Joshua Scouller
Practice area
Crime
Year of call: 2012
Josh has a busy criminal practice, regularly appearing in the Crown, Magistrates’ and Youth courts and the Court of Appeal. Josh has expertise in a wide range of areas including drugs matters, sexual offences, extradition and violence offences. Josh is a Grade 3 CPS Panel Advocate.
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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 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.
- 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.
- 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 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 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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