Helen Wood (judge) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable Justice
Helen Wood
Office:Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
Term Start:9 November 2009
Office2:Magistrates Court of Tasmania
Term Start2:1994
Term End2:2009
Occupation:Judge, lawyer
Education:University of Tasmania BA/LLB (1985)
Birth Name:Helen Lambert
Birth Place:Hobart, Tasmania
Nationality:Australian

Helen Wood is a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania who was appointed in November 2009.[1] Wood is the senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court and is only the second female judge appointed to the Court, the first being Shan Tennent.[2] [3] Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court, Wood had been a magistrate of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania.[4] Appointed to the Magistrates Court in 1994, Wood was Tasmania's first female magistrate.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Address by the Hon Justice Helen Wood on her appointment to the Supreme Court of Tasmania . 9 November 2009 . 15 December 2013.
  2. News: 11 September 2009. Hobart magistrate to be States's newest judge. The Examiner. 28 June 2020.
  3. News: Bevin. Edith. 3 April 2017. Shan Tennent, first woman to be appointed Supreme Court Judge in Tasmania, to retire. ABC News. Australia. 28 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Helen Wood. 28 June 2020. Supreme Court of Tasmania.