Bing is the son of
Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing, and Christian Frances Blois, daughter of
Sir Ralph Barrett Macnaghten Blois, 9th Baronet. Inigo Bing's early education was at
St Olave's Grammar School in
Southwark. He graduated from the
University of Birmingham with an LLB degree in law in 1966. He was called to the Bar by the
Inner Temple in 1967. Between 2012 and 2017 he studied history and philosophy at
Birkbeck, University of London, gaining a BA (1st class honours) and an MA (distinction). Bing was a
Labour Party member of
Lambeth London Borough Council between 1971 and 1978. He stood for the
Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the
1983 General Election and the
1987 General Election for
Braintree, and came second each time to
Tony Newton of the
Conservative Party. Bing was elected a
Bencher of the Inner Temple in 2012. He is the author of ''Criminal Procedure and Sentencing in the Magistrates' Court'' (1990). Bing has also, on a previous occasion, expressed concern over what he perceived to be an urge to over-legislate in the UK. He explained to his audience, at
The Heritage Foundation in
Washington D.C., that: ==Personal life==