Hannah Smith

Hannah is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. Hannah specialises in immigration, public law and human rights, inquests and civil actions against authorities.

Hannah has a broad practice in public and civil law and is regularly instructed in matters concerning immigration, asylum and accountability of the police and other public authorities. She has appeared unled in the Administrative Court, First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, the County Court and the Coroners’ courts.

Before joining the bar, Hannah trained and qualified as a solicitor in the public law litigation team at an international law firm. She further developed her expertise in public, immigration, European Union and European Human Rights law working as a solicitor at the AIRE (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) Centre.