Howard Morrison (lawyer)
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His Honour Judge Sir Howard Morrison KCMG, CBE, QC |
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| President of the Appeals Division International Criminal Court | |
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| Born |
Howard Andrew Clive Morrison 20 July 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of London and Grays Inn |
| Occupation | Lawyer, judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
Sir Howard Andrew Clive Morrison KCMG, CBE, QC (born 20 July 1949), is a British lawyer and, since 2011, a Judge of the International Criminal Court based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Morrison was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1977, following post-graduate study at the Inns of Court School of Law, where he was subsequently appointed a Bencher in 2008. From 1977 to 1985, he practised on the Midland and Oxford Circuit, including working in courts martial in the UK and Germany. In 1985, he was appointed Resident Magistrate and then Chief Magistrate of Fiji, and Senior Magistrate for Tuvalu. In 1988, he was appointed Attorney General of Anguilla with specific responsibility for the speedy enactment of new anti-drugs legislation, and awarded an OBE for leadership and court management services to the Fijian judiciary during complex military coups. He was called to the bars of Fiji (in 1988) and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (in 1990). He returned to the United Kingdom in 1989, where he continued to work on the Midland Circuit, being appointed Assistant Recorder in 1993 and Recorder in 1997 with authority to try criminal,civil and family law cases. He served as a member of the Bar Council's Race Relations and Equal Opportunities Committees being a strong advocate for the appointment of more female and ethnic minority candidates for judicial posts.
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