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Diane Nixon

Year of Call:

1997

Education:    

Coleraine High School, Co. Londonderry

Wadham College, Oxford, MA Jurisprudence

Keble College, Oxford, Special Diploma in Social Studies              

Inns of Court School of Law, BVC, very competent

Awarded Harmsworth Scholarship and Accommodation by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 1996

Career:          

Called to the Bar 1997, Middle Temple

Pupillage at Hardwicke Building supervised by PJ Kirby, Kenneth Craig, Philip Kremen and Nigel Jones

Tenancy at 9 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London

Member of the Criminal Bar Association

Lecturer and Co-Founder of the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, University of Ulster: responsible for Course Director Duties, Joint Co-ordinator of Criminal and Civil Litigation Modules as well as Skills Development

Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland

Diane’s extensive grounding in civil and criminal litigation at Hardwicke Building followed by general criminal practice in London and Leeds means that she is well able to deal with any criminal case or client with which she is presented. Her positive approach coupled with her ability to provide practical reasoned advice, both orally and in writing and within short time-frames, make her very popular with professional and lay clients alike.

Recently her practice has involved the development of financial crime and she has undertaken Crown Court work as Junior alone as well has having been led in fraud in the past. She specialises in confiscation matters and was recently led in a very long-running and complex case brought under the DTA 1994.   

Diane also practises in Northern Ireland, where she lectures at the University of Ulster. She is the joint co-ordinator in the Criminal and Civil Litigation Modules and undertakes the Course Director duties, which involved liaison with many institutions, including the Law Society of Northern Ireland. She provides Continuing Professional Development lectures and seminars in that Jurisdiction.