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Congratulations to all eight of our pupils who have successfully entered their second six and are now accepting instructions in their own cases. From...
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Josh is currently in the second six of his pupillage, under the supervision of Gemma Maxwell. Josh is a CPS Grade I Prosecutor and accepts instructions in both the Crown and Magistrates’ Court. Additionally, Josh has a keen interest in Regulatory and Professional Disciplinary work.
Prior to starting pupillage, Josh was a paralegal in the civil litigation department of an eminent London criminal defence firm, ranked Band 1 and Tier 1 in both Chambers UK Bar and Legal 500 legal directories. Josh worked extensively on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, developing experience of alternative dispute resolution and working with vulnerable clients. He additionally worked on a range of high-profile Article 2 Inquests and civil claims. Josh also worked for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, researching and producing legal briefs on human rights.
When not in Court Josh can be found running in the Lakes or around Manchester.
Crown Court
Sexual Offences
R v JD [2025]: Prosecution Sentence: The Defendant pleaded guilty to nine counts of serious sexual offending including one count of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence. The Defendant received a total sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, and the case was covered by local media.
R v AJ [2025]: Prosecution Sentence: The Defendant received a community order for the offence of keeping a child in care away without lawful authority. Josh was praised by HHJ Usher for his precise opening note in the absence of any offence-specific sentencing guidelines.
Appeals
R v CJ [2025]: Prosecution Appeal Against Sentence: Josh was commended by Recorder Temkin for his immaculate preparation and presentation of the Crown’s case arising out of a S.39 assault of an emergency worker.
R v DW [2025]: Prosecution: Successfully opposed an appeal against sentence for a case of S.47 assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Drugs
R v HS [2025]: Prosecution: The Defendant pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A (Cocaine) and received 30 months’ immediate custody.
Violence
R v JH [Ongoing]: Defence: Defendant pleaded guilty to using or threatening unlawful violence in the context of a mass brawl following a football match between Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers. Matter is currently awaiting sentence.
R v TK [Ongoing]: Prosecution: Defendant pleaded guilty to S.47 assault occasioning actual bodily harm and theft on the first day of trial. Matter is currently awaiting sentence.
R v SH [Ongoing]: Prosecution: Defendant pleaded guilty to making threats with an offensive weapon in a private place on the first day of trial. Matter is currently awaiting sentence.
Driving
R v JL [2025]: Prosecution: Defendant was convicted of burglary and aggravated vehicle taking and received three years’ immediate custody and was disqualified from driving for a period of 32 months.
Magistrates Court
Driving
R v MC [2025]: Defence: Josh successfully advanced ‘exceptional hardship’ arguments, which persuaded the Bench from disqualifying the Defendant, owing to the disproportionate impact it would have on his family.
R v FH-M [2025]: Defence: Josh successfully advanced representations which enabled the Defendant to keep his driving licence.
R v SAB [2025]: Defence: Josh successfully advanced ‘exceptional hardship’ arguments, owing to the Defendant’s employment as an Uber driver, and the disproportionate impact a disqualification would have on his family.
R v JI [2025]: Defence: Driving without Due Care and Attention. Josh successfully advanced submissions that the Defendant’s actions were only a “momentary lapse in concentration” and persuaded the Bench to endorse the Defendant’s licence, rather than disqualifying him.
Theft and Kindred Offences
R v LD [2025]: Defence: Ensured that the Defendant was acquitted of burglary and avoided the imposition of a more stringent sentence, in the face of strong prosecution evidence.
Football Banning Orders
R v TR [2025]: Defence: Josh successfully opposed the imposition of a Football Banning Order. This involved complex submissions related to the Defendant’s vulnerabilities in the context of the commission of the index offence.
R v AC [Ongoing]: Defence: Currently instructed in relation to a public order offence, and the opposition of a Football Banning Order.
Education
- City University of London: PGDip Bar Vocation Studies (2022)
- Leiden University: LLM Public International Law (2022)
- BPP University Waterloo: Graduate Diploma in Law (2019)
- University College London: BA Honours History (2017)
Scholarships
- Gray’s Inn: Churchill Scholarship (2022)
- Gray’s Inn: Lord Justice Holker Scholarship (2021)
- Gray’s Inn: Residential Scholarship: (2021)
