Gerry Bermingham obituary

Gregarious lawyer and Labour MP with a profound belief in civil liberties who took on the Militant TendencyGerry Bermingham, who has died aged 82, entered the House of Commons as a Labour MP 40 years ago with a working knowledge and understanding of the legal system in England and Wales, and immediately set about attempting to redress some of the many shortcomings of which he was aware.He was thus ahead of his time in drawing public and political attention to the need to speed up court proceedin