Matthew Morrison KC

Matthew has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on insolvency, company and partnership, and civil fraud litigation. Recent insolvency related litigation in which Matthew has been involved includes: being instructed by the joint liquidators of Kijani Resources Limited and Ratio Limited for the trial of proceedings before the Gibraltar Supreme Court seeking the recovery of US$100m based upon alleged breaches of the Quincecare duty by NatWest bank; acting for office-holders of the failed energy suppliers Iresa and Economy in respect of a high profile application for directions concerning multi-million pound proofs of debt lodged by Ofgem in respect of Renewables Obligations and Suppliers of Last Resort in respect of customer balances; and appearing for British Gas in its opposition to the application by Bulb for the Court to appoint an effective time for the transfer of Bulb’s business to Octopus as part of the Bulb Special Administration. Matthew is recommended by Legal 500 as a leading individual in civil fraud, commercial litigation, company, insolvency and offshore. He is ranked in Chambers & Partners for civil fraud, commercial dispute resolution, commercial chancery, company and offshore, and in Chambers & Partners Global for commercial, commercial chancery and offshore. Legal 500 has described Matthew as being “very responsive, with a voracious appetite for detail. A client friendly, superb cross-examiner with meticulous preparation”, with Chambers and Partners adding that “Matthew is a strategic genius, who is always on top of his brief”.