Sir Peter Richard Pain (6 September 1913 – 16 January 2003) was a British High Court judge, who for many years specialised in labour law.
In the early 1930s, he visited a Hitler Youth camp, and the experience convinced him that war was inevitable, and that he should oppose it by becoming a socialist.
[2][3] After the war, Pain initially worked for Walter Raeburn, then built up a practice with Morris Finer and other colleagues, in later years become its head of chambers.
He became a leader in the developing field of labour law, taking many cases at the National Industrial Relations Court.
[1][2][3] Pain was strongly opposed to racism, and following Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech, he volunteered as the chair of the Race Relations Board Conciliation Committee, serving from 1968 until 1971.