Matthew Morrison KC

Broad commercial chancery practice. Particular emphasis on civil fraud, company, partnership, insolvency, and trusts. Appearance in several judicial review claims and other public/administrative law matters.

Multiple High Court and Court of Appeal appearances in England and Wales, as well as before the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands and the Courts of Gibratlar, the DIFC, the Isle of Man and the BVI. Significant experience of assisting advocates before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey.

Cases include: Kijani Resources Limited (in Liquidation) v RBS; Isbilen v Hanson Asset Management; Re Chantacre Limited; TMO v Spectrum; Re Bulb Energy Limited; Croxen v GEMA; Salfiti v Seedo; Re Haz International; PNB v Srinivasan & Ors; Ridley v DIB; Re AMT Coffee Limited; IAP v Rosser; Re Galasys plc; Re Carlyle Capital Corporation; Isis Investments Limited v Kaupthing; BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors; Re Alhamrani.

St John’s College, Oxford (Jurisprudence (MA (Oxon.), BCL); Attorney at Quin and Hampson (now Mourant Ozannes), Cayman (2005-06); formerly Junior Counsel to the SoS for BEIS.

Chancery Bar and Commercial Bar Associations; Association of Partnership Practitioners.

Chapters on CVAs, directors’ duties, directors’ liabilities in insolvency and disqualification in Gore Browne, Butterworths Corporate Law Service and Tolleys Company Law Service; PLC practice notes on minority shareholder rights and remedies and various private client topics; chapters on unfair prejudice, disqualification and insolvency in The Law of LLPs (Whitaker and Machell, 5th ed).