Repeatedly recommended for her work in financial crime, Hannah has an established reputation as prosecution counsel in large scale cases involving the most serious and complex white-collar crimes. Prior to taking silk, Hannah was appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s Prosecution Panel A list in 2017 and as a Grade 4 Advocate for the CPS Specialist Fraud Panel in 2019.

• First junior counsel instructed by the SFO in its eighth Deferred Prosecution Agreement (2020).
• Op. Vouch (2018 – 2019): leading prosecution Counsel in a multi-handed prosecution of 10 defendants involving offences of conspiracy to commit boiler room frauds and conspiracy to launder criminal property both in the UK and abroad. The case affected numerous victims, many of whom were elderly and vulnerable, with a loss of over £2million.
• XX LLP – YY plc (2018): instructed by the Financial Reporting Council to advise and assist with the disclosure exercise following the issue of formal complaints issued under the Accountancy Scheme.
• Op. Hornet (2013 – 2017) High profile multi-handed prosecution involving conspiracy to corrupt, fraudulent trading and conspiracy to launder criminal property with an estimated loss of approximately £245m. One of the largest investigations ever undertaken by Thames Valley Police with over 195,000 pages of evidence.   (Led jnr. and first disclosure counsel).  Press Links: BBC, The Guardian, Telegraph, The Sun, The Times
• Op. Susumo (2015 – 2016) Money laundering prosecution involving 7 defendants and the alleged laundering of over £6m (led jnr.).
• R v RJ (2013) Advised and drafted legal argument for the FCA regarding choses in action obtained from spread betting and whether associated costs should be deducted from the defendant’s benefit figure.  Some of the submissions were novel but accepted by the Court:  none were appealed.         Press Links: FCA
• Op. Saturn (2012) Junior prosecution counsel in the then FSA’s longest and most complex prosecution of insider dealing to that date tried over four months.   Press Links: The Guardian 
• Op. Ghast (2011) 6-handed £22m VAT (MTIC) fraud and money laundering.  (Led jnr. and one of two disclosure counsel in the overall operation).
• Op. Stirling (2008-2011) Disclosure counsel in a large-scale tax fraud directing and supervising 16 police officers in an extensive review of probe material. Hannah’s disclosure strategy has since become the framework for all Northumbrian Police operations involving the deployment and use of probes
• Op. Saiful (2008-2010) Junior prosecution counsel in an 11 handed banking fraud.
• Op. Thankful (2007-2010) Prosecution counsel in complex, lengthy confiscation proceedings in a drugs importation case.  A hidden assets finding and confiscation order of £238,304.87 was made.
• In the Matter of ***** and in the Matter of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 [2007/2008] Advised on the appropriateness of seeking a restraint order and receivership post confiscation order in circumstances where new assets had been discovered by R.C.P.O. Also subsequently instructed to appear and advise in the confiscation enforcement proceedings following the granting of the restraint order.
• In the matter of ****** and in the matter of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 [2007] Successful High Court application for restraint order under the CJA 1988 for Thameside Metropolitan Council prior to the defendant being summonsed to the Magistrates’ Court for benefit fraud offences.

Prior to taking silk, Hannah was appointed a Grade 4 Advocate for the CPS Specialist Serious Crime Panel in 2019, as well as a Grade 4 Advocate on the CPS General Crime Panel in 2016. She has significant experience of cases involving violent crime having both prosecuted and defended a very large number of such cases during the early years of her practice.

• R v P (2019) Defence counsel in multi-handed conspiracy to kidnap and rob case. Successful submission of no case to answer.
• ****** (2017 – 2018) Instructed to advise pre-charge as junior prosecution counsel in a case involving a death in custody.
• Op. Nutant (2007-2008) Junior prosecution counsel in case involving the importation of 36.72 kilos of heroin.
• R v X (2008) Prosecution counsel in GBH case concerning a complainant who had suffered serious burns as well as a head injury caused by a hammer.
• R v Y (2008) Defence counsel in GBH (later reduced to ABH) case in which the Defendant had run over another person with his car.
• R v BB & Ors (2006) Junior counsel for the prosecution in 6 handed case involving two conspiracies to kidnap. The case involved one defendant giving Queen’s Evidence for the Crown. In addition, there was a significant amount of cell site evidence, which Hannah called and cross-examined the experts upon.

Archbold, Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell 2019 to date) contributor.

Ormerod & Montgomery on Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure (OUP 2019) contributor.

The Encyclopedia of Road Traffic Law and Practice, (Sweet & Maxwell 2003 to date), co-editor.

Lloyd’s Law Reports: Financial Crime (2015 – 2019) case reporter.

South Eastern Circuit’s written response to the Lord Chancellor’s speech ‘What does a One Nation Justice Policy look like?’ (2015) contributor.

Statutory Conspiracies: Practical Law (2015) co-author.

Parties to a Conspiracy: Practical Law (2015) co-author.

Conspiracy: the agreement: Practical Law (2015) co-author.

Teaching Fellow (part-time) at University College London: 2017 – ongoing.

‘The Fraud Act 2006 – A Step Too Far?’, November 2019, UCL Assize Seminar

Co-presented Lexis Nexis webinar on Market Abuse and FCA Enforcement: 2015

Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University: 2013- 2015.

Discussion group member of the review of sanctions for disclosure failures organised by Lord Justice Gross: 2012.