Peter Morrish

Peter Jeffery Morrish (16 April 1927 – 26 November 2005) 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.

Published works He published widely during his career, including:

Magistrates' Courts Index (1st-13 edns) (1973–2003). Crown Court Index (1st-26th edns) (1972–2006).

He was also a contributor to the Criminal Law title of the 4th (Hailsham) issue of Halsbury's Laws of England. His final work, Public Prosecutor’s Handbook was in preparation at the time of his death.

Death Morrish was aged 78 when he died on 26 November 2005.