R v LL
Hannah secures acquittal at trial for client accused of Money Laundering
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Hannah is a thoughtful and strategic advocate, with a busy mixed practice. She is known amongst her instructing solicitors for her detailed preparation to cases, such that she is “always one step ahead” of others and is “a brilliant barrister to work with”. She is particularly adept identifying novel or complicated legal issues both before and during trials.
Hannah is a highly sought after advocate in proceedings involving human rights. She regularly represents protesters in high profile trials.
Hannah has a busy general crime practice, regularly representing clients in complex drug conspiracies, serious assaults, and with issues relating to modern slavery and human trafficking.
Hannah represents families of the deceased in inquests, and also accepts instructions in public inquiries. She regularly advises on civil actions against the police and public authorities, as well as on employment matters.
Hannah also has a growing appellate practice.
Hannah is public access qualified and able to represent clients directly in all matters including driving matters.
Hannah is co-chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, and previously served on the executive of Legal Sector Workers United. She uses these experiences to bring a unique perspective to her clients’ cases, considering not only the immediate charges that they face but also the wider social conditions in which they live.
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Education
Bar Professional Training Course, BPP Law School
GDL, City Law School
BA History, University College London
Professional Memberships
Co-Chair of Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
Criminal Bar Association
Legal Sector Workers United
Lincoln’s Inn
Languages
Portuguese (basic)
R v AM
Six month sentence for Defendant originally charged with Riot
Area of Law: Crime Protest Rights
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Hannah secures the acquittal of four Just Stop Oil protesters who blocked the entrance to a BP Petrol Station
Area of Law: Crime Protest Rights
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Hannah successfully defends man charged with ABH against a police officer
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Hannah secures acquittal at trial for defendant charged with assault of an emergency worker
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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CPS persuaded to discontinue case against vulnerable client
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Hannah successfully defends man accused of assault by bottling and witness intimidation.
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Client found with 72 wraps of Class A drugs cleared of drug dealing
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Hannah secures suspended sentence for client facing Class A supply offence
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Hannah secures suspended sentence for client, despite non-compliance with terms set for deferred sentence
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v DD – Croydon Crown Court
Represented a young female client for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, (along with possession of Class B drugs and driving matters) in proceedings which began in the youth court. Follow
Area of Law: Crime
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Hannah represented a client for sentence for s.20 Grievous Bodily Harm, following the client pleading guilty to an assault caught on CCTV outside a nightclub. Following Hannah’s mitigation he was sent
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v RG – Norwich Crown Court
Hannah represented one client charged jointly with her husband with money laundering, alongside another couple also charged with money laundering, with each couple said to have laundered around £200,0
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Hannah represented a man charged with possession of an offensive weapon, where there was a video of him throwing a metal pole into the complainant’s car.
Following service of the defence statement in
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v LC – City of London Magistrates Court
Hannah represented an Extinction Rebellion protestor for trial who was charged with failing to comply with a condition imposed by a senior police officer under s.14 of the Public Order Act 1986.
Hann
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v AP – Snaresbrook Crown Court
Client was charged with s.18 Grievous Bodily Harm with intent. Hannah negotiated an agreeable basis of plea for the client and the Crown to a lesser charge of s.20 GBH (causing grievous bodily harm wi
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v AG – Basildon Crown Court
Hannah Webb represented a client who was stopped with around 12,000 ecstasy tablets in his car, along with some cocaine, 2kg of cannabis, around 9000 class C drugs and around 9000 ‘psychoactive substa
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v JT – Southwark Crown Court
Hannah successfully represented a client at trial for possession of a bladed article. The police had searched the client at a protest and found a Stanley knife on him. The defence was one of reasonabl
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v MS – Chelmsford Court
Hannah represented a young mother charged with Possession with Intent to Supply Class A drugs, and money laundering, after a significant amount of cocaine and cash were found at her address. Following
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v YJ – St Albans Magistrates’ Court
Successfully represented a client of good character at trial for £3,000 theft by employee. Following very careful cross examination made successful half time submission on two counts that alleged frau
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
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Successfully represented a client for failing to comply with interim notification requirements under Sexual Offences Act 2003. Successful half time submission made on the basis that it was not clear t
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v NS – Kingston Crown Court
Hannah represented a client at first appearance and PTPH for Possession with Intent to Supply Class A – Cocaine. At first appearance Hannah indicated on behalf of the client that he did not accept sup
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v DW – Wood Green Crown Court
Client pleaded guilty at PTPH to possession of counterfeit currency. Due to Hannah’s skilled mitigation, the client was sentenced to a conditional discharge, when a sentence of 12+ months immediate cu
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v A – Bromley Youth Court
Young client found not guilty of possession of a bladed article, despite a police officer giving evidence for the Crown that he saw him throw it. Based on Hannah’s careful submissions the bench found
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v JF – Kingston Crown Court
Crown offered no evidence against a client charged with Dangerous Driving as a result of Hannah serving a skeleton argument seeking to have the proceedings stayed as a an abuse of process.
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v SO – Woolwich Crown Court
Represented client from first appearance charged with two assaults of emergency workers (police officers). CPS offered no evidence against the client following review after service of the defence stat
Area of Law: Crime
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Represented a vulnerable client charged with two counts of breaching a restraining order.
Area of Law: Crime
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Represented a seventeen year old child for sentence who had pleaded guilty to one charge of robbery. Persuaded the court to revoke his existing Youth Rehabilitation Order and resentence him to a new Y
Area of Law: Crime General Crime
— Read moreR v NC – Margate Magistrates Court
Secured a suspended sentence in a case of driving whilst disqualified for a client with three previous convictions for driving whilst disqualified, who as a result was still on a suspended sentence. T
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What does DPP v Cuciurean mean for protestors?
In the judgment of DPP v Cuciurean [2022] EWHC 736 Admin, handed down on 30 March 2022, the High Court sought to limit to its own facts the judgment in DPP v Ziegler & ors [2021] UKSC 23.
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