Partner
Morgan is a partner at Bell Lax. He was the youngest solicitor in the country ever to qualify as a solicitor advocate.
Since joining the firm, Morgan has undertaken a variety of cases arising from shareholder and limited liability partnership disputes, construction claims, the application of finance/lease agreements and guarantees, insolvency and bankruptcy matters and actions involving fraud. Morgan acts for a number of local and national companies and businesses as well as clients based within the European Union and the United States. He has a particular interest in professional negligence cases, representing several clients on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis against solicitors, surveyors and architects.
Morgan has experience in the many diverse aspects of dispute resolution including adjudication, arbitration, mediation and negotiation. He has conducted numerous hearings and trials in the chancery, technology and construction and queen's bench divisions of the high court, the county court and the employment tribunal. As a solicitor advocate, he has the right to appear before all courts in England and Wales. This allows Bell Lax to offer clients a full litigation service without the need to incur the extra expense of briefing a barrister for hearings in the higher courts. This is particularly attractive for clients keen to bring most of their legal fees within a ‘no win, no fee’ agreement and who may not otherwise be able to manage the often prohibitively high costs of litigation.
Morgan arranged the firm's delegated authority scheme with FirstAssist Legal Services, which enables Bell Lax to offer litigation insurance to commercial clients on FirstAssist's behalf. This allows the firm to minimise the risks of litigation to clients, as FirstAssist insure clients against paying the other party's costs and reimburse the client's expenses if a case is unsuccessful.
Morgan arranged the firm's delegated authority scheme with FirstAssist Legal Services, which enables Bell Lax to offer litigation insurance to commercial clients on FirstAssist's behalf. This allows the firm to minimise the risks of litigation to clients, as FirstAssist insure clients against paying the other party's costs and reimburse the client's expenses if a case is unsuccessful.
Morgan has a keen interest in legal history and is a member of the Selden Society at Lincoln’s Inn and the Society for Northern Research at University College, London as well as the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates and the Professional Negligence Lawyers' Association.
He speaks conversational German and Spanish whilst endeavouring to learn Hungarian.
