Dignity, Fairness and Good Government:The Role of a Human Rights Act

Lord Thomas Bingham, Former Senior Law Lord of the UK.

Lord Bingham of Cornhill retired after 8 years as Senior Law Lord of the House of Lords, the highest judicial office in the United Kingdom, in September 2008.

Described recently by The Times as ‘the pre-eminent lawyer of his generation with a brilliant, incisive mind’, Lord Bingham is a leading human rights jurist. His landmark rulings under the Human Rights Act 1998 (UK) and the European Convention on Human Rights have contributed significantly to promoting and protecting fundamental rights and freedoms and the rule of law in the UK and beyond.

Lord Bingham took silk in 1972. He was appointed a judge of the High Court in 1980 and promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1986. His Lordship became Master of the Rolls in 1992 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in 1996. 

Lord Bingham is a Knight of the Garter and Chairman of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Time: 5.45 for 6.00 - 7.45pm
Date: Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Venue: Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Level 50, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne

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