Hannah Burton > Chambers of Sally O’Neill and Michael Holland KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Regarded as professional and meticulous in her approach, with a keen eye for detail, Hannah accepts instructions in extradition, regulatory and criminal matters.

Extradition

Hannah is an established extradition practitioner and has experience in cases under both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003. Hannah represents both requesting states and requested persons. Hannah’s experience also encompasses work under Part 3 of the Extradition Act 2003 and she has experience in drafting requests for the return of a suspect for prosecution in this jurisdiction.

Hannah has experience at all stages of proceedings, including proceedings before the High Court, both as led-junior and junior alone. She also has experience representing requesting judicial authorities in complex, multi-handed cases before Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Regulatory

Hannah acts for Registrants appearing before the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Health & Care Professions Council at all stages of proceedings.

While on secondment to Peters and Peters Solicitors LLP, Hannah assisted in the preparation of written advice in respect of suspected insider dealing contrary to the Market Abuse Regulation.

Crime

Having acted as led-junior and junior alone, Hannah has experience in the Crown, Magistrates and Youth Courts at all stages of proceedings. Her caseload has involved a wide variety of offences, including allegations of violence in a domestic and non-domestic setting, possession of weapons including threats made with weapons, possession and supply of drugs, dishonesty including burglary and fraud, public disorder, and sexual offences.

In 2018, Hannah acted as led-junior in a multi-handed, complex mortgage fraud, representing a conveyancing clerk. 

Hannah was seconded to the Business Crime Department of Peters and Peters Solicitors LLP in 2017, and then again in 2018-2019. Hannah worked closely with Partners and Associates on a wide range of cases. Hannah’s time was predominantly spent working on an internal investigation on behalf of a large, multinational corporation. This involved researching and reporting on specific issues of law and regulation to assist in advising the client, conducting a large-scale document review, and assisting with the application of factual findings to issues arising during the course of the investigation.