Sushma Ananda

Sushma Ananda is a commercial barrister who has been described in the directories as “very bright”, “a feared opponent” and “great on her feet”. Her practice encompasses commercial law generally, with a particular emphasis on insurance and reinsurance, international arbitration, professional negligence, shipping and international trade.

She won Insurance Junior of the Year in the 2023 Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards and is ranked as a leading junior in the directories in Insurance & Reinsurance, International Arbitration, Shipping and Commodities. In October 2010 Sushma was cited by Legal Week as one of the “Stars at the Bar”. Sushma was also called to the Singapore Bar in February 2015.

Sushma has been instructed in a wide variety of commercial disputes both as sole counsel and as a junior (including to several silks out of Chambers). Sushma has appeared in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Commercial Court, county courts and in many international arbitrations. She has undertaken advocacy on her own in many of these forums, including successfully appearing against counsel significantly more senior than her.

Sushma’s recent cases include: Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Limited v Equitas Insurance Limited (2025); Pizza Express Group Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE [2023] EWHC 1269 (Comm); London International Exhibition Centre Plc and others v RSA Plc and others [2023] EWHC 1481 (Comm); [2024] EWCA Civ 1026; Stonegate Pub Company v MS Amlin and others [2022] EWHC 2548 (Comm); 2020 COVID-19 business interruption test case [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm); [2021] UKSC 1.