Morris Finer

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Sir Morris Finer QC (1917-1974) was a lawyer and judge.

As a young barrister Morris Finer also wrote leaders for the London Evening Standard. He was called to the Bar in 1943 and became a Queen's Council in 1963 and was made a Judge in 1972.

He was chairman of the Cinematograph Films Council and a Governor and later, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, of the London School of Economics. Under his chairmanship the Finer Report on One Parent Families was published in the early 1970's and he was subsequently appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Press but died at 57 before its completion.

There is additional information about Sir Morris Finer in the Dictionary of National Biography and a painting of him by his Cousin, Stephen Finer, is in the collection of Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex.

[edit] Publications

• Finer Report on One Parent Families - published by HMSO

volume 1 ISBN 0-10-156290-X*; volume 2 + appendices ISBN 0-10-156291-8

• Company Law (1948)

[edit] References

• Dictionary of National Biography

[edit] External links

• Archive of documents on Finer Report on One Parent Families

• Archive on Royal Commission on the press

• Morris Finer Memorial Scholarships

also

• details of Morris Finer Memorial Scholarships