
Matthew Morrison KC and John Eldridge appeared for the successful respondent in San Leon ELI Ltd v Ocean Pearl Maritime SA [2026] EWHC 2372 (Ch).
Matthew Morrison KC and John Eldridge appeared for the successful respondent in San Leon ELI Ltd v Ocean Pearl Maritime SA [2026] EWHC 2372 (Ch). In a judgment given in May and published in approved form earlier this month, Meade J ruled that the first instance judge was correct in concluding that there was no real or genuine dispute in respect of a petition debt of US$12 million.
Matthew and John are instructed in the proceedings by Gareth Jones of Addleshaw Goddard LLP. The judgment can be read in full below.
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).
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