Talia is developing a wide-ranging practice in all of Chambers’ main practice areas, including commercial disputes and international arbitration.
From October to December 2021, Talia undertook a part-time secondment with the Financial Conduct Authority, where she provided advice to FCA staff on a range of regulatory issues related to investments, insurance and redress.
Before joining Chambers, she worked at UN Women in New York, where she spent time in the Executive Director’s speechwriting team and the rule of law policy division. Talia has also worked as a paralegal at a law firm specialising in education and disability law and undertaken written and oral advocacy as a Tribunal Support Volunteer for IPSEA.
Talia has an undergraduate degree in History and an MPhil in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge. She completed the GDL (placing first in her year) and the BPTC at BPP Law School.
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Example cases
Examples of the work Talia has undertaken as a tenant:
- Advice regarding the correct approach to calculating a party’s liability for bunkers while a vessel was off-hire.
- Summary Grounds of Defence (with Edward Brown) in JR proceedings involving an Article 14 challenge.
- Secondment with the Financial Conduct Authority, where she provided advice on a range of regulatory issues to FCA members of staff.
- Appearing in the County Court on numerous occasions in connection with PPI claims under sections 140A-C of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 regarding undisclosed commissions.
Examples of the work Talia has undertaken during pupillage include:
- Drafted pleadings in a number of LMAA arbitrations:
- Reply and Defence to Counterclaim regarding a failure to deliver one vessel and accept delivery of another.
- Defence and Reply to Defence to Counterclaim concerning the frustration of a charterparty as a result of COVID-19.
- Prepared advice as to whether a vessel was off hire as a result of a deviation necessary for the health and safety of the crew.
- Assisted with various cases raising questions of jurisdiction and private international law, including Shenzhen Senior Technology 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).
- Prepared submissions in connection with an ICC arbitration.
- Prepared a skeleton argument opposing an application for permission to appeal an arbitration award.
- Prepared advice regarding the disclosure provisions in a freezing injunction.
- Prepared advice on various (re-)insurance matters, including on the impact of COVID-19.
