Masters of the Bench

Full Title: Her Honour Judge Angela Morris

Category: Ordinary Bencher

Bench Call Date: 27-10-2026

Call Date: 26-07-1984

Bio:

HHJ Angela Morris is a first-generation university graduate. She read law at Leicester University and called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1984. She worked for the Disciplinary Committees of Lloyd’s of London for 2 years before returning to the Criminal Bar where she practiced for the next 20 years from 5 Kings Bench Walk (now 18 Red Lion) and 23 Essex Street. She was appointed to the Circuit Bench in 2020 and became the Recorder of Winchester and Resident Judge for Winchester and Salisbury Combined Courts in 2021.

She has been a Diversity and Community Relations Judge since 2012 and overseen 5 Open Days at Reading and Winchester Crown Courts. She continues to oversee outreach projects at Winchester and Salisbury Crown Courts. She was a contributing editor of Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law and the Equal Treatment Bench Book. In 2024 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester.

She is married with two adult sons. She is an avid rugby fan and enthusiastic (if rather decrepit) skier.