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.