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Who wound up murdered?

Release date: 17/04/2008

There were dastardly deeds afoot at 'Trustee Towers', aka Leicester's City Rooms on 7th November 2007, when the Corporate Recovery and Insolvency (CRI) team from regional law firm Harvey Ingram LLP staged an event for clients.

The unique event for insolvency practitioners, accountants and bankers, took the theme of a murder mystery, with key members of the CRI team playing pivotal roles in a plot following the theme of TV sitcom Fawlty Towers.

Partner Sean Moran, who heads up the CRI team, took on the role of private investigator, whilst partner Roy Botterill played the chef and associate Nelum Rani the waitress, in a storyline which highlighted the type of work carried out by the CRI team. Basil and Sybil, played by professional actors, received a visit from a Joint Insolvency Monitoring Unit Inspector whose real identity Sybil had hidden from Basil and the rest of the hotel staff. Unbeknown to them, Sybil had been declared bankrupt and was secretly selling off her own and the hotel's assets through an appointed trustee.

As the plot thickened, valuable items, including a signed Leicester Tigers’ shirt sponsored by Harvey Ingram, went missing and finally a murder took place. Members of the audience were invited to guess the culprit’s identity, with the help of suspect profiles, Sybil’s bankruptcy petition and an asset itinerary.

The event was received very well with over 80 people attending. Members of the winning team were Sandy Gandham of BRI, Russ Chauhan of HSBC and Lynn Cowley of Davenham Trade Finance, who walked away with a Sherlock Holmes book and Harvey Ingram goodie bag.

Speaking after the event, Sean Moran said: “The aim of the event was to highlight our services in a unique and memorable way. We made the play interactive and the response from everyone in the audience was fantastic – it really helped to build and strengthen business relationships. The feedback we've had from guests has been very good with everyone enjoying solving the “who-dun-it” as well as seeing a lighter side of the CRI team”