Serle Court launches ‘Morning Brief: Insolvency Insights’

We are excited to announce the launch of 'Morning Brief: Insolvency Insights', a series of breakfast seminars brought to you by our insolvency experts, chaired by Lance Ashworth KC. These will be held in chambers, once a month and will run into the new year.

Please find the talk dates and details below:

Thursday, 6 November 2025: Matthew Morrison KC and Tim Benham-Mirando – ‘Mind the Gap: Common Errors in Insolvency Applications and How to Avoid Them’
Thursday, 4 December 2025: James Mather and Wilson Leung – ‘Insolvency in International Litigation’
Thursday, 15 January 2026: Rob Mundy KC and Jennifer Meech – ‘The View from the Top: Recent Insolvency (and Related) Decisions in the Supreme Court’
Thursday, 5 February 2026: Giselle McGowan and Lara Kuehl – 'Restructuring Plans: What’s New and What Matters’
Thursday, 5 March 2026: Matthew Morrison KC and Marc Delehanty – ‘Challenging Transactions Defrauding Creditors: s.423 Update’

To sign up for any (or all) of the sessions above, please get in touch with our BD & Marketing team via email and let us know which talks you would like to attend.

We hope you will decide to join us for expertly delivered, engaging and essential insolvency insights — led by experienced counsel and crafted to elevate your morning.

Related Barristers

Lance Ashworth KC

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).

Matthew Morrison KC

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.

Robert Mundy KC

Call: 2008
Silk: 2025

James Mather

Call: 2006

Jennifer Meech

Call: 2008

Marc Delehanty practises in commercial litigation and civil fraud, with a particular focus on international disputes concerning jurisdiction, foreign law, insolvency and trusts. He regularly acts in urgent injunction applications, particularly in connection with asset recovery. He is experienced in handling matters relating to gambling, cryptocurrency and sanctions.

Marc is sought after for high-value, high-profile and high-stakes disputes. He has appeared twice in the Supreme Court, conducting oral advocacy in BTA Bank v Khrapunov, concerning unlawful means conspiracy, and Invest Bank v El-Husseiny, concerning transactions defrauding creditors under s.423, Insolvency Act 1986. He is currently instructed in the pending Supreme Court appeal of Crescent Gas v NIOC, a $2 billion dispute involving agency, insolvency and trusts law.

Recent instructions include acting for over 3,000 claimants in UK group litigation against Johnson & Johnson concerning alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in marketing talc-based baby powder; defending a $357 million breach of contract claim brought by the Bahamian Government against the Grand Bahama Port Authority; and representing BVI corporate defendants in PrivatBank v Kolomoisky, a $3 billion-plus Ukrainian banking fraud case.

Marc is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud and Gambling Disputes.

Marc Delehanty

Call: 2011

Giselle McGowan

Call: 2011

Lara Kuehl is a commercial and chancery junior specialising in high-value disputes in England and Wales and offshore. Her practice encompasses commercial litigation and arbitration, company law, restructuring and insolvency, property litigation and civil fraud.

Lara is ranked across five practice areas: Commercial Litigation, Commercial Chancery, Insolvency and Restructuring, Company and Property Litigation, in Chambers UK, Chambers Global, Legal 500 and Lexology UK Bar.

Highly regarded for her advocacy, Lara acts as lead or sole counsel in most cases, frequently appearing unled against senior juniors and KCs. She is equally experienced as junior counsel alongside senior barristers from within and outside chambers in complex domestic and international disputes.

Alongside her private practice, Lara undertakes work for the UK Government. She is a member of the Attorney General’s B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown, representing the Government in commercial, property, company and insolvency matters.

Before transferring to the English Bar, Lara practised as a solicitor in the London commercial disputes teams at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP. From 2013 to 2015, she practised as a Cayman Islands attorney in the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency group at Maples and Calder, gaining offshore experience.

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