Joshua is a senior associate in the dispute resolution team. He advises on disputes involving individuals, companies, institutions and charities.

His practice covers a wide range of areas, but with a particular focus on contractual disputes, negligence claims against professionals and reputation management matters. Joshua has extensive experience advising on a range of high value and complex litigation. He advises clients that find themselves the subject of unwanted attention and who are seeking to safeguard their privacy and reputation.

Joshua is recognised for providing his clients with pragmatic advice, ensuring their desired outcome is achieved through bespoke legal advice and commercial awareness.

He assists his clients by seeking to resolve disputes before formal legal proceedings are commenced. Where legal action is required, he remains focused on settlement and alternative dispute resolution where appropriate and in line with the client’s overall objectives.

Joshua qualified in September 2015 and joined Russell-Cooke in 2022.

Joshua's experience includes handling complicated and high value matters in the high court, along with general matters in the County Court. Some specific examples are set out below:

• Ripple Markets APAC PTE Ltd v P Dot Money Ltd & Anor [2024] EWHC 156 (Comm): a contractual dispute relating to a revolving working capital facility through XRP cryptocurrency. Along with a claim against the company’s sole director for inducing the company to breach contract. The judgment provided an important decision on staying enforcement of judgments pending applications to set-aside judgment/strike out the claim.
• Shafqat Dad v Pavillion HP13 Limited [2025] EWCC 34: a dispute concerning the terms of a profit-sharing agreement between the parties. The judgment provided an important decision on applications for relief from sanctions when judgment was entered following the breach of an unless order. Our client was successful in defending the application for relief and having the application recorded as being totally without merit.
• acting for a property investment company against a contractor for breach of contract as a result of the contractor failing to properly assess/carry out certain actions to ensure the structure of a property. Dealing with mitigation on behalf of the client, including several third-party claims brought against it as a result of the contractor’s breach of contract.
• acting for a charity in relation to an ex-employee disclosing confidential information to competitors in order to protect its reputation.
• acting for a high profile individual in the successful taking down of a report containing defamatory statements which included imputations that went to the heart of our client’s professional and personal reputation.
• acting for a high profile sports club in relation to defamatory statements and harassment by a former contractor.

• Member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA)