Elizabeth Woods

Elizabeth Adele "Libby" Woods (born 24 May 1960 ) is an Australian magistrate and basketball administrator who has served as Deputy Chief Magistrate of Western Australia since 2000. Admitted as a legal practitioner in 1984, she worked as a prosecutor with the Crown Solicitor's Office and the Director of Public Prosecutions before being appointed a stipendiary magistrate in 1999. The longest-serving female judicial officer in Western Australia, Woods has also made significant contributions to basketball administration at state, national and international levels, including officiating as a scoretable official at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and Paralympic Games. She served as president and chair of Basketball Western Australia between 2002 and 2014, and has been actively involved with disability sport through Rebound WA since 1986.

In 2026, Woods was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the law, to people with disability, and to basketball administration.

Legal and judicial career Woods completed her law degree at the University of Western Australia in 1982. She first took up articles in 1983 at the Crown Solicitor's Office and was admitted as a legal practitioner in 1984. She was a Legal Officer in the Crown Solicitor's Office until 1992 when she transferred to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions as a Legal Officer. for about five years prior to Rayney's death in 2007. During the murder trial in 2012, Woods was called to give evidence, telling the court she spoke with Rayney shortly before her disappearance. Woods was a witness and gave evidence during the subsequent defamation trial in 2017.

Basketball career As a scoretable official, She also participated as an official at the 1998 Gold Cup and the 2000 Paralympics.

Basketball WA Woods first became involved with Basketball Western Australia in 1989. She stepped down from her position as Chair of Basketball WA in 2014.

Between 2006 and 2008, Woods served as a Basketball Australia Board Member.

Personal life Woods raised a daughter as a single mother.