Hannah’s practice covers the full ambit of media and information law, including data protection. Recognised as a “rising star” in the field, recent highlights include:
a Supreme Court appearance in a landmark privacy case concerning the right of arrestees in child sex offence cases to remain anonymous (PNM v Times Newspapers Ltd); a Court of Appeal appearance in Lachaux v AOL (UK) Ltd, which gave rise to the first appellate decision on the controversial ‘serious harm test’ under section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013; acting for the largest group of defendants in multi-million-pound litigation concerning the alleged blacklisting of construction workers (Construction Industry Vetting Information Group Litigation).In 2012, she was awarded a Pegasus Scholarship to work at the New York offices of Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz LLP, where she gained both a broad grounding in American media law and experience in advising on cross-jurisdictional issues. Having previously worked for a leading communications agency, Hannah also boasts expertise in reputation management and litigation strategy.
Hannah is a contributor to Arlidge, Eady & Smith on Contempt, 5th Edition, 2017, and co-author, Atkin’s Court Forms on Defamation.
Hannah has a particular interest in dealing with online issues and experience in representing prominent internet and technology clients, including Google UK Ltd, AOL (UK) Ltd,Twitter Inc. and TripAdvisor Ltd.
MA (Cantab) (First Class), Law, University of Cambridge (Churchill College)Silverman Sherliker Award for Legal Excellence; Churchill College Scholarship, 2008Lord Denning Scholarship; Hardwicke Entrance Award, 2009Bar Vocational Course, BPP Law School (Outstanding)Buchanan Prize; Hubert Greenland Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn), 2010Pegasus Scholarship (Inns of Court), 2012