Woolf, Lord

Lord and Woolf (3) determined the value, AjH (NaCN, cr, 298.15 K) = -21.4 kcal mol, by solution calorimetry. This value is in agreement with the adopted one. 

UoK, Porton Archive, A105.8, Post Inquest Developments, Royal Courts of Justice,The Lord Chiefjustice of England and Wales,The Lord Woolf of Barnes and Mrs Justice Hallett, 18 November 2002. 

Lord Woolf made it clear in his instructions to the judiciary that there should be very little leeway given to claimants and defendants who did not comply. 

In 1999 all the Rules governing the conduct of litigation, contained in what is known as the White Book, were revised when the new Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) were introduced xmder Lord Woolf s reforms. 

Conflict in safety can arise when there is a different perception of hazards between the management, employees and their representatives, and/or the enforcement officers. It can also arise from slowness to address and resolve safety issues. Another cause is the perceived allocation of liability or civil liability when injury occurs. The adversarial nature of the litigation process is not conducive to the pragmatic allocation of liability and can cause resentment in both the claimant and the defendant This situation may be amended by the reforms brought in as a result of the report by Lord Woolf. ... 

Civil Procedures Rules 1998 (emerging from the Access to Civil Justice Report by Lord Woolf - known as the Woolf Reforms), The Stationery Office, London (1998)... 

Reforms to the civil claims procedures proposed by Lord Woolf were adopted on 26 April 1999. These were designed to ensure that courts deal with claims justly and quickly, and the resulting Civil Procedure Rules constitute probably the most far-reaching single set of changes in the administration of civil justice. At the time of writing it remains to be seen what effect the introduction of the Human Rights Act will have on the reforms and the system as a whole. 

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