Hannah is a commercial litigator who specialises in insolvency law, enforcement and asset recovery. She acts for insolvency practitioners in their role as administrators; for creditors (from the individual to the institutions) on asset investigations and solutions to client or customer insolvency; and for directors in relation to duties and personal liabilities, in particular wrongful trading claims and disqualification proceedings.

She has done so recently with conspicuous success. She enforced a Retention of Title clause that spared a creditor significant loss when a national retailer went into administration. She defended an administrator whose costs were heavily contested and recovered all of them. She enabled a director to continue to act despite a previous disqualification.

Hannah is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association (YFLA), Fraud Women's Network (FWN) and Professional Women's Network. She joined the Firm in 2000.

Key Experience

Hannah has recently successfully acted for:

A creditor facing significant financial loss when the national retailer they supplied went into administration while still holding unpaid stock and successfully enforcing Retention of Title clause, thereby avoiding joining a long list of unsecured creditors.

Administrators in relation to heavily contested proceedings for assessment of the administrators' costs, where all costs claimed were recovered.

A director seeking leave to continue to act in relation to two companies following a disqualification.

A public agent in executing a search and freeze order in relation to assets placed outside of the jurisdiction, where substantial monies (£1m+) were repatriated.

A victim of property fraud, where Hannah successfully obtained an order for rectification from the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry and recovery of her client's costs from the Land Registry.

Career History