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UK Bar Guide 2023

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
2
Chancery: Commercial
12 Years Ranked
2
Fraud: Civil
17 Years Ranked
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Provided by Hugh Norbury KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Hugh has a broad commercial and chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on cases involving fraud or breach of fiduciary duty. His practice extends to insolvency, company, trusts (onshore and offshore in all of these areas) as well as international arbitration.

Career

He has been involved in many of the larger multi-party fraud cases in recent years, including PIFSS v Al Rajaan (ongoing), a bribery / money-laundering claim where he is co-leading the Claimant’s team seeking to recover over $800m, Jinxin v Aser Media (ongoing) a US$700m+ deceit claim arising from the sale of a media rights business; Vale v Steinmetz & ors (2020-2021); ArcelorMittal v Essar Steel (during 2019) and BTA Bank v Ablyazov, which culminated in 14 week trial in the Commercial Court reported at [2013] EWHC 510 (Comm). He also acted until settlement in late 2018 on a £100m+ conspiracy claim brought by a credit hire company against a number of firms of solicitors and experts they instructed (Accident Exchange v Autofocus and others).

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.

Personal

Studied PPE at Oxford, CPE at City University, LLM at King's College London. Called 1995. KC, 2012.

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Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Hugh Norbury KC


Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Hugh Norbury KC
Hugh Norbury KC is an excellent silk with an expansive commercial practice. He is instructed in high-profile and high-value civil fraud cases involving allegations such as breach of fiduciary duty, bribery and conspiracy.


Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)
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Band 4

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