Recognized as a ‘strong litigation attorney’ who is noted as ‘knowledgeable and responsive and will exert every effort to secure the desired result.’
Chambers Global 2022
Audley Hanna, Jr. specialises in various areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, with a particular focus on employment law, admiralty law, insurance law, intellectual property litigation, and personal injury litigation. Audley has significant experience as Counsel in The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Audley holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Fisk University in Psychology and English. He obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree, with First-Class Honours, from the University of Buckingham in England. Thereafter, he completed the Legal Profession Course and obtained his Master of Law (LL.M.) degree from Northumbria University.
Audley was called to the Bar of the Third Appellate District of the State of New York in 2008. He completed a Legal Education Certificate at the University of the West Indies and was called to the Bahamas Bar in 2010 becoming an Associate with Higgs & Johnson that same year. He was named a Senior Associate in 2017 and became a Partner in 2019.
Audley is listed as a recommended lawyer in the area of Dispute Resolution by Legal 500 Caribbean (2019-2025) and Chambers Global (2022-2025) and has contributed to numerous publications including co-authoring the Bahamas Chapter in Shipping for the Legal 500 Comparative Guide (2021) and International Franchising (2016).
Education
- Fisk University (B.A.), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- University of Buckingham (LL.B.), Buckingham, UK
- Northumbria University at Newcastle (Legal Profession Course), (LL.M.), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Eugene Dupuch Law School (LEC), Nassau, Bahamas
Bar admissions
- New York, 2008
- Bahamas, 2010
Professional memberships
- Bahamas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- International Trademark Association
Experience
- Assistant counsel in addressing, at the highest level of the common law judicial hierarchy in a matter applicable throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, the procedural principles attendant to a party’s entitlement to appeal as of right from a decision of a local Court of Appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Assisting in a breach of contract and negligence claim brought against our client, a logistics and maritime services company valued at $5 billion
- Assisting in securing a successful outcome for an electricity utility in a wrongful dismissal claim brought by an employee and reaffirming at the appellate level the primacy of the statutory termination regime, while clarifying the distinction between fixed-term and indefinite employment within contractual arrangements where such terms are not expressly defined.
- Assistant counsel representing a multi-national financial institution in resolving a dispute concerning funds held in a bank account worth over $70 million
- Assisting with an action on behalf of a major shareholder of a multi-national financial entity with a value exceeding $1 billion, in a dispute involving rights and entitlements
- Assisting a local manufacturer in an appeal related to a dispute over a significant tax assessment
Publications
- Bahamas Class Actions Comparative Guide, Mondaq (2023)
- Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide – Shipping in The Bahamas (2021)
- Doing business in The Bahamas, Thomas Reuters Practical Law (2020 – 2021)
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in The Bahamas, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through (2020-2021)
- Contributor to The Bahamas Chapter. International Franchising, 2016
Recognition
- Recommended Lawyer, Dispute Resolution, Legal 500 Caribbean (2019-2025)
- Up and Coming, Dispute Resolution, Chambers Global (2022-2025)
"Audley is our go-to expert, especially on labour matters."
Chambers Global 2025
Audley Hanna, Jr. specialises in various areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, with a particular focus on employment law, admiralty law, insurance law, intellectual property litigation, and personal injury litigation. Audley has significant experience as Counsel in The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Audley holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Fisk University in Psychology and English. He obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree, with First-Class Honours, from the University of Buckingham in England. Thereafter, he completed the Legal Profession Course and obtained his Master of Law (LL.M.) degree from Northumbria University.
Audley was called to the Bar of the Third Appellate District of the State of New York in 2008. He completed a Legal Education Certificate at the University of the West Indies and was called to the Bahamas Bar in 2010 becoming an Associate with Higgs & Johnson that same year. He was named a Senior Associate in 2017 and became a Partner in 2019.
Audley is listed as a recommended lawyer in the area of Dispute Resolution by Legal 500 Caribbean (2019-2025) and Chambers Global (2022-2025) and has contributed to numerous publications including co-authoring the Bahamas Chapter in Shipping for the Legal 500 Comparative Guide (2021) and International Franchising (2016).
Education
- Fisk University (B.A.), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- University of Buckingham (LL.B.), Buckingham, UK
- Northumbria University at Newcastle (Legal Profession Course), (LL.M.), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Eugene Dupuch Law School (LEC), Nassau, Bahamas
Bar admissions
- New York, 2008
- Bahamas, 2010
Professional memberships
- Bahamas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- International Trademark Association
Experience
- Assistant counsel in addressing, at the highest level of the common law judicial hierarchy in a matter applicable throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, the procedural principles attendant to a party’s entitlement to appeal as of right from a decision of a local Court of Appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Assisting in a breach of contract and negligence claim brought against our client, a logistics and maritime services company valued at $5 billion
- Assisting in securing a successful outcome for an electricity utility in a wrongful dismissal claim brought by an employee and reaffirming at the appellate level the primacy of the statutory termination regime, while clarifying the distinction between fixed-term and indefinite employment within contractual arrangements where such terms are not expressly defined.
- Assistant counsel representing a multi-national financial institution in resolving a dispute concerning funds held in a bank account worth over $70 million
- Assisting with an action on behalf of a major shareholder of a multi-national financial entity with a value exceeding $1 billion, in a dispute involving rights and entitlements
- Assisting a local manufacturer in an appeal related to a dispute over a significant tax assessment
Publications
- Bahamas Class Actions Comparative Guide, Mondaq (2023)
- Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide – Shipping in The Bahamas (2021)
- Doing business in The Bahamas, Thomas Reuters Practical Law (2020 – 2021)
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in The Bahamas, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through (2020-2021)
- Contributor to The Bahamas Chapter. International Franchising, 2016
Recognition
- Recommended Lawyer, Dispute Resolution, Legal 500 Caribbean (2019-2025)
- Up and Coming, Dispute Resolution, Chambers Global (2022-2025)
