Joshua Scouller

• CPS Level 4 Prosecutor
• Rape & Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) Panel

• 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

• Criminal Bar Association
• Wales and Chester Circuit

Defence

• R v KS (Cardiff Crown Court, 2024) – Currently instructed as leading junior counsel for Defendant in Operation Mayland.
• R v DO (Swansea Crown Court, 2024) – The acquittal of a man for offences of wounding with intent, wounding, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and threats to kill. The complainant had been wounded to the arm in a fight with his father.
• R v TT (Cardiff Crown Court, 2024) – The acquittal of a woman charged with wounding. Allegation was that she had glassed another woman in the lavatories at a bar.
• R v SH (Newport Crown Court, 2024) – The acquittal of man charged with rape, assault by penetration and sexual assault.
• R v AI (Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, 2023) – The acquittal of a man charged with assault on a Tesco employee which left him with two broken arms.
• R v KJ (Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, 2022) – The acquittal of a man charged with seven counts of sexual assault on his pregnant ex-partner.
• R v JM (Cardiff Youth Court, 2022) – The acquittal of a youth charged with s.18 GBH. Successful submission of no case to answer.
• R v DB (Chester Crown Court, 2021) – The acquittal of man charged with historic sexual assaults on a child.
• R v JM (Aylesbury Crown Court, 2020) – The acquittal of man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an altercation with a bouncer.
• R v TF (Inner London Crown Court, 2019) – The acquittal of a man charged with false imprisonment and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v SL (Wood Green Crown Court, 2019) – The acquittal of a woman charged with s.20 wounding after biting off the top of another woman’s finger.
• R v AH (Wood Green Crown Court, 2019) – The acquittal of man charged with possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
• R v MR (Central Criminal Court, 2018) – The 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) – The acquittal of man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of two knives and criminal damage.
• R v RM (Harrow Crown Court, 2017) – The acquittal of a woman charged with affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v DS & others (Hove Crown Court, 2017) – Led junior counsel in defence of a client charged with conveying drugs and phones into Lewes prison.
• R v KL (Central Criminal Court, 2017) – The acquittal of a man charged with threats to kill.
• R v LF (Snaresbrook Crown Court, 2017) – The acquittal of a man charged with threats to kill.
• R v KH (Woolwich Crown Court, 2017) – The acquittal of a man charged with possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply.
• R v AF (Isleworth Crown Court, 2017) – The acquittal of a man charged with possessing false identity documents with intent.
• R v ND (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – The acquittal of a man charged with witness intimidation.
• R v AC (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – The acquittal of a man charged with threatening with a bladed article.
• R v BP (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – The acquittal of a man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v AS (Aylesbury Crown Court, 2016) – The acquittal of a man charged with threats to kill.

Prosecution

• R v CJ (Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, 2024) – The successful prosecution of a man charged with historic sexual offences against his stepchildren.
• R v DD (Newport Crown Court, 2024) – The successful prosecution of a man for a campaign of sexual assault against his niece.
• R v RH (Newport Crown Court, 2024) – The conviction of a man charged with attempted abduction of 13-year-old girl in Abergavenny.
• R v LL (Cardiff Crown Court, 2022) – The successful prosecution of a man for “single punch” GBH with intent on a taxi driver.
• R v SW (Cardiff Crown Court, 2022) – The successful prosecution of a man for GBH with intent. The defendant punched and then stamped on the victim repeatedly fracturing his jaw in multiple areas.
• R v JE & Ors (Swansea Crown Court, 2021) – Led by Nigel Fryer in successful Operation Empire prosecution of a conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in the Newport area.
• R v MU (Southwark Crown Court, 2020) – The prosecution and conviction of a man charged with attempted s.18 and dangerous driving having deliberately driven his car at a man with whom he had been fighting.
• R v JR & ors (Peterborough Crown Court, 2020) – Led by Dan Wright in the successful prosecution of four young men charged with violent disorder and s.18 wounding.
• R v TM (Southwark Crown Court, 2018) – Secured the conviction of a man charged with numerous commercial burglaries.
• R v JD, PB & CM (Peterborough Crown Court, 2017) – The conviction of three men charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• R v IA (Woolwich Crown Court, 2016) – The conviction of a man charged with causing grievous bodily harm.
• R v DG (Wood Green Crown Court, 2016) – The conviction of a man charged with robbery and possessing bladed articles.
• R v AD (Harrow Crown Court, 2015) – The conviction of a man charged with blackmailing a vulnerable victim.

Appellate Work

• R v GB (Court of Appeal, 2023) – Successfully opposed appeal against conviction and sentence.
• R v AB (Court of Appeal, 2021) – Secured reduction of curfew for youth convicted of robbery.
• R v FE (Court of Appeal, 2017) – Convictions of theft and fraud quashed on appeal.
• R v RG (Court of Appeal, 2017) – The successful appeal against sentence for armed robbery.