John Humphrey Carlile Morris QC DCL FBA (18 February 1910 – 29 September 1984) was a British legal scholar, best known for his contributions to the conflict of laws.
[2][3] Like his father,[4] Morris was educated at Charterhouse School where he was elected to a Holford Scholarship to read history at Christ Church, Oxford, although after two terms he switched to study law.
He was posted initially to the Faroe Islands to defend against possible attack, and was later involved in allied training operations preparing for D-Day.
[2] After arriving at Magdalen, Morris was credited with transforming the teaching of law at the college, including the recruitment of key academics such as Rupert Cross.
He was reportedly offered the post of Vinerian Professor of English Law in 1954, but declined in favour of his colleague, Rupert Cross.