The Hon. Mr Justice Norris

The Honourable Mr Justice Norris is a judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court and has also been appointed by the Lord Chancellor (pursuant to section 12(2)(b) of the Enterprise Act 2002) as a chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

After reading law at St John’s College, Cambridge Mr Justice Norris was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn and practised in London as a barrister and as Queen’s Counsel until 2001. He was then appointed as the Chancery Judge at Birmingham, where he sat for 6 years, presiding over many insolvency cases (including the insolvency of the MG-Rover Group). Some of his judgments there modelled ideas that have been developed into mainstream approaches across the European Union. On appointment to the High Court (Chancery Division) in 2007 he returned to London where his insolvency and restructuring work has continued. He is currently the Chair of the Insolvency Rules Committee and has been active in the preparation of the new English Insolvency Rules. He is a regular speaker at global insolvency conferences and has participated in judicial training of insolvency judges in Africa, India and South-east Asia.