Natasha Miller in X and Y [2025] EWFC 411 (B)
Natasha Miller, instructed by Family First Solicitors, appeared for the Appellant Mother in X and Y [2025] EWFC 411 (B); an appeal of a case management decision made by DJ…
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Natasha is an up and coming barrister adept at handling both public and private law children cases. She is very much at home in all levels of the family courts and assists clients in matters regarding allegations of abuse and parental alienation, among others. She is also well regarded for her work in financial remedy proceedings. Before joining Chambers, Natasha worked at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales as the judicial assistant to Lord Justice McCombe and ran the legal clinic for a charity.
Natasha was named Family Law Young Barrister of the Year at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2022.
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Natasha undertakes all forms of care, adoption and other public law proceedings, including representing clients faced with serious allegations of neglect, abuse, substance misuse, mental health issues and physical and emotional harm, including in cases involving non-accidental injuries. She has experience working with vulnerable parents, including those with learning disabilities, and of representing grandparents and Guardians.
Natasha represented a grandparent in the pool of perpetrators in respect of alleged non-accidental injuries sustained by a baby. No findings were made in respect of her client.
Natasha accepts instructions on all Children Act 1989 private law matters, including cases featuring domestic abuse, parental alienation and relocation. Natasha has represented parents in all stages of proceedings, including final and fact-finding hearings. She has experience of acting for Children’s Guardians appointed within private law proceedings and of applications for Forced Marriage Protection Orders. Natasha also represents clients in injunctive proceedings under the Family Law Act 1989, including where serous allegations of domestic abuse have been made and where those applications are linked to concurrent (or imminent) Children Act 1989 proceedings.
Father’s application for contact and Mother’s application for s.91(14) order & order restricting Father’s parental rights, in light of previous abuse findings against Father.
Appeal by mother from decision that a fact-finding hearing concerning allegations of domestic abuse was unnecessary.
Fact-finding in children proceedings, concerning in particular mother’s allegations that father had touched child inappropriately. Allegations not proved.
Represented successful Applicant mother in application by mother seeking to remove child from care of father. Change of residence ordered, following finding of alienating behaviours by father. A follow on case from A Mother v A Father & Anor [2022] EWFC 204.
Following a lengthy fact-finding hearing, Natasha represented the Mother at a final hearing, successfully securing an order for only indirect contact between the Father and the child by way of cards, gifts and electronic messages and securing a S.91(14) order with a duration of two and a half years.
Natasha represented the successful Respondent mother in an application by the father, to relocate the children to a country in Africa.
Natasha has appeared in the High Court on matters involving international child abduction. Natasha regularly represents clients in Hague Convention abduction cases, as well as applications made under the inherent jurisdiction for inward and outward return orders.
A 1980 Hague Convention application concerning the return of a young child to Ukraine. The mother and child came to England with the father’s agreement as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme following the start of the war. The Court determined that there had been a wrongful retention but that by the time that happened the child was habitually resident in England.
A significant Court of Appeal decision regarding establishing habitual residence in child abduction proceedings.
Successfully defended an application for the child’s summary return to Colombia on the basis that the child was habitually resident in England at the time of the wrongful retention.
Application by mother for summary return of child to China.
Appeal by child against return order, raising issue as to role of a “solicitor-guardian” in 1980 Convention proceedings.
Natasha accepts instructions in all financial remedy proceedings, including enforcement applications. She has experience representing a variety of clients, including at FDA, FDR, final hearing and on appeal.
'Ferociously intelligent and knowledgeable. Her excellent drafting and advocacy make her a force to be reckoned with.'
'Natasha has a compassionate and caring manner with clients.'
'She is able to grasp complex issues quickly, and convey them with compassion and persuasiveness. In court, she cross-examines incisively.'
'Her written material is faultless and always very persuasive.'
Chambers UK Bar 2026
'Natasha works tirelessly for clients, even in cases which seem to have less merit, and she is a strong advocate who is very well respected by judiciary and other counsel.'
The Legal 500 UK Bar 2026
‘Natasha handles cases and clients in a way which is tactically astute, pragmatic and sensitive.’
‘razor sharp cross examination skills’
The Legal 500 UK Bar 2026
'Natasha is knowledgeable. She is always on hand to offer advice and support to instructing solicitors and clients before, during and after hearings. She is compassionate with the client and has the judge's ear. She is very calm, collected and a top-class advocate.'
The Legal 500 UK Bar 2026
'Natasha's legal knowledge is encyclopaedic and her written work is superb. She exhibits a maturity and confidence in her advocacy that is usually only found in barristers far beyond her year of call.'
Chambers UK Bar 2025
'Always meticulously prepared, Natasha is very well liked and trusted by clients. She is committed to her cases and a pleasure to work with.'
Chambers UK Bar 2025
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