Insolvency Issues for Commercial Litigators

In this on-demand webinar, Matthew Morrison discusses Insolvency Issues for Commercial Litigators.

The following topics will be covered:

The insolvency regimes compared
Recent reforms including the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
Covid-19 issues
Things to look out for when advising directors of companies in financial difficulties
Potential liabilities in insolvency including clawback provisions and compensation orders under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

Matthew has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud, company and partnership, insolvency, and trust litigation. Matthew has also appeared in a number of judicial review claims and other matters raising issues of public and administrative law.

Matthew has extensive experience acting for insolvency office holders in respect of all aspects of administration and liquidation, as well as representing claimants and defendants in preference, transactions at an undervalue and other clawback proceedings. He is equally well regarded in the sphere of personal insolvency, frequently acting for office holders, bankrupts and those with interests arising out of individual voluntary arrangements.

Please email our Business Development Manager Charlotte Davidson, to discuss suitable dates for the above bespoke session which can be delivered online to your team.

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Matthew Morrison KC has a broad commercial chancery practice, with particular expertise in civil fraud, company and partnership disputes, and insolvency litigation.

Described by Chambers UK 2027 as an “outstanding barrister” who is “technically brilliant, fantastic with clients and someone whose cross-examination is exceptional”, Matthew regularly appears in the High Court and Court of Appeal and has acted in proceedings before the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI), the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, the Isle of Man High Court of Justice and the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. He also has significant experience assisting advocates before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey. He is generally admitted to the BVI Bar and is currently admitted ad hoc on a number of matters in the Cayman Islands.

Matthew is an established legal author. He has written widely read PLC practice notes on minority shareholder remedies and edits chapters on directors’ duties and disqualification, and insolvency, in Gore-Browne, Butterworths Corporate Law Service, Tolley’s Company Law Service and Tolley’s Company Law Handbook; and on unfair prejudice, misfeasance and disqualification in the Law of Limited Liability Partnerships (Whittaker and Machell (6th ed.), 2026).