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Julian Harris

Year of Call: 1982
 

Direct Access

Accredited by the Bar Council and in suitable cases he is happy to accept instructions direct from members of the public. Please see the Direct Access section of this website for further information.

Continuing Professional Development

Lectures on road traffic law.

Areas Of Specialism

Road Traffic

Career overview

Worked in industry following graduation, then spent several years in local government, dealing with prosecution of planning and highways / transport matters, and public enquiries.

From the mid 1980’s until 2005, worked for the Crown Prosecution Service in London, Cheshire, and the Midlands, and was involved in the prosecution of a wide variety of criminal offences, from allegations of minor motoring offences to homicide. He appeared as an advocate in the Magistrates’ Court on a daily basis, developed particular expertise in technical road traffic offences, and prosecuted many cases involving allegations of driving with excess alcohol, fatal driving without due care and attention, tachograph, construction and use, and other road haulage related matters. Whilst employed by the CPS he frequently lectured on those topics.

Practice Summary

Julian specialises in defence instructions.

 

Details of practice

Instructed mainly by the defence, but also on occasion to prosecute, in the full range of criminal cases.

Road traffic:
  • Julian is particularly handles allegations of road traffic offences and other matters involving the transport industry, and including Health and Safety prosecutions and cases brought by HM Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office.
  • Julian is nationally recognised for his particular expertise in defending road traffic matters

 

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Witness Familiarisation Support And Courses

These are a few examples of courses in which our members have been involved:

  • Witness familiarisation with trainee police officers and special constables from Northamptonshire Police, where the officers were questioned regarding their statements about ‘mock’ arrest exercises
  • Similar exercises with detectives from the West Midlands Police
  • Witness familiarisation with officers of the Northamptonshire Probation Service.  These officers were given training on the process of giving evidence in sentencing hearings in the Magistrates Court and Crown Court
  • Expert witness familiarisation and training, with expert witnesses such as independent Forensic Scientists, and officers of the Health and Safety Executive. The exercises involved questioning regarding expert reports prepared by the participants

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We support all members  who  are fortunate enough to become parents.   Whilst Citadel has written policies dealing with issues of maternity and paternity leave for members of Chambers and support staff, we also try to be flexible in our approach and to accommodate individual needs.

Uniquely (to our knowledge) we offer direct financial support to members returning from parental leave in order to cushion the cash flow impact of return to practice . 

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