Natasha Barnes instructed as junior counsel to an independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 - Jan 2023
Inquests
Natasha is experienced in coroner’s inquests, having represented interested persons in Article 2 inquests involving the deaths of children in hospital, persons in custody and soldiers serving overseas.
Selected Cases
- Inquest of Lexie Harrison: Appeared on behalf of Lexie’s grandparents and legal guardians after Lexie, who suffered from Infantile Refsum’s disease, died aged 2 and a half following complications resulting from an endoscopy. Involved examining numerous consultant hepatologists, paediatricians and medical expert witnesses over the course of a 6 day Inquest.
- Inquest of RLD: Appeared on behalf of the deceased’s commanding officer after RLD was killed whilst serving in Afghanistan.
Judgment on the challenge to the UK’s scheme to transfer asylum-seekers to Rwanda handed down - Dec 2022
An important judgment in the case of AAA and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3230 (Admin) has been handed down by the Divisional Court. The claim for judicial review...
The Changing Face of Judicial Review - Oct 2022
On 20th October 2022 The Hon Mr Justice Garnham will chair our seminar on ‘The Changing Face of Judicial Review’ with expert speakers Philip Havers KC, Marina Wheeler KC, Sarabjit Singh KC,...
Natasha Barnes appears on behalf of taxpayer in appeal to the Upper Tribunal - Oct 2022
Natasha Barnes appeared on behalf of King's Lynn Borough Council in this important appeal concerning the correct VAT treatment of pay-as-you-go car parking provided by local authorities. The...
Congratulations to our four members appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Aug 2022
Congratulations to Leanne Woods and Natasha Barnes on their promotions on the Attorney General's A Panel of Counsel, effective from 1st September. We are also delighted to announce that Jim Duffy has...
Natasha Barnes appears as sole counsel in Court of Appeal - Jan 2022
Natasha Barnes appeared as sole counsel in an appeal from the Special Immigrations Appeals Commission (“SIAC”). The issue before the Court of Appeal was whether SIAC can refuse a remedy having...
Natasha Barnes successful in Court of Appeal - Nov 2021
Natasha appeared as sole counsel in a case concerning the circumstances in which a grant of interim relief should be treated as success for the purposes of granting a Claimant his costs in a judicial...
Today the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal concerning the status of 10,000 asylum appeals in TN v SSHD [2021] - Sep 2021
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal concerning the status of 10,000 asylum appeals heard under the 2005 Fast Track Rules (“FTR 2005”) in the case of TN (Vietnam) [2021] UKSC 41 . These...
Natasha Barnes appears as lead counsel in Court of Appeal - Jun 2021
Natasha Barnes, leading Paul Reynolds, appeared in a multi-million-pound test case concerning the lawfulness of the ‘fall back’ provisions, relating to cross-border trade. The Court of Appeal...
Today the Supreme Court hears case relating to the status of 10,000 asylum appeals - Nov 2020
This week the Supreme Court will hear the case of TN (Vietnam) which concerns the status of 10,000 asylum appeals heard under the 2005 Fast Track Rules (“FTR 2005”). Those rules were in...
Supreme Court grants permission in TN concerning the status of 10,000 asylum appeals - May 2020
Natasha Barnes, led by Robin Tam QC, appeared for the Secretary of State in the Court of Appeal concerning the status of 10,000 asylum appeals heard under the ultra vires 2005 Fast Track Rules. Those...
Natasha Barnes successful for HMRC in Upper Tribunal in joined appeals concerning the scope of the welfare exemption - May 2020
Natasha Barnes acted for HMRC in these appeals brought by a number of different branches of the YMCA. The Appellants entered into contracts with their respective local authorities to provide housing...
Natasha Barnes successful in Court of Appeal - Mar 2020
Natasha has been successful in important lead cases before the Court of Appeal regarding whether provisions of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, which provide an exemption from VAT for certain welfare...
Natasha Barnes successful in challenge to MI5 agents engaging in criminal activity - Jan 2020
Natasha Barnes, led by James Eadie QC, David Perry QC, and Victoria Wakefield QC was part of the team representing the Government in this challenge to MI5’s policy authorising agents to engage in...
Natasha Barnes instructed in challenge to MI5 Agents engaging in criminal activity - Nov 2019
Human Rights campaigners have challenged MI5 over their policy authorising agents to engage in criminal activity. Reprieve, Privacy International, the Pat Finucane Centre and the Committee on the...
Natasha Barnes successful in Court of Appeal - Aug 2019
Natasha Barnes acted for HMRC in R (on the application of Seabrook Warehousing Ltd) v HMRC [2019] EWCA Civ 1357. The Claimant taxpayer challenged (a) the condition that all overseas traders, trading...
Congratulations to David Manknell, Suzanne Lambert, Alasdair Henderson, Natasha Barnes and Paul Reynolds on their appointments to Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Jul 2019
We are proud to announce that David Manknell has been re-appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel, Suzanne Lambert, Natasha Barnes and Alasdair Henderson have been appointed to the...
Natasha Barnes appears in “child spies” case - Jul 2019
Natasha Barnes appeared on behalf of the Secretary of State in this high profile litigation challenging the use of children as informants in criminal investigations. The case was brought by the...
Natasha Barnes appears in Court of Appeal regarding due diligence requirements imposed on alcohol wholesale traders - May 2019
Today, Natasha Barnes appears in a two-day hearing before the Court of Appeal concerning the lawfulness of due diligence requirements imposed on over 3,000 businesses trading in duty suspended goods....
Natasha Barnes in complex partial exemption dispute in N Brown v HMRC - Mar 2019
Natasha was instructed by HMRC in this complex partial exemption dispute between HMRC and N Brown, a FTSE 250 company with £900 million annual turnover. N Brown challenged historic assessments...
Natasha Barnes succeeds for HMRC in significant tax case addressing whether supplies can be treated differently for VAT purposes across the devolved nations - Jan 2019
Natasha appeared for HMRC before the Upper Tribunal in these important lead cases addressing whether supplies could be treated differently for VAT purposes across the devolved nations. This judgment...
Natasha Barnes succeeds for HMRC in multi-million pound test case - Dec 2018
Natasha Barnes was instructed in this lead case concerning the lawfulness of the ‘fall back’ provisions, which enable HMRC in certain circumstances to assess a UK trader for acquisition tax on...
Natasha Barnes appears in Court of Appeal ruling that 10,000 fast track asylum appeals were not necessarily unfair - Dec 2018
Natasha Barnes, led by Robin Tam QC, appeared for the Secretary of State in this case concerning the status of 10,000 asylum appeals heard under the 2005 Fast Track Rules (“FTR 2005”). Those rules...
Natasha Barnes wins in Court of Appeal regarding the Secretary of State’s powers to deprive individuals of British citizenship - Sep 2018
Natasha appeared for the Secretary of State in this high profile appeal, which has already been to the Supreme Court on the issue of deprivation and citizenship (Pham v SSHD [2015] UKSC 19). The...
Natasha Barnes successful for the Secretary of State in national security case - Apr 2018
This judicial review raised novel issues about when the Secretary of State could revoke an individual’s indefinite leave to remain on the basis of national security, and the court’s discretion to...
Natasha Barnes successful in this appeal against HMRC’s decision to revoke the approval of Rurkhee Trading under WOWGR - Apr 2018
Natasha Barnes was instructed by HMRC in this appeal against HMRC’s decision to revoke the approval of Rurkhee Trading to trade in duty-suspended alcohol under the Warehousekeepers and Owners of...
Celebrate and support Lizanne Gumbel QC, her son Mark Wainwright and Natasha Barnes running the London Marathon for LOOK this year - Apr 2018
For Lizanne and Mark it is their 10th consecutive year for the London Marathon. For the 5th consecutive year Lizanne Gumbel QC and her son, Mark Wainwright, will run both the London and Brighton...
1COR welcomes Natasha Barnes as a new tenant - Mar 2018
