Year of Call: 1988

Profile

Richard is principally involved in large scale Chancery/commercial litigation covering aspects of company law, commercial contracts, insolvency, civil fraud, asset tracing and recovery, and conflict of laws, along with the broader stream of Chancery work, including property litigation, partnership, professional negligence, sports law, arbitrations and mediation. He has significant experience both applying for and opposing the grant of freezing orders and other interim relief.

Richard has recently handled cases concerning allegations of fraudulent trading, a declaration of trust in relation to bearer shares in an offshore company, an alleged Olympic ticket fraud, an international television sports rights dispute, the interpretation of the new BVI Business Companies Act, misappropriation of client account monies by a solicitor, internet security, the reconstruction of a unit trust, a debt recovery exercise against a sovereign state, and a number of cases involving multi-million pound domestic and international frauds, as well as having previously been instructed in Derby v Weldon, Morris v Mahfouz and aspects of Maxwell. He is recommended in Chambers UK for civil fraud work, The Legal 500 for commercial litigation, insolvency and property, and in Legal Experts for commercial litigation, insolvency and corporate reconstruction, and property work.

Richard has experience of working with lawyers in a number of other jurisdictions, including Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, USA, Bermuda, and France, as well as the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Channel Islands (principally Jersey). Richard has appeared in the Cayman Islands, and has been called to the Bar of the East Caribbean States, appearing in the British Virgin Islands, and for a case in the Isle of Man. He has contributed to Insolvency Bulletins (as author of ‘International Asset Chasing and Tracing’) and was the author of ‘Litigation Strategies aimed at Swelling Assets’ in Butterworths Practical Insolvency.

Richard has experience sitting as both a special examiner and an arbitrator.

Notable Cases
In The Matter Of Overnight Ltd (In Liquidation) sub nom Kevin Goldfarb (Liquidator Of Overnight Ltd) v Arthur James Higgins (2010)
Chantry Estates (South East) Ltd v Anderson (2010)
Itsalat International Co Ltd v Allied TC Plc & Ors (2009)
Cadogan Petroleum Plc v Mark Tolley (2009)
Cadogan Petroleum PLC v Tolley [2009]
Menolly v Cerep Sarl (2009)
Pier Antonio Merlo v Michael Joseph Duffy (2009)
In the matter of Overnight Limited, Goldfarb v Higgins [2009]
Kier Regional Ltd v City & General (Holborn) Ltd & Others (2008)
Lambert v MCM Select Foods Ltd (2008)
Chantry Estates (South East) Ltd v Anderson & Anor (2008)
Post Office Ltd v Lee Castleton (2007)
Eton Consultants Holdings & Anor v Dorot Properties (2007)
Global Multimedia International Ltd v (1) ARA Media Services (2006)
Ian Franses (Liquidator of Arab News Network Ltd) v Somar Al Assad [2007]
Rockbrook Ltd v (1) Humayun Khan (2) Miracles by Design Ltd [2006]
Walker International Holdings Ltd v (1) Congo (2) Societe Nationale Des Pretoles Du Congo (3) Financiere et Investissement Du Congo SA: Walker International Holdings Ltd v (1) Congo (2) Societe Nationale Des Pretoles Du Congo (3) Jackson 31 Ltd (2005)
Interleasing (UK) Ltd v Nicolas Melvyn Morris (2002)
Duer v Frazer (2000)
Locabail (UK) Ltd v (1) Bayfield Properties Ltd (2) Barbara Hagan Emmanuel : (1) Barbara Hagan Emmanuel (Plaintiff by counterclaim) v (1) Locabail (UK) Ltd (2) Bayfield Properties Ltd (Defendants by counterclaim) (1999)
Leslie Green (Appellant) v Swami Das Satsangi (Respondent) (1997)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v (1) Richard Richarson (2) Ayomane Oladele Odimayo sub nom Re Sykes (Butchers) Ltd (1997)
Routestone Ltd v (1) Minories Finance Ltd (1996)
Banque Bruxelles Lambert S.A. v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd
In Re Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA & Anor : Morris & Ors v Mahfouz & Ors (No.3) (1994)
In re BCCI (No.9) sub nom In re Bank of Credit & Commerce International SA (No.9) : In Re Bank of Credit & Commerce International (Overseas) Ltd (1993)
In re BCCI (No.9) sub nom In re Bank of Credit & Commerce International SA (No.9) : In re Bank of Credit & Commerce International (overseas) Ltd (1993)
NCNB Texas National Bank v Evensong Co Ltd (1991)
Derby & Co Ltd & Ors v Weldon & Ors (No.9) (1990)

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Memberships
COMBAR, Chancery Bar Association, Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association

Qualifications
LLB (Bucks), LLM (Cantab)

Chambers UK Directory
Fraud:Civil : "continues to be involved in high-value commercial litigation and asset recovery exercises along with insolvency and property work. ....... He is deemed to be “extremely clever, innovative and approachable.” He is highly popular amongst solicitors" (2009) "Richard Morgan’s practice focus continues to be obtaining and resisting freezing orders with cross-border issues. He has been involved in a number of continuing enforcement actions to recover more than USD55 million from a sovereign state." (2008)

Legal 500
Commercial Litigation and Insolvency: Fraud - Civil: ""very clever, commercially aware, innovative and creative in his approach"" Insolvency: "At the junior end, Richard Morgan and Rebecca Stubbs both garnered accolades."

Legal Experts 2008
Commercial litigation, Insolvency and corporate recovery, Property