Talk:Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf

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Siblings
Re the following sentence:
 * They had four children, but their first child died, and they were protective of their three surviving children.

I think a little more clarity is needed here: for instance, when did the first child die relative to the births of the other three? When was Woolf born relative to the others? What sex were the others? This information would enhance the article, and enable more precise wording. --Red Su ns et    17:00, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * These are good questions. The source cited provides no more detail. Perhaps, other sources will come to light. Snowman (talk) 17:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Reference to QC
I know that we are in discussion on this point on my talk page. It occurs to me though that Lord Woolf never was a QC. See the biography on the website of the Chambers of which he is a door tenant (http://www.blackstonechambers.com/people/barristers/lord_woolf_of_barnes.html) where there is no reference to him ever having been appointed QC. He was first Treasury Counsel (Common Law) between 1974 and 1979. This is not a post which a QC can take. He was then made a High Court judge in 1979. I hope we can agree on this particular entry.Informed Owl (talk) 18:43, 9 June 2010 (UTC)Informed Owl

I was Harry's pupil in 1978; I remember he took silk a few months after that, but he never really practised as such because he was promptly elevated to the bench.Jezza (talk) 18:41, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

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Legal Career
There is a reference to excising Latin terms from Civil Procedure, and then an example is given of replacing the word "plaintiff" with "claimant". "Plaintiff" is, of course, not Latin, but 14th century English, based on a similar mediaeval French word. So it is not an example of the excision of Latin. Moreover, "claimant" is a direct borrowing from Latin, so the net effect of the change is to increase the amount of Latin in procedural English. This reference should, evidently, be changed, but it is not clear whether to insert "and other archaic" after  "Latin" or to recast the whole point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gottlob Frege (talk • contribs) 10:54, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

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Incorrect wordng: 'chose'
The article reads, 'Woolf chose to be a barrister'. This implies that becoming a barrister' is simply a matter of choice. The training and admission process to the bar are somewhat more demanding than that. 147.148.211.100 (talk) 06:34, 29 June 2023 (UTC)