He became a legal advisor to the Race Relations Board in 1966, a job he retained for 17 years, also following its merger into the Commission for Racial Equality.
[8] Bindman was elected as a Labour councillor for Camden London Borough Council in 1971, representing St John's ward.
"[12] He has personally acted as lawyer for numerous high-profile people including James Hanratty (executed 1962),[13] Keith Vaz[14] and Jack Straw.
[19] Bindman was fined £12,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in 2001 for acting despite having a conflict of interest, as well as for breach of confidentiality.
He found the main charge was at worst "a 'bare conflict' having no adverse consequence" and said the Tribunal's verdict on its seriousness was "incomprehensible".
He also suggested the decision to prosecute and the level of the fine were reactions to Bindman's "robust" defence to the charges against him.
[12] In September 2012, Bindman told BBC Radio 4 he agreed with Desmond Tutu that British prime minister Tony Blair should be prosecuted on the grounds that starting the Iraq War was a "crime of aggression" in breach of the United Nations Charter.