Commercial, Insolvency, Professional Negligence, Real Estate, Property Damage & Insurance Disputes, Wills & Trusts, Proprietary Estoppel, Mediation, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Call : 2010
Deputy Head of Commercial team
Natasha is a commercial and chancery barrister handling wills & trusts, real estate and commercial disputes. She is often instructed as sole counsel in high value, multifaceted litigation and is consistently ranked as a leading junior in Chambers UK and Legal 500. Natasha accepts instructions in respect of offshore disputes. She has been instructed by a British Overseas Territory and was offered a place on panel in respect of another.
Natasha’s wills & trusts practice is heavily oriented towards contentious probate. Her real estate practice concentrates on disputes over beneficial interests in property e.g. proprietary estoppel and trusts of land disputes including TOLATA as well as matters which are more commercial such as contracts for the sale of land, misrepresentation and mortgages. Natasha’s commercial practice focuses on partnership disputes, professional negligence, insolvency and general commercial dispute resolution. Natasha is particularly well-placed to assist on matters involving an overlap between her specialisms e.g. civil fraud, proprietary estoppel involving estates, negligent advice and/or drafting in respect of wills and conveyances, disputes over the terms of a partnership and the scope of its assets etc.
Natasha has experience of acting as junior to senior counsel on particularly complex matters and being instructed as part of a team of counsel on large scale, high value and document-heavy government disputes.
Natasha regularly appears in the High Court and has also appeared before various tribunals. She particularly enjoys trials, appeals, tactical and urgent applications such as freezing injunctions, applications for security for costs as well as strike out and/or summary judgment. Natasha often faces significantly more senior opponents. She has undertaken numerous mediations and joint settlement meetings as counsel and is also an accredited mediator.
Natasha is a great go-to counsel for complex matters and is very responsive and approachable. She is known for her robust yet practical strategy for resolving issues. She brings clarity and direction to a matter and is praised for her excellent submissions and pleadings.
Natasha has been published in the Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal several times. She is also a contributing author to LexisPSL in respect of Restructuring & Insolvency.
Publications and Podcasts “Topical talks with Title Research: Challenging Estate Administration Costs” – with Freeths LLP, Episode 30. “TOLATA claims: Practical tips and complexities” – The Real Estate Pod from St John’s Chambers with Lucia Mills of Roskilly & Mills, Episode 1. “Topical talks with Title Research: Reasonable Financial Provision” – with Freeths LLP, Episode 28. “Proprietary estoppel remedies: expectation and acceleration”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Vol 240, 2023, pp. 13-20. “Wills: The public interest – whose view counts?”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Vol 239, 2022, pp. 20-24. “Topical talks with Title Research: Will dispute trends” – with Freeths LLP, Episode 20. “Topical talks with Title Research: Will disputes and protecting an estate” – with Freeths LLP, Episode 19. “Claims for reasonable financial provision – a round up”, Family Law Journal, Vol 52, 2022, pp. 384-389. “Wills: sealing royal wills – justifiable secrecy?”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Vol 229, 2021, pp. 19-25. “Disclosure, intermeddling and compensation (Walker v The Official Receiver)”, LexisPSL “When to distribute”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Vol 194, 2018, pp. 14-17. “Value judgment: Ilott v Mitson [2017]”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Vol 186, 2017, pp. 4-6. “When to indemnify”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Vol 185, 2017, pp. 18-21. “Wills: At Your Disposal?”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Vol 179, 2016, pp. 7-11 (with John Dickinson)