Benedict Birnberg

Benedict Birnberg
Born
Benedict Michael Birnberg

(1930-09-08)8 September 1930
Stepney, London, England
Died13 October 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 93)
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
OccupationSolicitor
Known forHuman rights campaigner
Spouse
Felitsa Matziorini
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(m. 1968)​
[1]
Children1
RelativesNorman Bentwich (uncle)

Benedict Michael Birnberg (8 September 1930 – 13 October 2023) was a British solicitor and a radical campaigner for human rights.[2] Until his retirement in 1999, Birnberg was senior partner in the eponymous firm he founded in 1962, and he is considered a pioneer fighter against miscarriages of justice, who for more than 40 years "acted for clients ranging from the eccentric to the eclectic" – from high-profile cases to the "unfashionable".[3][4]

  1. ^ Bowcott, Owen (9 November 2023). "Benedict Birnberg obituary". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Michael Jolles; Hilary L. Rubinstein, eds. (2011). "Birnberg, Benedict Michael (1930–)". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 95. ISBN 9781403939104.
  3. ^ "Law: Farewell to a non-fat cat – Benedict Birnberg is closing his files for good. Will we ever see his like again?". The Independent. 25 February 1999.
  4. ^ Berlins, Marcel (5 March 1999). "The New Statesman Profile - The radical lawyers". New Statesman.