Helen Wood (judge)

{{Short description|Female judge in Tasmania, Australia}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable Justice

| name = Helen Wood

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| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania

| term_start = 9 November 2009

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| office2 = Magistrates Court of Tasmania

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| term_start2 = 1994

| term_end2 = 2009

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| occupation = Judge, lawyer

| education = University of Tasmania BA/LLB (1985)

| birth_name = Helen Lambert

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| birth_place = Hobart, Tasmania

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| nationality = Australian

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Helen Wood is a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania who was appointed in November 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/publications/speeches/wood_j/appointment |title=Address by the Hon Justice Helen Wood on her appointment to the Supreme Court of Tasmania |date=9 November 2009 |accessdate=15 December 2013}} 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.{{Cite news|date=11 September 2009|title=Hobart magistrate to be States's newest judge|work=The Examiner|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/484567/hobart-magistrate-to-be-statess-newest-judge/|access-date=28 June 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Bevin|first=Edith|date=3 April 2017|title=Shan Tennent, first woman to be appointed Supreme Court Judge in Tasmania, to retire|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-03/shan-tennent-tasmanian-supreme-court-judge-to-retire/8412050|access-date=28 June 2020}} Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court, Wood had been a magistrate of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania.{{Cite web|title=Helen Wood|url=https://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/judge/helen-wood/|access-date=28 June 2020|website=Supreme Court of Tasmania}} Appointed to the Magistrates Court in 1994, Wood was Tasmania's first female magistrate.