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.