Josh Stamp-Simon

Josh is regularly instructed to conduct small claims trials in the County Court. He is experienced in conducting Stage 3 hearings, infant approval hearings, applications for summary judgment, applications to set aside default judgment, and applications for costs, as well as applications arising from consumer credit agreements, charging orders, third party debt orders, and bankruptcy petitions.

Josh has provided pro-bono advice and representation with the Free Representation Unit (FRU) in a claim against an employer for unfair and wrongful dismissal.

As a paralegal, Josh provided regulatory support to the chambers where he worked, particularly in relation to GDPR and data protection.

Josh has an active Property practice in the County Court and the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).

He appears regularly in mortgage possession claims, landlord and tenant proceedings, and claims brought against trespassers. He is also experienced in providing advice and representation in service charge disputes and applications for relief from forfeiture, as well as in claims involving disrepair, disputes involving easements, and boundary disputes.

As a pupil at 4KBW, Josh observed many mediations of Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 disputes and is actively seeking instructions in such claims as well as other contentious probate work. He recently co-wrote an article, due to be published in the New Law Journal, on how the courts might apply the 1975 Act to persons in polyamorous relationships.

Josh accepts instructions in financial remedy proceedings and in private and public law children matters, as well as in applications for Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders, and has significant experience in these areas. His work has included cases involving allegations of parental alienation, substance abuse and sexual abuse, and has also included a complex multi-jurisdictional private law dispute which was heard in the High Court.

Josh brings his specialist Chancery knowledge to his family practice, and is well-placed to deal with complex cross-over matters, TLATA cases, and intervenor proceedings.

Josh undertakes a wide range of civil and commercial work. He regularly appears in applications for summary judgment, strike out, relief from sanctions, and to set aside judgment, in addition to allocation hearings, case management hearings (CMCs and CCMCs), pre-trial reviews, applications to add parties or amend pleadings, applications for anonymity orders, applications for injunctions, costs hearings, and trials.

Josh advises regularly on liability and quantum and is proficient in drafting pleadings and applications across the full range of civil proceedings.

He is also experienced in commercial, insolvency and bankruptcy-related matters, including applications to extend time to register charges or debentures, applications to set aside statutory demands, and the presentation of winding-up petitions.

He has also advised in a passing off dispute, and welcomes further instructions in IP-adjacent work.

Drawing on his early background in both prosecution and criminal defence work, Josh regularly provides representation in civil applications in the Magistrates’ Court which have included applications for closure orders, stalking protection orders, sexual risk orders, football banning orders, liability orders arising from alleged non-payment of business rates, and civil forfeiture proceedings involving frozen funds.

He is also regularly instructed to provide advice, drafting and representation in actions against the police or prison authorities, including in claims alleging breaches of PACE and the Human Rights Act 1998.

Josh welcomes instructions in education law, having undertaken pro bono work with the School Exclusion Project prior to becoming a barrister, and having worked extensively as a clerk to school admissions appeals panels thereafter.

Josh appears in fast track trials of personal injury disputes, and in interim hearings of claims allocated to the multi-track. Josh has experience providing advice and/or representation in dog bite cases, claims involving vulnerable road users, credit hire claims, and slipping/tripping cases including those involving obstructions on or near the highway. He regularly advises on liability and quantum, and drafts pleadings and schedules of loss.

Josh remains passionate about plays, musicals and the arts. He also enjoys gaming, with a particular fondness for chess, poker, and early 2000s PC games.