Joshua Scouller

Experience

Josh defends and prosecutes regularly in matters such as grievous bodily harm, threats to kill, drugs, fraud, blackmail, robbery, weapons offences and theft.

Notable Cases

Defence

• R v JM (Aylesbury Crown Court, 2020) – acquittal of man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an altercation with a bouncer (trial conducted with COVID-19 measures)
• R v TF (Inner London Crown Court, 2019) – acquittal of man charged with false imprisonment and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v SL (Wood Green Crown Court, 2019) – acquittal of woman charged with s.20 wounding after biting the top of another woman’s finger off.
• R v AH (Wood Green Crown Court, 2019) – acquittal of man charged with possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
• R v MR (Central Criminal Court, 2018) – acquittal of man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Punched man breaking his nose following an argument on a night out.
• R v AN (Woolwich Crown Court, 2018) – acquittal of man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of two knives and criminal damage.
• R v FE (Court of Appeal, 2017) – convictions of theft and fraud quashed on appeal.
• R v CM (Croydon Crown Court, 2017) – sentence from Magistrates’ court reduced from 16 months to 9 months imprisonment on appeal.
• R v RM (Harrow Crown Court, 2017) – acquittal of woman charged with affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v RG (Court of Appeal, 2017) – successful appeal against sentence for robbery case. Sentence reduced from 6 to 5 years.
• R v DS & others (Hove Crown Court, 2017) – led by Richard Hutchings in defence of client charged with conveying  drugs and phone into Lewes prison.
• R v KL (Central Criminal Court, 2017) – acquittal of man charged with threats to kill.
• R v LF (Snaresbrook Crown Court, 2017) – acquittal of man charged with threats to kill.
• R v KH (Woolwich Crown Court, 2017) – acquittal of man charged with possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply.
• R v AF (Isleworth Crown Court, 2017) – acquittal of man charged with possessing false identity documents with intent.
• R v ND (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – acquittal of man charged with witness intimidation.
• R v AC (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – acquittal of man charged with threatening with bladed article.
• R v DL (Court of Appeal, 2016) – appeal against sentence for cultivating cannabis.
• R v BP (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – acquittal of man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v AS (Aylesbury Crown Court, 2016) – acquittal of man charged with threats to kill.

Prosecution

• R v MU (Southwark CC, 2020) – prosecution and conviction of man charged with attempted s.18 and dangerous driving having deliberately driven his car at a man with whom he had been fighting (trial conducted with COVID 19 measures)
• R v JR & others (Peterborough CC, 2020) – led by Dan Wright in successful prosecution of four young men charged with violent disorder and s.18 wounding
• R v TM (Southwark Crown Court, 2018) – secured conviction of man charged with numerous commercial burglaries.
• R v JD, PB & CM (Peterborough Crown Court, 2017) – conviction of three men charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v KB (Isleworth Crown Court, 2017) – trial of fact proved against man for two counts of exposure.
• R v IA (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – conviction of man charged with causing grievous bodily harm.
• R v DG (Wood Green Crown Court, 2016) – conviction of man charged with robbery and possessing bladed article.
• R v AD (Harrow Crown Court, 2015) – conviction of man charged with blackmail of vulnerable victim.

Education

• University of Manchester, History
• BPP Law School, BPTC
• BPP Law School, GDL

Awards, Scholarships and Memberships

• Ann Goddard Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
• Prince of Wales Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
• BPP Manchester Moot Winner
• GDL Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
• Cohen Scholarship, BPP Law School

• CPS Panel Advocate Grade 3
• Criminal Bar Association

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