Peter Herbert is a barrister specialising in human rights, employment discrimination and child care law.

He is the Chair of the Society of Black Lawyers since 1984. Peter is a part-time Recorder (judge) of the Crown court, a part-time Special immigration Judge since 1996 and an Employment Tribunal chair. He chairs the pan-London independent Race Hate Crimes Forum, helping to combat racial violence in the capital. In 1995, Peter was a recipient of the National Bar Association's Human Rights Award in the US and he was awarded the American Bar Association diversity award in Philadelphia in 2002.

Peter was voted one of the 100 Black Great Britons