Gatehouse Chambers

Josh specialises in commercial dispute resolution, insurance, property and professional negligence work.  He has a busy practice, appearing at all levels from the County Court and First-tier Tribunal to the High Court, and has recently appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal in [Ceredigion Recycling and Furniture Team v Pope [2022] EWCA Civ 22.] His reported cases as sole counsel also include  Thandi v Saggu [2023] EWHC 1379 (Ch) and Patel v Awan [2024] EWHC 464 (Ch). He is also experienced acting as junior counsel, having been led by Brie-Stevens-Hoare KC and Nigel Jones KC, among others.

In addition to his case work, Josh has extensive additional experience across his areas of practice.

• Building on his pupillage at a leading commercial set specialising in international trade, banking and insurance, Josh worked as a judicial assistant in the Commercial Court, sitting with Mr Justice Henshaw and Mr Justice Andrew Baker.
• As an adjutant to his insurance practice, he is a contributor to the leading practitioner text Insurance Broking Practice and the Law, edited by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang.
• As well as his experience acting in all manner of commercial and residential property disputes, Josh worked at the Law Commission for a year on the ‘Updating the Land Registration Act 2002’ project.
• Josh adopts a pragmatic approach to litigation and is well versed in with all manner of procedural issues and applications. As a result, he was invited to join the Witness Evidence Working Group and worked on the implementation of Practice Direction 57AC. He is well-placed to advise on issues of compliance under the new witness statement regime.

Josh is deeply committed to pro bono work. He was nominated for Young Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year in 2020 and won the John Collins Pro Bono Excellence Award in 2022.

Josh studied law with French law and speaks conversational and legal French. He is comfortable working on cases with substantial French documentation.  He was recently instructed to assist the BVI office of a leading global law firm in identifying relevant French-language documents in a case involving claims of unfair prejudice and claims against directors.

Call: 2018

Lincoln’s Inn Property Bar Association Commercial Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association Advocate (formerly The Bar Pro Bono Unit)

BA Law with French Law, Worcester College, University of Oxford (First Class) Certificat Supérieur de Droit Français et Européen, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) Bar Professional Training Course, BPP University (Very Competent)

Outside of work, Josh enjoys yoga, travelling, gardening and bird watching.