Hannah Curtain

Practice Areas

Hannah is an experienced Inquiry counsel and currently represents the Welsh Government in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry into national response to and the impact of the pandemic. Previously, Hannah acted as counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, heading a team of juniors working on the modules concerning the London Fire Brigade’s operational response to the fire, and fire safety regulation. She examined witnesses in both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry hearings.

In addition to her Inquiry work, Hannah has a busy civil and common law practice, with an emphasis on product liability and employment law. She acted for the manufacturer of hip implants in the Corin Metal-on-Metal Hip group litigation, and is currently instructed by one of the manufacturers in the POP/ SUI vaginal mesh products litigation.

In her employment practice, Hannah represents claimants and respondents in all types of cases including unfair dismissal, TUPE, wages, and whistleblowing, with a particular focus on discrimination claims. She appears regularly in the Employment Tribunal in complex, multi-day trials. She represented a high-profile members organisation, led by Patrick Green KC, in long-running and multi-party proceedings involving allegations of race discrimination, harassment and victimisation. She is a contributor to Tolley’s Employment Law Service, and author of the Equality Act chapter of Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Service.

Career

MA (Oxon). Called 2010, Gray’s Inn.

Professional Memberships

Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association (HSLA); Employment Lawyers’ Association (ELA).