The Lord Bingham of Cornhill | |
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| Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
| In office 6 June 2000 – 30 September 2008 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Browne-Wilkinson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers |
| Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | |
| In office 4 June 1996 – 6 June 2000 | |
| Nominated by | Lord Mackay |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Lord Taylor of Gosforth |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Woolf |
| Master of the Rolls | |
| In office 1 October 1992 – 4 June 1996 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Donaldson of Lymington |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Woolf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 October 1933 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 11 September 2010 (aged 76) Boughrood, Powys, UK |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Loxley (Lady Bingham of Cornhill) |
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| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC, FBA (13 October 1933 – 11 September 2010) was a British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord. On his death in 2010, he was described as the greatest judge of his generation.[1] The 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.[2] The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers regarded Bingham as "one of the two great legal figures of my lifetime in the law" (the other figure, in context, being The Lord Denning).[3] The Lord Hope of Craighead described Bingham as "the greatest jurist of our time".[4]
After retiring from the judiciary in 2008, Bingham focused on teaching, writing, and lecturing on legal subjects, particularly the law of human rights. His book, The Rule of Law, was published in 2010 and he was posthumously awarded 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.
- ^ Maev, Kennedy (12 September 2010). "Tributes to Lord Bingham, 'the greatest judge of our time'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Mads Andenas and Duncan Fairgrieve, Tom Bingham and the Transformation of the Law (2009) p 209.
- ^ Mads Andenas and Duncan Fairgrieve, Tom Bingham and the Transformation of the Law (2009) xlvii.
- ^ "The Bingham Room". graysinnbanqueting.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2019.