Harry Stallard

Harry prosecutes as a Grade 3 advocate on the CPS general crime panel, and defends cases in the Crown and Youth Courts across the full criminal spectrum, including violent, domestic and sexual offences, drugs, fraud, dishonesty and driving. Harry is also a case presenter for the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).

Violent & Sexual Offences

R v S [2024] – St Albans Crown Court
At the conclusion of a 3-day trial for indecent exposure, Harry secured the conviction of a man who followed a lone young female in his car before sexually exposing himself to her in a Hertfordshire town. 
 

R v B [2024] – Croydon Crown Court 
After successfully relying on evidence of complaint captured on body-worn video, a serial domestic abuser was convicted of ABH on his partner in the presence of their children, breaking a cycle of abuse which had resulted in police callouts to the victim’s home for the preceding 3 years. 
 

R v F [2024] – Central Criminal Court at Aldersgate House
Acting for the Prosecution, Harry obtained a conviction for a man charged with possessing numerous indecent images, after a 3-day trial in December 2024. 
 

R v F [2023] – Central Criminal Court
Prosecuted the sentence of a man with an extensive history of domestic violence who pleaded guilty to ABH and non-fatal strangulation of his partner, causing extensive bruising. Secured a 16-month prison sentence and a 5-year restraining order protecting his ex-partner.

Drug Offences

R v G [2024] – Snaresbrook Crown Court 
Harry successfully defended a young man who was unanimously acquitted after a 4-day trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court of possession with intent to supply cannabis. It was alleged that he, together with his co-accused, were out in his car selling the class B drug. At the centre of the case was whether a phone with suspected drug dealing messages could be attributed to the Defendant, and whether seized cash had a legitimate source. There were also challenges to the opinion of an expert that the quantity of drugs seized was inconsistent with personal use. Having always accepted simple possession of the cannabis for personal use, the client left Court with a small fine

R v B [2024] – Woolwich Crown Court
Represented the Crown in a successful prosecution for possession with intent to supply a cocktail of class A drugs, resulting in a 4-year custodial sentence.

General Criminal Cases

R v A [2024] – Southwark Crown Court
Despite the client’s conviction at trial for theft of firearms, it was successfully argued that the client be given a sentence of time-served, meaning he was released immediately at the conclusion of the trial.

R v Z [2024] – Isleworth Crown Court
Harry acted for the defence in the case of a woman charged with assaulting a patient after posing as a Doctor in a West London Hospital. Putting forward her strong mitigation, a custodial sentence was successfully avoided ensuring the young mother could still care for her children.

R v HP [2023] – Newport (Isle of Wight) Crown Court
Representing a client convicted of witness intimidation and a public order offence, the Court was persuaded to move outside the guidelines and sentence the client to time-served, meaning he was immediately released from prison and did not miss out on the birth of his child.

R v B [2023] – Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court
The client was acquitted of an alleged assault against his partner after a successful submission of no case to answer resulted in the Prosecution case being dismissed at half time.

Dangerous Dog Cases

R v C [2023] – Willesden Magistrates’ Court
Represented a client who was looking after his friend’s dog when it escaped through a hole in the fence of a tennis court and bit another dog. Successfully argued that the client had neither performed an act, nor failed to act, in a way which more than minimally contributed to his dog becoming out-of-control. The client, who was reliant on having a dog for his mental wellbeing, was acquitted and therefore not disqualified from keeping a dog.

R v R [2023] – Willesden Magistrates’ Court 
Defended a man whose dog was alleged to have bitten a passer-by – the client denied that it was his dog. The Prosecution sought destruction of the dog. The Prosecution witnesses were all shown to give contrasting and inconsistent descriptions of the dog involved, such that the identity of the dog could not be proved and the client was acquitted.

Motoring Cases

R v V [2023] – Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court
The client was acquitted of careless driving after cross-examination of the principal Prosecution witness revealed he did not in fact observe the manner of driving nor the speed of the vehicle.

R v P [2023] – Crawley Magistrates’ Court
Defended a client of good character who faced an immediate custodial sentence and a 3-year disqualification for crashing his car on the M23 as a result of driving with excess alcohol and controlled drugs. Through effective mitigation, the Magistrates were persuaded to move well outside the sentencing guidelines by imposing a fine and the minimum period of disqualification of 12 months.

Youth Cases

R v H [2023] – Highbury Corner Youth Court 
Represented a young man who was convicted after trial of s.18 wounding with intent on another boy in an incident 3 years earlier. Successfully demonstrated that he had changed significantly since the incident, had stayed out of trouble and had engaged positively at school. He therefore avoided a detention and training order or a lengthy rehabilitation order and was a sentenced to a short period of youth rehabilitation.

Appeals Cases

R v B & R [2024] – Snaresbrook Crown Court
Harry acted for the Crown in an appeal against conviction by two environmental activists convicted for their role in disruption during a wave of protests in central London. After a two-day hearing, and arguments on the proportionality of prosecution in light of the appellants’ rights under ECHR Articles 10 and 11, the convictions were upheld.

R v K [2023] – Maidstone Crown Court
A client’s conviction for theft and battery were successfully quashed on appeal to the Crown Court on the basis of mistaken identity after several deficiencies in the Prosecution’s identification of the client were exposed in Court.

Achievements

2022: Ede & Ravenscroft Prize, Inner Temple
2022: Career Commitment Scholarship, BPP
2021: Advocacy Scholarship, BPP

Outside the Bar

Before coming to Chambers, Harry was involved in his own law education business – Law Admissions Academy – and co-authored a book on the LNAT. Harry also volunteered at a pro bono clinic. 
Harry is involved in outreach events for the Bar – in 2023 and 2024, he wrote the final round moot problems for the National Moot in Wales held at the University of Cardiff and attended by over 120 sixth form students each year. He also volunteered as a Judge and chaired a Q&A panel discussion of local barristers of all levels of call. At the most recent event in June 2024, Harry gave a talk about examining witnesses in Court using a tailor-made case example and gave a practical advocacy demonstration to the students.