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03 December 2025

Handbagged! – Hanna Basha shares her expertise in the latest issue of IoD’s Director magazine.

Privacy and Media expert Hanna Basha, Partner at Payne Hicks Beach, has been featured in the latest edition of the IoD’s Director magazine. In an article titled Handbagged, Hanna Basha highlights the benefits of involving a lawyer when facing scrutiny in the press.

Hanna comments: 

“If you see these things coming, you have to jump on them quickly,”

“With a newspaper or credible media source, you will have the option of commenting. That’s the time communications can do a lot to stop information getting out there that is simply untrue. Lawyers can give you some breathing space. We will write to say we are looking into the issue. But if you publish before you’ve given us a chance to do so, you’re open to a defamation claim down the line.”

Click here to read the full magazine: Director Magazine Autumn 2025: View our autumn issue in full | Director Magazine | Institute of Directors


For further information, please contact Hanna Basha,Partner in the Privacy and Media team or, alternatively, telephone on  020 7465 4371.

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