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Natasha Tahta

020 7933 8855 natasha.tahta@qebhw.co.uk

Position

After 15 years of a highly successful criminal practice involving a wide range of criminal work, both prosecution and defence, involving all levels of courts from the Magistrates to the House of Lords, Natasha now specialises in Regulatory work. Natasha has a wide experience of regulatory work, including Health and Safety, Licensing, Gaming and Trading Standards. She regularly prosecutes for the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and conducted a number of appeals for the General Social Care Council (now part of the Healthcare Professions Council). Natasha is on the Attorney-General’s List of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law and is a Level 3 advocate on the CPS Advocate Panel for General Crime. She is also an accredited advocate on the CPS Advocates Panel Rape List. Natasha has conducted many fitness-to-practise hearings for the GMC at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, as well as numerous review hearings and investigation committee hearings. In her criminal work Natasha appeared in money laundering and large-scale drug-trafficking cases, murder cases, rape cases, armed robberies, child sex cases, child cruelty cases and fraud cases, amongst many others. Notable cases include: R v Riley – Massive Drug importation conspiracy orchestrated by a long serving senior Customs and Excise Officer including substantial money laundering offences; R (HSE) v BUPA Care Homes Ltd – Widely reported case involving failings in safety standards leading to the death of a patient in a BUPA care home; R v Butler – Landmark baby shaking case dependent on the ‘triad of injuries’ theory; R v Philips – High Court case funded by Addison Lee plc in which the minicab company was arguing for equal rights with black cabs.

Career

Called Inner Temple 1998. Publications of note: ‘Human Rights and Criminal Justice’ (Sweet & Maxwell), 2001 ed (editorial assistant); co-author of ‘CBA Human Rights Lecture Notes 2001’.

Languages

French.

Memberships

Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers; Young Fraud Lawyers Association; Criminal Bar Association; registered with the Bar Council Public Access Directory; Public Access Bar Association (PABA).

Education

St John’s College, Cambridge University (BA Hons); City University (CPE); BPP Law School (Bar Finals, third-highest results in the year).