Alastair Malcolm Morison, Lord Morison (12 February 1931 – 31 July 2005) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He was a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland from 1985 to 1997.[1]
The son of Sir Ronald Peter Morison QC and the grandson of Thomas Morison, Lord Morison, Malcolm Morison was educated at Cargilfield School, Winchester College, and the University of Edinburgh.[2] He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1956 and devilled to George Emslie, later Lord Emslie. At the bar, he was nicknamed "tiger" for his fierce advocacy. He became a Queen's Counsel 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 Scottish Executive. 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.[3] [4] He also complained about the difficulty of claiming payment for his expenses.
Lord Morison died of cancer a year later, in 2005.[5]