
Hannah is a Solicitor in the firm’s Initial Enquiries team and Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) team. Having specialised in UK immigration and nationality law since 2010, Hannah is responsible for developing the wider team’s prominent technical knowledge, creating systems to streamline the delivery of advice to clients and external communications, including responding to enquiries received by the firm. Along with others on the PSL team, Hannah organises and delivers internal and external training sessions and writes for the media and legal publications. Additionally, Hannah is involved in lobbying the Home Office to effect changes to immigration law and policy and advising clients on complex areas of immigration law.
History
2022-present – Laura Devine Immigration, London
2010-2017 – Laura Devine Solicitors, London
2014 – Admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales
Education
2009-2010 – LPC, BLP Law School, London
2008-2009 – GDL, BLP Law School, London
2004-2008 – MA History of Art, University of Edinburgh
French and Japanese
Latest Insights
20 February 2026
The new era of UK immigration?: Lessons from 2025 and looking ahead in 2026
2025 marked the most consequential year for the immigration law sector since Brexit. Indeed, the scale of changes in 2025 and those likely to unfold…
12 February 2026
US immigration update – Proposed dual citizenship legislation
Recent proposals in the United States Congress have sparked attention around dual nationality, but at this stage nothing has changed in the law that…
9 February 2026
Christi Jackson quoted in The Financial Times on increasing US visa restrictions
Christi Hufford Jackson has been quoted in the Financial Times in an article titled 'US embassy in London denies visas to executives over minor…
