Michael Beloff QC, the head of the ICC's Code of Conduct Commission, will hear the appeal in the Qatari capital.

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The Lib Dems are conducting two inquiries - one into the specific complaints against Lord Rennard, which will be chaired by Alistair Webster QC, a criminal lawyer and former head of the Lib Dem Lawyers Association.

BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Police to meet Lib Dem officials

The Lib Dems are now conducting two inquiries - one into the specific complaints against Lord Rennard, which will be chaired by Alistair Webster QC, a criminal lawyer and former head of the Lib Dem Lawyers Association, and the other - which will be independently chaired - into how the allegations were handled in the past.

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