Peter Morrish (barrister)
Peter Jeffery Morrish was an English barrister, court official and authoritative legal author.
Biography
He was born on 16 April 1927 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and educated at Winchester College and Edinburgh University. After university, Morrish served in the Royal Navy, and as police officer and then public prosecutor in Northern Rhodesia.He returned to the UK and was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1962. He served at the North London court and the Inner London Quarter Sessions, was deputy clerk at Middlesex Quarter Sessions, and then deputy clerk of the peace for Lancashire at Preston. He was later deputy clerk of arraigns at the Central Criminal Court and then a deputy registrar to the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal.
Morrish went into practice at the bar later in his career, founding and being a head of a common law set of chambers at Goldsmith Building with an emphasis on criminal and family work.
Published works
He published widely during his career, including:Magistrates' Courts Index .Crown Court Index .He was also a contributor to the Criminal Law title of the 4th issue of Halsbury's Laws of England. His final work, Public Prosecutor’s Handbook was in preparation at the time of his death.