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Not just wet, but ‘dripping wet’ – how the tabloids viewed Lord Woolf

The former Lord Chief Justice confesses that some of his liberal ideas didn’t turn out so well in practice

14 January 2023

9:00 AM

14 January 2023

9:00 AM

An Uncommon Lawyer The Rt Hon Lord Woolf

Hart Publishing, pp.288, 21.99

Senior judges are often seen as being cloistered and aloof, carrying the heavy responsibility of incarcerating hundreds of people every year without having heard the clang of prison doors themselves. Lord Woolf is an exception. The former Lord Chief Justice (2000-5) was not only banged up as a student – after protesting over the banning of rag day – but volunteered as a senior judge to spend a night in jail.

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