Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill lived from October 13, 1933 to September 11, 2010 and was a British judge who served successively as Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. On his death in 2010 he was described as the greatest judge of his generation, and 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 Hope of Craighead described him as the greatest jurist of our time. After retiring from the judiciary in 2008, Bingham focused on teaching, writing, and lecturing on legal subjects, particularly human rights law. His book The Rule of Law was published in 2010 and was posthumously awarded the 2011 Orwell Prize for literature, and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law named the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in his honor.
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RoleMaster of the Rolls, 1992 to 1996; Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 1996 to 2000; Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 2000 to 2008 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceMarylebone, London, England 1 Place of DeathBoughrood, Powys, Wales 1 Classification
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Which senior judicial offices did Tom Bingham hold, and what was he called on his death?
Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord; described at his death in 2010 as the greatest judge of his generation.
Bingham was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He became Master of the Rolls in 1992, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in 1996, and Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2000. He was personally responsible for adding "and Wales" to the title of the Lord Chief Justice. On his death in 2010, he was described as the greatest judge of his generation.
What was the Belmarsh Case, and what was unusual about the panel Bingham assembled?
A 2004 case on indefinite detention of foreign terror suspects, heard by the first nine-judge panel since 1910, which found the regime might breach the Human Rights Act.
The Belmarsh Case, A v Secretary of State for the Home Department, was heard in December 2004 and reviewed the regime for indefinite detention of foreign nationals suspected of involvement in terrorism who could not be deported due to the risk of torture in their home countries. The House of Lords held that the regimes might breach the Human Rights Act. Bingham assembled a nine-judge panel, the first for important cases since 1910.
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Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill (13 October 1933 – 11 September 2010) was a British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
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Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill (13 October 1933 - 11 September 2010) was a British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
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Marylebone, London, England
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He was created a life peer as Baron Bingham of Cornhill, of Boughrood in the County of Powys, on 4 June 1996.
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After retiring from the judiciary in 2008, Bingham focused on teaching, writing, and lecturing on legal subjects, particularly the law of human rights.
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He was promoted to High Court Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division in April 1980, aged 46, and assigned to the Commercial Court, receiving the customary knighthood.
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