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21 11 2023
Health and Social Care Law
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Natasha acts as counsel to the Iraq Fatality Investigations, an Article 2 inquiry led by Baroness Heather Hallett into civilian deaths in Iraq involving British forces. She has led the counsel team since 2021. In this role, she advises on all matters relating to the substance and procedure of the non-statutory inquiry, including on the requirements of Article 2, issues of disclosure and evidence, ICC and AG prosecution undertakings and anonymity, in addition to matters of International Humanitarian Law as they arise.
She regularly acts in high-profile and complex cases for claimants and defendants, and has appeared in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council. She is a skilled commercial advocate and brings this experience to her public law practice.
Some notable cases include:
Natasha has a strong international dimension to her work. In addition to regular instructions in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Privy Council, she often advises on a broad range of issues under private international, international humanitarian and human rights law. She is a member of the Geoffrey Nice Foundation working group on the role of international judicial mechanisms in post- conflict society and holds an Inner Temple Pegasus Scholarship to work with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in Beirut on transitional justice and engagement (on hold due to COVID-19).
Natasha is a Governor at The Bridge School, a special needs multi-academy trust in Holloway. Prior to joining the Bar, she worked at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Switzerland and for the United Nations Development Programme.
She speaks Spanish (including study at the University of Havana), French (conversational) and Levantine Arabic (conversational).
Natasha has a broad public law practice, acting for claimants, defendants and intervening parties. She also has experience bringing and appealing claims by constitutional motion in Commonwealth jurisdictions and in matters on appeal to the Privy Council.
Natasha also teaches Public Law at the London School of Economics.
Some notable instructions include:
Natasha has a strong international dimension to her work, and her practice often engages matters of international humanitarian, private international and human rights law.
She is a member of the Geoffrey Nice Foundation working group on the role of international judicial mechanisms in post- conflict society and working on the definition of genocide. Natasha has been awarded a Pegasus Scholarship by Inner Temple to work on transitional justice and victim engagement at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in Beirut (currently on hold due to COVID-19).
Some notable experience includes:
Before joining the Bar, Natasha held the Richard Sandbrook Fellowship at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Switzerland, advising on the RED+ conservation and social justice programme. She also worked as a Legal Intern for the UNDP, researching judicial transparency and the rule of law.
Natasha has a strong interest in education and is instructed on behalf of parents, schools and local authorities in a range of public and civil matters. She also acts as Standing Counsel to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, the designated ombuds body for higher education student complaints.
Her practice is informed by her experience as an independent governor of The Bridge School, a pioneering special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Academy in Holloway. She also volunteers for IPSEA, offering advice and representation to help secure the right education for children and young people with SEND.
Some notable matters include:
Natasha is experienced in a broad range of contentious and non-contentious commercial, company and insolvency matters, and regularly is instructed in high-profile cases at the intersection of public and commercial law.
She has particular expertise in matters raising issues of jurisdiction and conflicts of law and appeared in the Supreme Court in the leading case on insurance jurisdiction under Brussels I. Natasha has advised extensively on the private international law implications of Brexit on cross-border litigation and has substantial experience litigating under the Athens and Montreal Conventions on behalf of major tour operator clients.
Some noteworthy cases include:
Natasha is a regular contributor to the New Law Journal, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency (a Lexis publication) and the Travel and Aviation Quarterly.
Natasha acts for claimants and intervening parties in a range of immigration, asylum and unlawful detention matters and regularly appears in the Immigration Tribunals and High Court.
She is experienced in asylum appeals under domestic and European refugee law and regularly works in camps and clinics in Athens, Calais and Dunkirk. She is a frequent volunteer with RLS Athens, offering legal advice on family reunification and asylum to clients in Greece.
Natasha represents detained clients pro bono through Bail for Immigration Detainees. Some noteworthy cases include:
Natasha has substantial experience in inquiries and inquests, acting as counsel to core participants and as leading junior inquiry counsel. Her advice is regularly sought on the design, procedure and terms of reference for non-statutory public inquiries.
Natasha has been instructed as counsel to the Iraq Fatality Investigations since 2017, acting as leading junior counsel since 2021. In this role, Natasha advises on all matters relating to the substance and procedure of the non-statutory inquiry, including on the requirements of Article 2, issues of disclosure and evidence, ICC and AG prosecution undertakings and matters of anonymity. She additionally advises the Inspector on matters of International Humanitarian Law as they arise.
As Counsel to the Iraq Fatality Investigations, Natasha has been instructed on the following matters:
Natasha has a balanced inquest practice, acting on behalf of families, individuals and organisations (including government). She has particular experience in inquests involving deaths overseas.
Natasha was seconded in 2016 to a leading solicitors’ firm, working on regulatory and inquest proceedings involving medical care providers and care homes.
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21 11 2023
Health and Social Care Law
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Planning High Court Challenges - webinar series - Part 1
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11 04 2023
Public Hearings open in the Iraq Fatality Investigations
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Appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Junior Counsel
“Inquests Overseas: common issues and how to get around them”, Travel and Aviation Quartely (issue 4), July 2021, reprinted in Counsel Magazine and the International & Travel Law Blog
New Law Journal, “Third Sector Protector – Implications of the Kids Company case”, March 2021
“New requirements for witness statements: PD57AC”, Feb 2021
Iraq Fatality Investigations, Consolidated Report into the death of Saeed Radhi Shabram Wawi Al-Bazooni, September 2020 (CP 290)
Iraq Fatality Investigations, Consolidated Report into the death of Tariq Sabri Mahmud, March 2019 (CP 78)
Free Movement, Eviction of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children under European Law, 4 July 2019
Limits to the Duomatic principle, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, October 2017, vol 10 issue 5
No Limits: the indefinite suspension of a bankrupt’s discharge, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, vol 10 issue 5, April 2017
Validation orders require more than good faith, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, October 2016
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