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Matthew Morrison
Position
Commercial chancery litigation, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud, company and partnership, insolvency, and trust litigation. Instructed as sole counsel on matters before the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. Regularly instructed as junior counsel in large-scale commercial and chancery litigation both onshore and offshore, with significant experience of assisting advocates in appearances before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey. Cases include: Re AMT Coffee Limited, IAP v Rosser; Carlyle Capital Corporation; Isis Investments Limited v Kaupthing Bank; BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors; Re Alhamrani.
Career
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 BIS.
Languages
German.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association; Association of Partnership Practitioners.
Education
Weald School, Billingshurst; St John’s College, Oxford (Bachelor of Civil Law, with distinction; MA 1st class, jurisprudence, placed joint 2nd in year).
Leisure
Choral singing and direction, squash, sailing and diving.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Matthew Morrison – Serle Court ‘Smart, dependable and very happy to roll up his sleeves, Matthew has an uncanny ability to call the outcome correctly from the outset.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Matthew Morrison –Serle Court ‘Matthew is an excellent written advocate with great litigation sense. He is well liked by clients and a great team member. A star of the future.’
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Matthew Morrison – Serle Court ‘Matthew is very down to earth and user friendly. He is very knowledgeable and delivers advice in a clear client friendly way.’
The ‘highly capable‘ set in insolvency and restructuring law, Serle Court find themselves representing clients in cases ranging from high-profile claims linked to fraud and the offshore work, alongside energy insolvencies where Lance Ashworth KC and Matthew Morrison have represented two applicants in Croxen v Gas and Electric Markets Authority in which concerning a number of market-wide issues arising from the failure of a large number of smaller and medium-sized energy suppliers. Philip Marshall KC is a leading international insolvency silk who appears in complex commercial disputes in the UK courts while also being a Deputy High Court Judge. Daniel Lightman KC advises on insolvency issues and represents litigants in claims by and against insolvency office holders. Dan McCourt Fritz KC was appointed silk in March 2023 while Paul Johnson joined from Exchange Chambers in December 2022.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Matthew Morrison –Serle Court ‘Matthew is an excellent practitioner in the civil fraud field, who is well liked by clients and a great team player. His written advocacy is first class and he has a great grasp of the legal issues.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Matthew Morrison –Serle Court ‘An outstanding barrister. Very hard working and a tremendous team player.’