Examples of work:

• Acting as junior counsel for the respondent in Sharp Corp Limited v Viterra B.V. [2023] EWCA Civ 7. This was an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 about the meaning of a standard default clause in GAFTA Contract No 24.
• Acting as junior counsel in a Commercial Court CMC in a matter concerning the construction of a guarantee.
• Appearing as sole counsel in the High Court to apply for a final charging order and oppose an application to set aside default judgment.
• Advising the Financial Conduct Authority on regulatory issues related to investments, insurance and redress (part-time secondment).
• Advising on business interruption insurance in the context of Covid-19.
• Assisting (as a pupil) with advice on the disclosure provisions in a freezing order.

Example cases:

• Assisting (as a pupil) with advice on the disclosure provisions in a freezing order.
• Assisting (as a pupil) with advice on the appropriate basis for a disclosure application (considering the Bankers Trust, Norwich Pharmacal and section 37(1), Senior Courts Act 1981 jurisdictions).

Example cases:

• Acting as junior counsel for the respondent in Sharp Corp Limited v Viterra B.V. [2023] EWCA Civ 7. This was an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 about the meaning of a standard default clause in GAFTA Contract No 24.
• Assisting with an application to appoint an arbitrator under section 18 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

Examples of work:

• Advising on the effect of a dispute resolution clause providing for arbitration on a claim brought by way of court proceedings.
• Appearing as sole counsel in the High Court to apply for a final charging order and oppose an application to set aside default judgment.
• Assisting (as a pupil) with various cases raising questions of jurisdiction and private international law, including Shenzhen SeniorTechnology Material Co Ltd v Celgard LLC [2020] EWCA Civ 1293, GHS Global Hospitality Ltd v Beale [2021] EWHC 488 (Ch) and Trappit SA v American Express Europe LLC [2021] EWHC 1344 (Ch).

Examples of work:

• Acting as junior counsel for the Defendants in R (BK) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 378 (KB). This was a judicial review claim alleging unlawful discrimination under Article 14 of the ECHR read with Article 1 of Protocol 1 and Article 8.
• Acting as junior counsel for the defendant in R (Bui) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; R (Onakoya) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] UKUT 189 (AAC) and [2023] EWCA Civ 566. This was a judicial review about the relationship between National Insurance Numbers and Universal Credit applications.
• Spending six months on secondment at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Before joining Chambers, Talia worked as a paralegal for SV Law and as a Tribunal Support Volunteer for the Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA). Both roles involved appearing on behalf of clients in the First Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) and she welcomes instructions in this area.

Examples of work:

• Spending six months on secondment at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

At UN Women, Talia worked on policy issues involving close consideration of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women as a contributor to A practitioner’s toolkit on women’s access to justice programming and the UN Women Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database.

Examples of work:

• Acting as junior counsel for the respondent in Sharp Corp Limited v Viterra B.V. [2023] EWCA Civ 7. This was an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 about the meaning of a standard default clause in GAFTA Contract No 24.
• Advising on the correct approach to calculating a party’s liability for bunkers while a vessel was off-hire.
• Assisting (as a pupil) with pleadings concerning the frustration of a Charterparty as a result of Covid-19.
• Assisting (as a pupil) with an advice on whether a binding Letter of Undertaking had been entered into.