Senior judiciary biographies - The Chancellor of the High Court
The Rt Hon Sir Robert Andrew Morritt CVO
Born 5 February 1938.
The Right Honourable Sir Andrew Morritt CVO is the Chancellor of the High Court, a post which following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 replaced the former office of Vice Chancellor of the Supreme Court. Sir Andrew was appointed as Vice-Chancellor in October 2000.
Called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) 1962;
Junior Counsel to Secretary of State for Trade in Chancery Matters 1970-77;
Junior Counsel to Attorney-General in Charity Matters 1972-77;
QC 1977; Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales 1978-88;
High Court Judge (Chancery Division) 1988-94;
Vice-Chancellor of County Palatine of Lancaster 1991-94;
Lord Justice of Appeal 1994-2000;
President, Council of the Inns of Court and the Bar, 1997-2000;
Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn 2005.
Served on the Advisory Committee on Legal Education between 1969-73 and the Top Salaries Review Body 1982-87.
Vice Chancellor, October 2000.