Jude Lawson is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away played by actor Ben Steel.
After his father walked out on them when he was 12, Jill became obsessed with religion and believed both Jude and his younger brother, Noah (Beau Brady) were possessed by demons.
Jude is first seen when he plans to start a surf shop only to learn that it has been leased to Alf (Ray Meagher) and Ailsa Stewart (Judy Nunn) as the new diner.
Holly Loader (Clare Flanaghan), Jude's ex-girlfriend arrives in Summer Bay and he is shocked when he learns that She and Noah had slept together while they were going out.
When Irene is hassled by a group of thugs working for property developer Dennis Scott, Jude steps in and able to fight them off.
Jude's quickness with his fists lands him in trouble when he is accused of beating up Kane Phillips (Sam Atwell), one of Shauna's students.
Jude's world is then rocked when Shauna returns to the Bay to help care for Alf, who has recently suffered a heart attack.
Jude learns that Charlotte has not changed her will following their split and inherits her entire estate including a large sum that one of her patients left her.
With Alf's help, Jude uses the funds to finance an orphanage in Vietnam, where Charlotte had planned to go to work before she died.