Peter Eric Feinberg, QC (1949-2004)

[Michael Rhodes]

Peter Feinberg, QC, a Recorder since 1994, and President of Mental
Health Tribunals, died from leukaemia, 4 November, 2004. He was aged
55.

Peter Eric Feinberg was born 26 October, 1949, the son of Leon Feinberg
by his wife May, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, and was educated at
Bradford Grammar School and University College London (LLB Hons).

Career: Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1972; Assistant
Recorder, 1990; President, Mental Health Tribunals from 1995.

Feinberg took silk in 1992.

He married in 1988, Tini Flannery, which marriage was later dissolved.
He is survived by two sons, Leo and Raphael.

The funeral took place at the Jewish Cemetery, Edgwarebury Lane,
London, 7 November, 2004.

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Michael Rhodes

[Bruce C]

Post by Michael Rhodes
Peter Feinberg, QC, a Recorder since 1994, and President of Mental
Health Tribunals, died from leukaemia, 4 November, 2004. He was aged
55.
Peter Eric Feinberg was born 26 October, 1949, the son of Leon Feinberg
by his wife May, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, and was educated at
Bradford Grammar School and University College London (LLB Hons).
Career: Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1972; Assistant
Recorder, 1990; President, Mental Health Tribunals from 1995.
Feinberg took silk in 1992.
He married in 1988, Tini Flannery, which marriage was later dissolved.
He is survived by two sons, Leo and Raphael.
The funeral took place at the Jewish Cemetery, Edgwarebury Lane,
London, 7 November, 2004.
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Michael Rhodes

He was my pupil. A few years later, I emigrated to New Zealand (a decision not in any way connected with the pupillage! and his subsequent success would be entirely credited to himself rather than anything I was able to impart to him). I remember him as a very energetic and intelligent young man, but we had a closer connection which was a love of and passion for classical music. He had worked in a leading London retail shop selling records, and his knowledge of the discography was more than impressive (encyclopedic?). I probably learned more about recordings to buy than he learned about conducting cases.

I am sorry his life was cut somewhat short, but delighted to learn of his obvious level of success, which I have gleaned rather belatedly today from spending a couple of hours on Google searches.