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Alastair Malcolm Morison, Lord Morison (12 February 1931 – 31 July 2005) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He was a
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in Scotland from 1985 to 1997.


Biography

The son of Sir Ronald Peter Morison QC and the grandson of
Thomas Morison, Lord Morison Thomas Brash Morison, Lord Morison (21 November 1868 – 28 July 1945) was a Scottish politician and judge. In March 1922 he was created a Senator of the College of Justice with the title of Lord Morison. Life Morison was born in Edinburgh. ...
, Malcolm Morison was educated at Cargilfield School,
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, and the
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. He was admitted to the
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in 1956 and devilled to George Emslie, later Lord Emslie. At the bar, he was nicknamed "tiger" for his fierce advocacy. He became a
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in 1968. Morison became a Senator of the College of Justice in 1985, taking the same judicial title as his grandfather. As a judge, he was often critical of the
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. He retired in 1997. After his retirement, Lord Morison continued to sit in the High Court and the Court of Session as a retired judge until 2004, when he resigned in protest against the increased use of temporary judges, arguing that the practice undermined the independence of the judiciary. He also complained about the difficulty of claiming payment for his expenses. Lord Morison died of cancer a year later, in 2005.


References

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