Exchange Chambers

Business & Property/ Public Law & JR

Natasha Barnes is a highly-regarded junior who acts in a variety of sensitive and complex cases focusing on judicial review, indirect tax and other areas of public and human rights law. She regularly appears before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, the Administrative Court and the Tribunals (Tax and Immigration Chambers), often as sole counsel. She was recently commended by the Court of Appeal as ‘outstandingly able’.

Natasha advises and acts for a wide spectrum of clients including individuals, companies, public authorities and government departments.

She is ranked by the directories as a leading junior in Administrative and Public Law, Indirect Tax and Immigration. Recent directory comments have included ‘I am trying and failing to think of a better junior’, ‘superb on her feet’, ‘an excellent drafter’  and a ‘pleasure to work with’.

Natasha is a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel.

Called; 2010

Attorney General’s Panel of Civil Counsel A Counsel – September 2022

Called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn): July 2010

BVC at BBP Law School, London – James Crouch Scholar

CPE at City Law School, London – Gray’s Inn Scholar

BA Hons in History at Cambridge – Dorothy Forster Sturman Scholar, Ligner Scholar  

Away from work, Natasha loves the outdoors and enjoys trying to improve her cooking.