Julian Evans KC and Harriet Dixon of QEB Hollis Whiteman prosecuted the case of Derek Martin, now 67, who was sentenced yesterday at Brighton Law Courts to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years, reduced to 26 years, 7 months, and 7 days to acc...
Overview
“Ms Dixon is professional, proactive and extremely conscientious. She manages to get great outcomes for our clients by going above and beyond.” – An instructing solicitor
Overview
Harriet came to the bar after a successful career as a sportswoman in which she attained a Commonwealth bronze medal in fencing. She subsequently worked for a leading artificial intelligence platform for the legal professions.
Crime
Harriet is regularly instructed to prosecute and defend in the Crown Court, magistrates’ courts, and youth courts. With a reputation for meticulous preparation, skilled witness handling, and compelling submissions, she is fast becoming a sought-after advocate.
Harriet has experience in relation to a broad spectrum of criminal offences, including homicide; offences against the person; sexual offences; drugs offences; robbery, theft, handling, and burglary. She also has a growing practice as a led junior in matters including murder and serious violence.
Harriet is popular with lay clients, who appreciate her ability to communicate clearly and accessibly. She has represented numerous vulnerable and/or neurodiverse clients. Harriet is known to go above and beyond in case preparation.
Regulatory and Disciplinary
Harriet has a busy regulatory practice and accepts instructions to both present and defend. She is fast able to get to grips with complex regulatory regimes and medical evidence. Harriet has experience in regulatory and disciplinary proceedings before a number of different regulators, including the General Medical Council (GMC), General Dental Council (GDC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), General Optical Council (GOC), and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Corporate & Financial Crime
Harriet has a growing practice in the field of corporate and financial crime. She has both prosecuted and defended in complex fraud matters. Harriet has also acted for the Insolvency Service in respect of Company Directors Disqualification Act offences and has acted for HMRC in account forfeiture proceedings. She is experienced in complex and high-volume disclosure and document review, where her thorough approach and keen eye for detail make her an asset to prosecution and defence teams alike.
Appointments
- CPS External Advocates Panel – Grade 3
- Completed ICCA Vulnerable Witness Training
- Approved counsel list for GMC and NMC
Education
- Called 2021 (Middle Temple)
- Master of Laws in Bar Professional Training (Commendation) – The City Law School
- Graduate Diploma in Law (Commendation) – City, University of London
- BA (Hons) Modern Languages: French and Italian (2:1 with distinction in Italian) – Somerville College, University of Oxford
Scholarships and Awards
- Astbury Scholarship – Middle Temple (2019-20)
- Barraclough Scholarship – Somerville College, University of Oxford (2014-15)
- Academic and Sports Scholarship – Millfield School (2006-13)
Professional Memberships
- The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
- Criminal Bar Association (CBA)
- Women in Criminal Law (WICL)
- The Young Fraud Lawyers Association (YFLA)
Recent Cases
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Bacon College and Bishop Thomas Grant took part in QEB Hollis Whiteman’s Annual South London Schools Mock Trial Competition, yesterday.As part of our outreach programme, the Mock Trial Competition intends to make the law, the Bar and being a barrist...
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We are delighted to announce that Harriet Dixon and Alex Mullen have accepted offers to join Chambers, following the successful completion of their pupillages.For more information, please contact our clerking team – either by email or by telephone: ...
Corporate and Financial Crime
Overview
Harriet has a growing practice in the field of corporate and financial crime, both prosecuting and defending.
Experience
Harriet has prosecuted and defended individuals in complex fraud matters. She has also acted for the Insolvency Service in respect of Company Directors Disqualification Act offences and has acted for HMRC in account forfeiture proceedings. Harriet’s general crime practice often intersects with financial crime and she regularly acts in confiscation proceedings, including in respect of cryptocurrency assets. She has also defended in Trading Standards prosecutions.
Harriet is an experienced prosecution disclosure counsel in complex and historic investigations and is currently instructed as defence document review counsel respect of a large-scale corporate criminal investigation. Harriet’s close attention to detail and systematic approach serve her well in this area of her practice.
Overview
Harriet has a thriving practice in general crime and is sought-after both as a junior alone and as a led junior.
Experience
Harriet’s general crime practice covers the full spectrum of criminal offences from murder and serious violence, to sexual offences, down to road traffic offences. She has defended alone respect of serious sexual offences such as assault by penetration, sexual assault, and outraging public decency. She has both defended and prosecuted multi-handed violence and drug conspiracies.
Harriet prosecutes and defends in serious and complex cases as a junior alone and as a led junior. She stands out for her meticulous approach and thorough preparation. Harriet is tenacious and puts her all into every case. She is both powerful and persuasive as a jury advocate.
Harriet is popular with lay clients for her patience, compassion, and ability to condense complex law and evidence into straightforward advice. She regularly represents vulnerable and neurodiverse clients, building rapport and trust with them.
Harriet goes above and beyond for her lay clients often drafting successful letters of representations persuading the CPS to reconsider the decision to prosecute.
Notable Cases
R v DM (2025)
Prosecuted DM, led by Julian Evans KC, convicted of two counts of murder, the partial defence of diminished responsibility having been rejected by the jury.
R v EK (2025)
Prosecuted EK convicted of controlling or coercive behaviour and numerous counts of ABH.
R v BM (2025)
Defended BM, who was acquitted of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, having raised the defence under s.45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
R v DP (2024)
Defended DP who was acquitted of intentional strangulation and common assault.
R v KM (2024)
Defended KM who was charged with a domestic-related ABH. Harriet successfully applied to stay the indictment as an abuse of process.
R v TL (2024)
Defended TL, who was charged on an indictment alleging two counts of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug of class A. Following the drafting of a letter of representations, Harriet persuaded the prosecution that it was not in the public interest to prosecute TL.
R v MDB (2023)
Harriet was appointed by the Court to represent MDB, who had been found unfit to plead. Harriet made a successful submission of no case to answer at the close of the prosecution case in the actus reus hearing.
Recent Cases
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Julian Evans KC and Harriet Dixon of QEB Hollis Whiteman prosecuted the case of Derek Martin, now 67, who was sentenced yesterday at Brighton Law Courts to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years, reduced to 26 years, 7 months, and 7 days to acc...
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Regulatory
Overview
Harriet has a busy regulatory and disciplinary practice, accepting instructions from both regulators and individuals.
Experience
Harriet has acted in proceedings before a wide range of regulators, including the General Medical Council (GMC), General Dental Council (GDC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), General Optical Council (GOC), and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Harriet’s regulatory experience covers the full range of hearings from Interim Orders, to substantive fitness to practice hearings, to review hearings, to restoration to the register. Harriet is fast able to get to grips with complex medical evidence and present it in a clear and concise manner.
Harriet’s experience acting for regulators spans beyond the regulatory sphere. She also engages in private prosecution work for the SRA in relation to offences under the Solicitors Act 1974 and the Legal Services Act 2007.
Harriet also accepts instructions in the licensing field, having defended a nightclub in premises licence review proceedings, appearing before the relevant City Council. She recently successfully represented a taxi driver in a magistrates’ court appeal against the local authority’s decision to refuse him a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence.