
The R3 SPG Forum 2025 is the flagship conference for sole insolvency practitioners and those working in small practices. Members of the Serle Court insolvency team, including Lance Ashworth KC, Matthew Morrison KC, Rob Mundy KC and Giselle McGowan, will be giving a talk titled “My time to shine! – The giving of evidence by office-holders” on Thursday, 20 November from 12:15 – 12:55.
This interactive session, featuring mock witness examinations by our members, will provide insights as to the giving of effective written and oral evidence, and the avoidance of potential pitfalls.
Senior Practice Manager, Arron Snipe will be accompanying our barristers. If you would like to arrange a meeting with our members or with Arron, please get in touch by emailing us at:asnipe@serlecourt.co.uk
To learn more about the event and review the full programme, click here.
Unfortunately, the Forum is now fully booked. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please email events@r3.org.uk.
Call: 1987
Silk: 2006
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).
Call: 2004
Silk: 2025
Rob Mundy KC has a wide-ranging commercial practice and has particular expertise in company, commercial fraud, contract and insolvency disputes. He is often instructed in high-value, complex litigation. He has been consistently recommended in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Rob is an experienced trial advocate who enjoys oral advocacy and cross-examination, particularly in document-heavy and forensically complex cases. He is described in the 2027 Chambers UK Bar Guide as “thoughtful, considered and remarkably unflappable, even in high-pressure situations” and as having a “formidable reputation”. He is often instructed to advise on strategy from the outset of a dispute, being described in Legal 2027 as “an excellent lawyer and strategist, and a delight to work with”.
Rob took silk in 2025. He is a practising mediator and also sits as a Recorder of the County Court.
Call: 2008
Silk: 2025
Call: 2011