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Iain Charles Morley, styled The Honourable Mr. Justice Iain Morley KC (born Dublin 21 October 1965) as at January 2024 is a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court since 2016.[1].

The Hon. Mr. Justice Iain Morley KC
High Court Judge

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

The Senior Judge in St Kitts since 2021

Formerly the Senior Judge in Antigua & Barbuda 2016-2021

Formerly the Designated Judge in Montserrat 2016-2023
Assumed office
1 November 2016
Personal details
SpouseDr. Jillian Helen Morley
Children1 daughter, 2 sons
ResidenceLondon SE1 & the Caribbean
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Education[edit]

Morley was educated in Ireland at St Michael’s College Dublin and Rockwell College Cashel, and also in South Africa at St Stithian’s College Johannesburg, before going up to read law at Lady Margaret Hall Oxford, graduating in 1987.

In 1988, with Michael Hall, he won for the Oxford Union the world universities debating championship at the University of Sydney Australia.

Career[edit]

Morley was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1988 and practiced as a barrister in criminal law at 1 Hare Court Temple and from 1998 at 23 Essex St London, taking silk in 2009[2], and becoming an Inner Temple Bencher in 2010[3].

During 2004-2012, he was in international criminal practice at the UN tribunals for Yugoslavia in The Hague[4], Rwanda in Arusha[5][6], and Lebanon in Leidschendam.[7]

He is the author of ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ (Sweet & Maxwell 2005, 3rd ed. 2015), an international well-known trial advocacy guide[8], and has taught advocacy skills worldwide[9].

On 1 November 2016, he was appointed a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC)[10], assigned first to Antigua & Barbuda 2016-2021[11], then to St Kitts & Nevis in 2021[12], while in parallel also to Montserrat 2016-2023[13].

Mr Justice Morley has been from 2017 the Co-Chair of the ECSC sentencing guidelines committee[14], during 2019-2021 was the first judge of the ECSC sexual offences model court[15] , and from 2024 is a Vice-Chair of the ECSC Judicial Education Institute.

Family[edit]

In 1989, he married Dr. Jillian Morley with whom he has one daughter and two sons[16].

See Also[edit]

  • World universities debating championship[17].
  • Inner Temple[18].
  • International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia[19].
  • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda[20].
  • Special Tribunal for Lebanon[21].
  • Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. ^ "Iain Morley". Trial Guides. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. ^ "Masters of the Bench | Inner Temple". www.innertemple.org.uk. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  4. ^ [1], see page 11
  5. ^ Bowcott, Owen (2 April 2014). "Rwanda genocide: the fight to bring the perpetrators to justice". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  6. ^ "Prosecuting the Rwandan Genocide" (PDF). The Circuiteer. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  7. ^ "The Special Tribunal for Lebanon". Counsel Magazine. 31 January 2012.
  8. ^ "The Devil's Advocate". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  9. ^ "Iain Morley". Trial Guides. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  10. ^ "Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court". www.eccourts.org. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  11. ^ Thomas, Latrishka (16 March 2021). "A fitting send-off for Justice Iain Morley". Antigua Observer.
  12. ^ SBMGame, Com (2022-05-16). "[RETRACTED] SlimCore Gummies – How Lose Your Belly Fat? Job – United States Capitol Police & More News Here v1". dx.doi.org. doi:10.17504/protocols.io.5qpvob7zxl4o/v1. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  13. ^ "EC Supreme Court to Model Montserrat's Safeguarding Measures for Vulnerable". Discover Montserrat. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  14. ^ Thomas, Latrishka (18 September 2019). "Sentencing guidelines to take effect from October 1st". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Iain Morley". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  16. ^ "WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  17. ^ "World Universities Debating Championship", Wikipedia, 2024-01-29, retrieved 2024-01-29
  18. ^ "Inner Temple", Wikipedia, 2023-12-02, retrieved 2024-01-29
  19. ^ "International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia", Wikipedia, 2024-01-12, retrieved 2024-01-29
  20. ^ "International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda", Wikipedia, 2024-01-12, retrieved 2024-01-29
  21. ^ "Special Tribunal for Lebanon", Wikipedia, 2023-12-30, retrieved 2024-01-29
  22. ^ "Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court". wikipediaa.