The case is listed to be heard by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Bingham, Mr Justice Alliott and Mr Justice Newman.

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The Lords overturned a judgment by Thomas Bingham, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, sitting as head of a three-judge panel in Britain's High Court.

ECONOMIST: Bringing the general to justice

That was the view taken last October by Thomas Bingham, Lord Chief Justice, sitting in the High Court, and then the following month by two Law Lords in the minority on the first panel to hear the appeal.

ECONOMIST: Not much to celebrate

First Thomas Bingham, the Lord Chief Justice, found that the general enjoyed absolute immunity for any crime.

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