Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

British judge

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1933

Place of Birth: Marylebone, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Sep-2010

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

  • Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, (13 October 1933 – 11 September 2010), was an eminent British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord.
  • He was described as the greatest lawyer of his generation.
  • Baroness Hale of Richmond observed that his pioneering role in the formation of the United Kingdom Supreme Court may be his most important and long-lasting legacy.
  • Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers regarded Bingham as 'one of the two great legal figures of my lifetime in the law'.
  • Lord Hope remembered Bingham as 'the greatest jurist of our time'.After retiring from the judiciary in 2008, Bingham focused on teaching and lecturing in human rights law.
  • His book, The Rule of Law, was published in 2010 and posthumously won the 2011 Orwell Prize for Literature.
  • The British Institute of International and Comparative Law named the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in his honour.

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