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Provided by Hugh Norbury KC
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.
He has been involved in many of the larger multi-party commercial and commercial 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 c.US$1bn, Jinxin v Aser Media 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), Accident Exchange v Autofocus & ors (2016-2018), a £100m+ conspiracy claim brought by a credit hire company against a number of firms of solicitors and experts and BTA Bank v Ablyazov, [2013] EWHC 510 (Comm).
In the international arbitration sphere, Hugh acted for the investment company Kleros Capital Partners Limited in an arbitration based on breach of confidence against Indian energy giant Tata Power, resulting in an award in 2025 of US$490.32 million plus interest and costs under SIAC rules.
Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.
Studied PPE at Oxford, CPE at City University, LLM at King's College London. Called 1995. KC, 2012.
Provided by Chambers
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.
Provided by Chambers
He is a really experienced fraud litigator with a knack for finding the killer point.
Hugh is really intellectual but not too precious about it. He gives overtly considered advice; nothing is just throwaway. He is just utterly reliable and great fun.
He has fantastic judgement, and clients love him.
A great leader, a great team player and a technically brilliant barrister. He is a brilliant fraud practitioner whose advocacy is very effective.
He is a really experienced fraud litigator with a knack for finding the killer point.
Hugh is really intellectual but not too precious about it. He gives overtly considered advice; nothing is just throwaway. He is just utterly reliable and great fun.
He has fantastic judgement, and clients love him.
A great leader, a great team player and a technically brilliant barrister. He is a brilliant fraud practitioner whose advocacy is very effective.