Philip_Woodward_(judge)

Philip Woodward (judge)

Philip Woodward (judge)

Australian judge

Philip Morgan Woodward (2 February 1912 – 10 November 1997)[1] was an Australian judge. He chaired the Royal Commission into Drug Trafficking.

Woodward was president of the New South Wales Bar Association from 1969 to 1971,[2] and president of the Australian Bar Association from 1970 to 1971.[3] He was awarded the National Medal in 1992.[4]

On 10 November 1997 Woodward died in a head-on car crash after suffering a heart attack.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    "Woodward, Philip Morgan (1912–1997)". People Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Presidents of the Bar Association". New South Wales Bar Association. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Past Presidents". Australian Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Fire-Fighter Philip WOODWARD". Australian Honours Search Facility.
Preceded by President of the New South Wales Bar Association
1969 – 1971		 Succeeded by
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