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.
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)
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)
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd
Faisal al Nusif Trading Co LLC v Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft A/S & Co KG (discontinued)
Australian Electoral Commission v Winfield
QSuper Board Pty Ltd v AIG Australia Limited (ongoing)
Villefranche Investments Pty Ltd v ASP Aluminium Holdings (ongoing)
Wojciechowska v State of New South Wales (reserved)
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)
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
Master of Laws
Harvard Law School
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)
University of Sydney
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours)
University of Sydney