Andrew Morritt

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The Right Honourable Sir Andrew Morritt CVO

Nationality	British

Sir (Robert) Andrew Morritt CVO (born 5 February 1938) is a British judge. Sir Andrew was appointed as Vice-Chancellor (deputy head of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice) in 2000, and became the first Chancellor of the High Court in October 2005, under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. In April 2006, the Lord Chancellor ceased to be titular President of the Chancery Division; as Chancellor of the High Court, Morritt became the senior judge of the Chancery Division. He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Morritt was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1962, became a Queen's Counsel in 1977, and was Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales from 1978 to 1988. He was appointed as a judge of the High Court in 1988, in the Chancery Division, and received the customary knighthood. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1994, and became Vice-Chancellor in October 2000. He was Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in 2005.