He is widely recognized as a conservative judge, who is mostly known for his involvement in the case of the murder of Leigh Leigh. In this case a 14 year old female victim was gang raped, mutilated, tortured and her body discarded on a beach in New South Wales. Woods was widely criticized for his judgement as he shifted the blame of the rape and murder partly on the underaged victim. After being the presiding judge in this case, he went to dismiss the appeal of this case as head of the Crime Commission.
He is currently the chairman of both the New South Wales Law Reform Commission and the New South Wales Sentencing Council. In November 2008 he released the Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW. The inquiry reported on what changes were required within the child protection system to improve the safety of children and families in NSW.
Wood is also Patron of Pathfinders, an Armidale-based not for profit organisation that supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children and communities.[1]
Honours
He received an AO in 2000 for "service to the community as Royal Commissioner into the New South Wales Police Service, and to the judiciary as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales".[2]
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james, roland, wood, other, people, named, james, wood, james, wood, disambiguation, honourable, james, roland, tomson, wood, born, 1941, chairman, reform, commission, south, wales, chairman, south, wales, sentencing, council, inspector, police, integrity, com. For other people named James Wood see James Wood disambiguation The Honourable James Roland Tomson Wood AO KC born 1941 is the chairman of Law Reform Commission of New South Wales the chairman of the New South Wales Sentencing Council the Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission and a former judge in Australia He is currently a judge of the Fiji Court of Appeal Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 3 Honours 4 ReferencesEarly years EditWood was born in Sydney in 1941 He attended Knox Grammar School and the University of Sydney graduating with the University Medal in Law in 1964 Career EditWood was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1964 He was called to the bar in 1970 and subsequently became a Queen s Counsel He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1984 and became the Chief Judge at Common Law in 1984 before retiring in 2005 He served as chairman of the Law Reform Commission of New South Wales between 1982 and 1984 During his time as a judge he served as a royal commissioner in the New South Wales police royal commission He is widely recognized as a conservative judge who is mostly known for his involvement in the case of the murder of Leigh Leigh In this case a 14 year old female victim was gang raped mutilated tortured and her body discarded on a beach in New South Wales Woods was widely criticized for his judgement as he shifted the blame of the rape and murder partly on the underaged victim After being the presiding judge in this case he went to dismiss the appeal of this case as head of the Crime Commission He is currently the chairman of both the New South Wales Law Reform Commission and the New South Wales Sentencing Council In November 2008 he released the Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW The inquiry reported on what changes were required within the child protection system to improve the safety of children and families in NSW Wood is also Patron of Pathfinders an Armidale based not for profit organisation that supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children and communities 1 Honours EditHe received an AO in 2000 for service to the community as Royal Commissioner into the New South Wales Police Service and to the judiciary as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 2 References Edit Patron Pathfinders Australia The Honourable Justice James Roland WOOD Dept of Prime Minister amp Cabinet Honours Retrieved 29 February 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Who s Who Australia 2006 Law Reform Commission homepage http www lawlink nsw gov au lawlink lrc ll lrc nsf pages LRC woodLegal officesPreceded byMichael Adams Chairman of the Law Reform Commission of New South Wales2006 present Incumbent This Australian law related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Roland Wood amp oldid 1122875525, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
