Natasha Dzameh - Commercial

Natasha is ranked as a leading junior in commercial litigation by the Legal 500 and Chambers UK.  She has a dynamic practice and is known for handling cases concerning breaches of fiduciary duty, civil fraud, insolvency, insurance (including coverage disputes and subrogated claims), joint ventures, partnerships and professional negligence.

Natasha is a strong advocate, robust and able to think creatively to reach a novel solution to difficult legal issues. She acts for a wide range of clients such as individuals to major financial institutions and international companies inclusive of high street brands. Natasha accepts instructions in respect of offshore disputes. She has been instructed by a British Overseas Territory and was offered a place on panel by another such territory.

Natasha has acted in a variety of contractual disputes (carriage, consumer credit, equine, guarantees, hire, IT, NHS etc.) including complex collateral contracts. She is regularly instructed in claims involving complex multi-party litigation and insurance matters generally, inclusive of coverage.

Natasha also has experience in niche areas such as banking and financial services matters, deceit, defamation, dishonest assistance and malicious falsehood. She was instructed by the GLD’s commercial litigation team as part of teams of senior and junior counsel in relation to multimillion pound disputes concerning Francovich claims and unlawful interference claims. Natasha is a contributing author to LexisPSL in respect of Restructuring & Insolvency.

Her experience includes:

• An international commercial arbitration dispute worth c. US $3m seated in London under the ICC Arbitration Rules 2012 concerning a navigation system contract.
• Various contractual claims e.g. a c.£3.5m contract regarding loss of dental quality assurance certification, c.£1.77m IT contract dispute, £3.4m dispute regarding purchase and operating costs of a surgical robot, >£500,000 storage and distribution dispute involving misrepresentation, a £1.31m dispute involve breach of a Quistclose trust as well as breach of contract and restitution in which judgment was secured following the making of an unless order in a successful application for specific disclosure, a dispute over restoration of historic documents, a brokering deal in respect of a 1957 Mercedes 300SL Roadster costing over £800k, a £500,000 eco-house project involving misrepresentation, deceit and unjust enrichment, £1.8 million contracts with argument relating to novation and agency, junioring on a dispute concerning new technology and emerging markets on an international scale expected to be worth many millions.
• Banking and financial services disputes e.g. a dispute regarding six figure termination fees, Braganza duties in respect of a sales financing agreement, successfully representing a major financial institution at trial in relation to allegations of mis-selling, consumer credit agreements, mortgage disputes and third party debt orders.
• Company, partnership and joint venture matters e.g. A potentially seven figure claim in respect of a 50% profit share in a partnership or alternatively joint venture wherein an application to strike out the claim was made on the basis of warehousing litigation, an unfair prejudice petition involving shares worth c.£500,000-£1.375m, a dispute over the beneficial ownership of property held by a company and a dispute over the beneficial ownership of businesses by way of proprietary estoppel and constructive trust.
• Insurance related matters e.g. A dispute over the status of a bond provided by a third party insurance entity located in Costa Rica, a claim concerning the Insurance Act 2015, fair presentation of risk and alleged failure to disclose facts presenting a moral hazard and a negligence claim involving arguments as to allocation of risk in a JCT contract which required an All Risks Joint Names Policy and liability of sub-contractors.
• Insolvency disputes – for more detail see here.
• Professional Negligence matters – for more detail see here.
• An injunction to recover 3D digital models of yachts and superyachts.
• Delivery up proceedings for a gin manufacturer.

Publications

• “Disclosure, intermeddling and compensation (Walker v The Official Receiver)”, LexisPSL