ˌɔn ɪlˈɛvən dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvən, hiː səksˈiːdᵻd lˈɔːɹd nˈɪʃɑːlz ʌv bˈɜːkənhˌɛd æz ɐ lˈɔːɹd ʌv ɐpˈiːl ɪn ˈɔːɹdɪnˌɛɹi ænd wʌz mˌeɪd ɐ lˈaɪf pˈɪɹ æz bˈæɹən nˈuːbɚdʒɚɹ ʌv ˈæbətsbˌɛɹi, ʌv ˈæbətsbˌɛɹi ɪnðə kˈaʊnti ʌv dˈoːɹsɛt, ænd ˌɪntɹədˈuːst ɪnðə hˈaʊs ʌv lˈɔːɹdz ˌɔn fˈɪftiːn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvən bᵻtwˌiːn lˈɔːɹd bˈɪŋæm ʌv kˈɔːɹnhɪl ænd hɪz sˈɪstɚɹɪnlˈɔː, bˈæɹoʊnəs nˈuːbɚdʒɚ.
On 11 January 2007, he succeeded Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was made a life peer as Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, of Abbotsbury in the County of Dorset, and introduced in the House of Lords on 15 January 2007 between Lord Bingham of Cornhill and his sister-in-law, Baroness Neuberger.