Josh Happé
Practice areas
Crime,
Year of call: 2017
Josh maintains a busy practice across London, the Western and South Eastern Circuits.
Before joining chambers at 2 King’s Bench Walk, Josh was called to the bar by Middle Temple as a Queen Mother Scholar. He was later awarded the Harold G. Fox Scholarship and placed at a leading litigation boutique in Toronto, gaining experience in criminal defence, civil litigation and administrative law. He also spent time working at the Ontario Court of Appeal alongside Justice James MacPherson.
Josh went on to become a teaching associate at Queen Mary Law School leading seminars on jurisprudence and legal theory.
Josh is also a recent graduate from Harvard Law School where he earned an LLM. While at Harvard, Josh was appointed as a teaching fellow and taught seminars on the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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Notable Cases
Defending
R v D (Snaresbrook Crown Court) – Suspended sentence order for 19 year old Defendant arrested with 75 wraps of crack cocaine and a machete.
R v H (Stratford Magistrates’ Court) – Acquittal for defendant accused of assault by beating by two complainants.
R v C (Bexley Magistrates’ Court) – Acquittal for defendant accused of possession of an offensive weapon (a ‘push dagger’) on the basis of reasonable excuse.
R v S (Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court) – Acquittal for defendant accused of assault by beating.
R v H (Winchester Crown Court) – Community order for defendant convicted of dangerous driving while involved in extended police chase.
R v P (Newport, Isle of Wight Crown Court) – Community order for defendant convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon.
R v V (Oxford Magistrates’ Court) – Community order for defendant convicted of 2 breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
R v M (Woolwich Crown Court) – Suspended sentence order for defendant convicted of production of cannabis on a commercial scale.
R v A & C (Stratford Youth Court) – Represented two youth defendants, securing a referral order for possession of an offensive weapon and possession of bladed article.
R v G (Staines Magistrates’ Court) – Successful submission of ‘no case to answer’ for defendant accused of aggravated vehicle taking.
R v A (Oxford Magistrates’ Court) – Following an application to stay proceedings as an abuse of process, Crown discontinued on assault by beating allegation.
R v S (Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court) – Conditional discharge for defendant convicted of assault on an emergency worker.
R v G (Reading Crown Court) – Suspended sentence for defendant convicted of possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B.
R v S (Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court) – Conditional discharge for defendant convicted of assault on an emergency worker.
Prosecuting
R v L (Bournemouth Crown Court) – Upheld conviction for defendant accused of harassment of a care worker.
R v E (Reading Crown Court) – Upheld conviction for domestic assault by beating against mother and child.
R v D (Portsmouth Crown Court) – Upheld conviction for s20 GBH.
R v M (Reading Crown Court) – Upheld conviction for defendant accused of assault by beating against elderly couple.
Education
King’s College London – BA Philosophy (First Class Honours)
GDL – Distinction
BPTC – Very Competent
Harvard Law School – LLM
Awards
Middle Temple Queen Mother Scholarship
Harold G. Fox Scholarship
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Pro Bono Community Scholarship