Rebecca Harris

Call 1997
LLB (Hons) (London) BVC (ICSL)

Practice: Crime and Regulatory

Summary

Rebecca Harris has considerable experience dealing with all types of criminal case, including fraud, serious offences of violence and sexual offences. She both prosecutes and defends.

She has a wealth of experience in relation to issues of disclosure and Public Interest Immunity.

She has specific expertise in cases involving children and is well practised in the handling of young and vulnerable witnesses.

Rebecca now regularly appears before a number of regulatory and professional discipline tribunals, particularly those in the healthcare sector. She is most frequently instructed to present cases before the General Medical Council and General Dental Council.

Recent Work

General Dental Council v J (2009)
Instructed to present this dental case involving allegations of overprescription and ‘hard sell’.

R v S (2009)
Instructed to prosecute this defendant for the Attempted Rape of his profoundly deaf eight-year-old daughter.

R v Benamirouche (2008-2009)
Instructed to prosecute this repeat sex offender, who preyed on young women late at night.

General Dental Council v NJ (2008)
Instructed to present this dental case where the allegation was one of large-scale fraud relating to NHS charges.

R v Felder and others (2006)
Instructed alone to prosecute this multi-handed money-laundering case where sums involved were over £9million.

R v Kalu (2006-2007)
Instructed as junior counsel for defence on behalf of defendant charged with Rape, other serious sexual offences, and Child Cruelty in respect of four children in his care. Responsible for obtaining (by summons) and analysing a significant volume of Social Services material.

R v B [2006]
Instructed to prosecute an 11-year-old boy for the Rape of a five-year-old male relative

Additional Information

Member of QEBHW Pupillage Committee
Member of Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Member of Young Fraud Lawyers’ Association
Member of CBA
Registered with the Bar Council – Public Access Directory
Member of the Public Access Bar Association - PABA

Provider of training for CPS caseworkers
Provider of advocacy training both in-house and for external agencies
Working knowledge of Spanish