Hannah joined 5RB in 2023 following the successful completion of her pupillage. She accepts instructions across all areas of Chambers’ practice, including defamation, privacy, information law, harassment and data protection.
Recent cases include:
- Acted for various media organisations seeking access to court documents in Yang Tengbo v Secretary of State for the Home Department (led by Adam Wolanski KC). News reporting here. This case was widely covered in the press, see reporting by The Guardian, The Times and The Telegraph.
- Acted for a major media organisation in relation to a libel claim brought by a politician (led by Catrin Evans KC and Jonathan Scherbel-Ball).
- Acted for Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools in a three-day trial before the First Tier-Tribunal in relation to a Freedom of Information request (led by Felicity McMahon). News reporting here.
Hannah gives pre-publication advice to The Daily Mail and The Sun as well as to a leading publishing house.
Prior to joining 5RB, Hannah worked as a paralegal at a leading media law firm and as a visiting lecturer in tort law at City, University of London for the 2021-2022 academic year. Before this, Hannah studied Human, Social and Political at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a first. She studied the GDL, passing with distinction and ranking 5th in the year, and the Bar Professional Training Course at City, University of London.
Scholarships and Awards
Pegasus Trust Scholar 2024 (Inns of Court)
Kennedy Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)
City University Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Lord Bowen Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)
The Margaret Sylvia Kemp Award (Newnham College)
The R M Jackson Award (Newnham College)
The Anne Jemima Clough Prize (Newnham College)
Called
2022 Called to the Bar of England and Wales
Education
City, University of London (BVS)
City, University of London (GDL: Distinction)
University of Cambridge (BA (Hons): First Class)
Areas of work
Defamation and Malicious Falsehood
Misuse of Private Information
Breach of Confidence
Harassment
Data Protection and Information Law
Pre-publication Advice
Reporting the Courts and Contempt
Human Rights
Injunctive Relief
Memberships
Lincoln's Inn
Featured cases
McGee v Lewis
[2023] EWHC 1813 (KB) 17/07/2023
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Contact
Email: clerks@5rb.com