Philip Woodward (judge)

{{short description|Australian judge}}

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Philip Morgan Woodward (2 February 1912 – 10 November 1997){{cite web | url = https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/lifesummary/woodward-philip-morgan-32726 | accessdate = 30 March 2023 | title = Woodward, Philip Morgan (1912–1997) | website = People Australia }} 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,{{cite web |title=Presidents of the Bar Association |url=http://www.nswbar.asn.au/docs/about/history/presidents.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322145749/http://www.nswbar.asn.au/docs/about/history/presidents.php |archivedate=22 March 2012 |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=New South Wales Bar Association}} and president of the Australian Bar Association from 1970 to 1971.{{cite web |title=Past Presidents |url=http://www.austbar.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002163109/http://www.austbar.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=28 |archive-date=Oct 2, 2011 |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=Australian Bar Association}} He was awarded the National Medal in 1992.{{Cite web |title=Fire-Fighter Philip WOODWARD |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/956139 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}

On 10 November 1997 Woodward died in a head-on car crash after suffering a heart attack.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}