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Abigail Nixon

Year of Call: 1991

CPS Grade: 4
 

 

Areas Of Specialism

Drugs & Gang-Related Offences, Murder & Manslaughter, Sexual Offences

Career overview

Abigail joined Citadel in 2010 having previously practised at Cornwall Street Chambers in Birmingham, and prior to that from Chambers in London. Instructed in a wide variety of serious criminal cases, predominantly on behalf of the defence, but also to prosecute.

Practice Summary

Specialist criminal practitioner, appears throughout the Midland Circuit. Experienced in dealing with all types of crime.

Details of practice

Experienced in homicide and serious non-fatal violence, child cruelty, robbery, allegations of rape and other serious sexual offences, conspiracy to supply controlled drugs, causing death by dangerous driving. She is also a member of Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) Panel. 

Murder and Manslaughter:
  • Recent murder and manslaughter instructions have included:
  • Junior Counsel representing one of two defendants charged with financially-motivated murder, body found in River Severn.
  • Junior Counsel representing principal defendant charged with murder by igniting petrol which had been thrown over the victim.
  • Represented a father alleged to have ‘shaken’ his baby – long trial with exceptionally complex medical issues, 12 medical experts instructed in the case.
  • Represented a householder charged with murder when he confronted and stabbed a burglar – case ultimately resolved as manslaughter.
  • Various cases of causing death by dangerous driving.
Drugs and Gang-Related Offences:
  • Recent murder and manslaughter instructions have included:
  • Represented numerous defendants (in separate cases) charged in multi-handed conspiracies to supply controlled drugs, at trial and at the associated POCA hearings, with values involved up to £1 million.
Sexual Offences:
  • Recent murder and manslaughter instructions have included:
  • Represented various defendants charged with rape and other sexual offences (current and historic cases).

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Further Information

Judicial appointments:
  • Recorder
  • First Tier Tribunal Judge of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber

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Witness Familiarisation Support And Courses

These are a few examples of courses in which our members have been involved:

  • Witness familiarisation with trainee police officers and special constables from Northamptonshire Police, where the officers were questioned regarding their statements about ‘mock’ arrest exercises
  • Similar exercises with detectives from the West Midlands Police
  • Witness familiarisation with officers of the Northamptonshire Probation Service.  These officers were given training on the process of giving evidence in sentencing hearings in the Magistrates Court and Crown Court
  • Expert witness familiarisation and training, with expert witnesses such as independent Forensic Scientists, and officers of the Health and Safety Executive. The exercises involved questioning regarding expert reports prepared by the participants

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