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Hannah Ryan

Hannah Ryan

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Years at the bar
11
Practice areas

Professional Summary

Hannah has a varied practice with particular interests in commercial, public and media law. Before coming to the Bar, Hannah worked as Associate to the Honourable Justice Gleeson of the Federal Court, tipstaff to the Honourable Justice Meagher of the NSW Court of Appeal, and as a lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre focusing on democratic freedoms. She also worked as a journalist. Hannah holds a Master of Laws from Harvard, where she studied on a Fulbright Scholarship and Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship. She has received several academic prizes, including the Dean’s Scholar Prize for First Amendment Law at Harvard.

Practice Areas

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Cases

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  • TCXM v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship[2026] HCA 13
  • Mayfield Development Corporation Pty Ltd v NSW Port Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd[2026] HCA 12
  • respondent, led by C Lenehan SC, instructed by MinterEllison) State of New South Wales v Wojciechowska[2025] HCA 27
  • interstate residents (for appellant, led by B Lim, instructed by CSO) Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd[2025] HCADisp 212
  • FULL COURT OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (Appeal)(2025) 310 FCR 170

  • Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (Reopening Application)(2025) 310 FCR 141

  • Mayfield Development Corporation Pty Ltd v NSW Ports Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd(2025) 308 FCR 153

  • MinterEllison) Babet v Electoral Commissioner(2023) 300 FCR 81

  • Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. DMH20 v Minister for Home Affairs(2023) 296 FCR 256

  • Kateb v Godwin(2004) 219 CLR 562

  • Illawarra Basketball Club Pty Ltd v National Basketball League Pty Ltd (ongoing)

  • Jarrett v State of New South Wales[2026] NSWCA 62
  • by CSO) Commissioner of Police v Ritson[2023] NSWCA 300
  • requests for personal information, statutory construction (for Privacy Commissioner, led by B Lim) Wojciechowska v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice[2023] NSWCA 191
  • applications, application of Burns v Corbett (for respondent, led by B Lim, instructed by CSO) Secretary, Department of Education v Derikuca[2023] NSWCA 94
  • Hancock v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (2022) 409 ALR 638[2022] NSWCA 152
  • Boyle v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions[2024] SASCA 73
  • Service Seeking Pty Limited v Levitt (ongoing)

  • Jones SC, R Yezerski SC, A Smith, A Zheng, A Campbell, instructed by Gilbert + Tobin) ZJMJ v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (reserved)

  • Alford v AMP Superannuation Pty Limited (settled)

  • Wertheim v Haddad[2025] FCA 720
  • (Cth) (for applicants, led by P Braham SC with J Chen, instructed by Deutsch Miller) Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd[2025] FCA 414
  • Mayfield Development Corporation Pty Ltd v NSW Ports Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd (No 4)[2024] FCA 538
  • Arrotex Pharmaceuticals Pty Limited v Minister for Health and Aged Care[2024] FCA 522
  • Deripaska v Minister for Foreign Affairs[2024] FCA 62
  • Babet v Electoral Commissioner[2023] FCA 1126
  • (for respondent, led by S Free SC and B Lim, instructed by AGS) Australian Electoral Commission v Kelly[2023] FCA 854
  • Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd

  • DMH20 v Minister for Home Affairs[2022] FCA 1054
  • Faisal al Nusif Trading Co LLC v Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft A/S & Co KG (discontinued)

  • Australian Electoral Commission v Winfield

  • compliant corflute displayed during by-election (for applicant, instructed by AGS) Probis Financial Services Pty Ltd (administrators appointed) v Kong (No 2)[2024] FCA 550
  • to issue subpoena in New Zealand (for respondent, instructed by A&O Shearman) Waqa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs[2023] FCA 990
  • QSuper Board Pty Ltd v AIG Australia Limited (ongoing)

  • Villefranche Investments Pty Ltd v ASP Aluminium Holdings (ongoing)

  • duties (led by R Yezerski SC and T O’Brien, instructed by Gilbert + Tobin) Lees v State of New South Wales[2026] NSWSC 58
  • Illawarra Basketball Club Pty Ltd v National Basketball League Pty Ltd[2025] NSWSC 1111
  • respondent, led by P Herzfeld SC and T O’Brien, instructed by Arnold Bloch Leibler) Watters v Independent Commission Against Corruption[2025] NSWSC 933
  • Seaforth Securities Pty Limited v Zoya Investments Pty Limited[2024] NSWSC 1061
  • Commissioner of Police v Ritson[2023] NSWSC 854
  • personal information under privacy law (for Privacy Commissioner, led by B Lim) Elwood v Director of Public Prosecutions[2023] NSWSC 772
  • Ings v Racing NSW[2022] NSWSC 1127
  • (for Racing NSW, led by O Jones) Hancock v Rinehart[2022] NSWSC 1025
  • Wojciechowska v State of New South Wales (reserved)

  • Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force[2026] NSWSC 201
  • Lawrence v Commissioner of Corrective Services[2024] NSWSC 855
  • subpoena (for Commissioner, instructed by CSO) Coster v Compass Housing Services Co Ltd t/as Home in Place[2022] NSWSC 1067
  • GRC Project Pty Ltd t/as GRC Property Management v Lai[2023] NSWDC 63
  • early hearing on serious harm (for defendant, led by J Mack) R v DR

  • Learmont v SAS Trustee Corporation

  • Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. AB v State of New South Wales (settled)

  • battery by police (for plaintiff, instructed by Rebecca Dunlop Legal) Nemr v Lombardo (dismissed by consent)

  • Save The Robots v Council of the City of Sydney[2025] NSWLEC 149
  • Carey-Evans v Wu[2022] NSWLEC 144
  • Whippy v State of NSW (Federal Circuit and Family Court)

  • application for maximum costs order (for respondent, instructed by CSO) Georges v Georges (NSW Local Court)

  • inquiry into corruption allegations concerning Canterbury-Bankstown Council employee, contractor and others

  • Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes

  • Zillman v NSW Treasury[2025] NSWCATAD 161
  • Lock The Gate Alliance v Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure[2026] NSWCATAD 138
  • MPZB and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs[2023] AATA 2192
  • Elevate Education Pty Ltd and Australian Securities and Investments Commission[2023] AATA 84
  • Tribunal may consider validity of delegated legislation (for applicant, instructed by SBA Lawyers) Aparekka v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue[2022] NSWCATAD 333
  • PYCS and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs[2022] AATA 4426
  • Ornelas and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs[2022] AATA 3182

Admissions

  • 2022Admitted as legal practitioner

Qualifications

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    Master of Laws

    Harvard Law School

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    Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)

    University of Sydney

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    Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours)

    University of Sydney

Documents

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