Background
The younger son of Doctor Alexander Morrison of Derby, he was educated at Derby School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Laws, and then trained as a barrister at Gray"s Inn, London.
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Alexander Morrison
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Emmanuel College.
Career
He was Deputy Chairman of the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions from 1964 to 1971, then regional Chairman of Industrial Tribunals, Sheffield, and a Recorder of the Crown Court from 1971 to 1980. He was a Circuit Judge from 1980 to 1998 and President of the Mental Health Review Tribunals from 1983 to 1998, when he retired. He hit the headlines in 1995, when he said to an all white jury at Derby crown court "I have before me photographs of twelve Asian men, all of whom look exactly the same." In 1978, Morrison married the Honorary
Philippa Hives, younger daughter of Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives, Companies of Honour. They have no children.
President of the Derbyshire Union of Golf Clubs, 1977-1979.
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Membership
Called to the Bar in 1951, Morrison became a member of the Midland Circuit.
