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Leonard Woodley

1927–2020

United Kingdom

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Leonard Gaston Woodley QC (13 September 1927 – 19 January 2020) was a British barrister. He became the first person in Britain of Afro-Caribbean heritage to become a Queen's Counsel, Recorder of the Crown Court and a bencher of Inner Temple.

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