Harry Dickens

Harry Dickens was Called to the Bar in 2021 and joined Iscoed Chambers as a tenant in October 2023. Harry received a named Scholarship from Gray’s Inn and completed the Graduate Diploma in Law, Bar Training Course (Very Competent) and his Masters in Law (Distinction) at Cardiff Law School. He was raised in Pembrokeshire and went to school at Ysgol Dyffryn Taf in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. He studied History at the University of Exeter.

Harry maintains a deliberately mixed practice having completed pupillage under the supervision of George Pollitt and Catherine Collins. Prior to this he worked for a national housing charity as a caseworker where he advised, held clinics, and represented clients in the County Court.
Harry assists and mentors with the Legal Wales/Lord Edmund-Davies Legal Education Trust work experience scheme which encourages Welsh sixth formers to pursue a career in law. He is also actively involved with the Bar’s Pro Bono charity, Advocate. Harry has been commended for his “kind and courteous” attitude and he has received particular praise for his advisory work.

Harry accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ practice areas but principally in Criminal, Civil and Regulatory matters. 

Civil
Harry has been instructed in a wide range of Civil matters. He has developed a busy paperwork practice and is regularly instructed to draft pleadings and advise on the merits of proposed claims. 
He appears in the County Court in a wide array of claims including contract and construction disputes, personal injury matters and credit hire claims arising from road traffic accidents. He maintains a keen interest in residential and commercial Landlord and Tenant law, particularly disputes involving the application of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. Harry enjoys a broad experience of civil hearings including applications for summary judgment, applications to set aside default judgments, small claims and Fast Track trials and rolled-up appeal hearings.

Harry continues to be instructed to advise on and draft grounds in Judicial Review applications as well as pleadings and advices in claims for damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010. 

Harry is prepared to accept suitable cases subject to conditional fee arrangements.

Crime
Harry has developed a busy criminal practice and appears in the Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court for the Prosecution, Defence and the National Probation Service. Harry is a CPS Grade 2 prosecutor and has also prosecuted in the Youth Court. 

He holds a particular interest in fraud matters – including the Fraud Act 2006 and Social Security Administration Act 1992 – and is often instructed to appear in courts across Wales, the Midlands, London and the South East of England. Harry has experience prosecuting for Local Authorities and various bodies as well as defending in a wide variety of other cases including violence, drugs, driving offences, trading offences, animal offences and offences leading to proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act (“POCA”) 2002.

Harry’s mixed criminal and civil practice has also allowed him to gain regular experience in civil applications in the Magistrates’ Court for applicants, including the Police and Local Authorities, as well as respondents. These include a range of orders, from Sexual Risk Orders and Domestic Violence Protection Orders (“DVPOs”) to Closure Orders made under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Regulatory
Harry is developing his regulatory practice and is regularly instructed to defend in matters before the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness to practise/appeal committees in London. He is also instructed in licensing appeals in the Magistrates’ Court.

Practice Areas:
Civil
Crime
Family
Regulatory

Call:
2021 – Gray’s Inn

Education:
University of Exeter – BA (Hons) History
Cardiff University – Graduate Diploma in Law; LLM Bar Training Course

Awards:
The Jean Southworth Scholarship (Gray’s Inn)
Goldstone Family Bursary Essay Prize 2018 (Lord Edmund-Davies Legal Education Trust)

Memberships:
Gray’s Inn
Criminal Bar Association