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'''Harry Woolf''' (Lord Woolf) is a crossbench peer in the [[House of Lords]], having joined on the 1 October 1992.

==Career==
Woolf is a former high ranking lawyer and judge. His legal career started in 1955 and in 1973 he was appointed first [[Treasury Counsel]], representing the Government in cases. As a judge he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He retired from the British courts in September 2005.<ref> [http://www.blackstonechambers.com/people/barristers/the_rt_hon.html The Rt. Hon. the Lord Woolf] ''Blackstone Chambers'', accessed 14 January 2015 </ref>

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*Non-permanent Judge, [[Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong]]<ref name="parl"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-woolf/1773 Lord Woolf] ''Parliament.UK'', accessed 14 January 2015 </ref>
*President, [[Commercial Court of Qatar]]<ref name="parl"/>

Lord Woolf helped set up the commercial court of Qatar, "the first common law court in a shariah law state," his secretary told the ''Wall Street Journal''.<ref> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ Politics and Business in the House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', accessed 14 January 2015 </ref>

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[[Category:Judges|Woolf, Harry]][[Category:House of Lords|Woolf, Harry]][[Category:Revolving Door|Woolf, Harry]]

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	Lord Woolf helped set up the commercial court of Qatar, "the first common law court in a shariah law state," his secretary told the ''Wall Street Journal''.<ref> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ Politics and Business in the House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', accessed 14 January 2015 </ref>		Lord Woolf helped set up the commercial court of Qatar, "the first common law court in a shariah law state," his secretary told the ''Wall Street Journal''.<ref> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ Politics and Business in the House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', accessed 14 January 2015 </ref>
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		+	==Affiliations==
		+	*[[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] \| [[Jewish Leadership Council]] \| [[Jerusalem Foundation]]

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