Recommended as a leading junior in criminal fraud/financial crime in Chambers UK since 2013 and in  Legal 500 2016 and 2017, Hannah has an established reputation as a prosecution junior in large scale cases involving the most serious and complex white-collar crimes. She has recently been appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s Prosecution Panel A list and has been a Grade 3 Advocate for the CPS Specialist Fraud Panel since 2013.

In 2005 Hannah was seconded to the Asset Forfeiture at the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office where she gained a significant grounding in asset forfeiture work. Since then she has sought to develop her expertise in both this area and that of confiscation.  In 2013, Hannah was appointed to the CPS Specialist Proceeds of Crime Panel (Grade 2 Advocate).

• Op. Hornet : R v David Mills and others (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 Richard Joseph (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
• R v Ali Mustafa and Others (2012) Junior prosecution counsel in the FSA’s longest and most complex prosecution of insider dealing to date tried over four months.   Press Links:  The Guardian 
• R v Bharat Odedra and others: 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
• R v Islam and others (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 Janak Patel 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 Christopher Barcroft 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.

Hannah is a Grade 3 Advocate for the CPS Specialist Serious Crime Panel and is also now a Grade 4 Advocate on the CPS General Crime Panel.  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.

• 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 Baljit Bhandal and others (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.

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

Lloyd’s Law Reports: Financial Crime: 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.

Teaching Fellow (part-time) at University College London: 2017 – 2018.

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.