financial Centre Court.