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ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûLaws Honorary Professor, The Right Hon Lord Woolf, has been recognised in this year’s  for his lifetime contribution to supporting the rule of law, human rights, prison reform and inter-faith dialogue.

Lord Woolf has been awarded the Companion of Honour, the highest award in the honours system. Citing his work to expose severe weakness in the British prison system in his 1991 eponymous report and referring to his continued support for the Prison Reform Trust, the honours committee highlighted Lord Woolf’s role in implementing substantial reforms to Civil Justice as Master of the Rolls and his commitment to promoting dialogue between Christians, Muslims and Jews through the Woolf Interfaith Institute, of which he is patron.

Lord Woolf’s relationship with ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûLaws began in the 1950s, when he came to ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûto study Law. In 1994, he became , and in 2005, was appointed as Chair of the ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûCouncil, a position that he held until 2008.

Image: Lord Young of Graffham, Professor Sir Malcolm Grant, Lord Woolf, CH and former Chair of ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûCouncil, Sir Stephen Wall