Jody Beaumont

Call: 2025 (Solicitor: 2018)

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Jody Beaumont

LLB (Hons) Law – Leeds Metropolitan University
Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice – BPP University
LLM Law – BPP University
Higher Rights of Audience Crime – Barbri Altior
Higher Rights of Audience Civil – Nottingham Law School

Criminal Bar Association

Advocacy and the Vulnerable trained

CPS Adult and Youth RASSO trained

Legal Aid Number: 09AOR

Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) – 2026

Contact

E: clerks@broadwayhouse.co.uk

T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600

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Jody joined Chambers in 2026 and practices exclusively in crime. He is accepting instructions in both prosecution and defence work.

Jody qualified as a solicitor in 2018 and spent time in private practice dealing with Magistrates’ and Crown Court criminal defence and prison law work. He later moved to the Crown Prosecution Service where he was repeatedly instructed in cases involving serious violent and sexual offences in both the adult and Youth Courts. He was also instructed by the CPS Complex Case Unit to prosecute cases relating violent disorder and drug supply.

Jody was called to the Bar in 2025.

Reputation

Jody has developed training packages for the Crown Prosecution Service relating to issues of disclosure, section 78 PACE, abuse of process as well as criminal procedure. For this Jody received a Chief Crown Prosecutor Commendation. He has also delivered training on Youth Court advocacy in conjunction with HMCTS during their Magistrates’ refresher training programme.

Jody has also been recently involved in providing expert contributions in the drafting of an upcoming legal practitioner’s wildlife offence handbook.

Expertise

Crime

Jody qualified as a solicitor in 2018 and enjoyed a mixed practice with a particular focus on family law, criminal defence and prison law. Jody became the head of the family law department shortly after qualification and oversaw the growth of the department.

Jody practiced in criminal defence and prison law work until 2021. During this time, he defended a wide range of cases from motoring to serious sexual offences. He represented clients during prison disciplinary hearings and hearings before the Parole Board – often securing directions for release.

Joining the Crown Prosecution Service in 2021, Jody was deployed to the Magistrates’ and Youth Court advocacy team and developed a successful specialist practice in Wildlife and Rural Crime, serious youth violent and sexual offences and complex magistrates’ court cases dealing with issues of disclosure, abuse of process and cases involving defences under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act.

Jody has been instructed by the CPS Complex Case Unit to prosecuted cases relating to the 2024 Harehills Violent Disorder as well as EncroChat drug supply cases.

Jody also prosecuted on behalf of CPS Direct – the out of hours charging service and provided the police with charging authority relating to offences alleging robbery, wounding and attempted murder.

Outside of court, Jody developed and delivered in-house training relating to Youth and Magistrates’ Court evidence, procedure and advocacy which has now been rolled out to newly appointed prosecutors in the Yorkshire Humberside CPS area. This work resulted in Jody receiving a Chief Crown Prosecutor Commendation. Jody has also developed and delivered similar training to several police forces including Humberside police and Leicester police.

Notable Cases

Rex v D – York Magistrates’ Court: Secured conviction relating to the planned killing of Hen Harriers. The case was the first prosecution of its kind brought in England and Wales. Case involved complex pre-trial legal arguments relating to alleged non-compliance with The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. Successfully opposed defence application for a stay of proceedings and application to exclude evidence which later resulted in a guilty plea. The case was reported in the national media.

Rex v A – Leeds Magistrates’ Court: Secured conviction relating to an offence of outraging public decency against two vulnerable 11-year-old victims. Case involved Ground Rules Hearing and a Registered Intermediary.

Rex v B – Leeds Youth Court: Youth prosecution of a 15-year-old charged with an offence of unlawful wounding committed against a 15-year-old victim resulting in a conviction. Case involves repeated stabbings with a knife.

Rex v S – Bradford Youth Court: Youth prosecution of an 11-year-old charged with two offences of rape. Case concluded with guilty plea. Prosecuted the case to sentence in the Youth Court before a specialist ticketed District Judge.

Rex v H – Leeds Youth Court: Youth prosecution of 13-year-old charged with offences of unlawful wounding contrary to s18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Case involved an unprovided machete attack on a stranger. Secured conviction after trial.

Rex v Youth - Beverley Youth Court: Youth prosecution of 15-year-old charged with an offence of grievous bodily harm contrary to s18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Case involved the sustained assault upon a lone police officer. Secured conviction after trial.

R v T – Leeds Magistrates’ Court: Secured conviction after trial for two Just Stop Oil protestors who committed criminal damage by spray painting the façade of the Leeds branch of Barclays bank.

R v S – Scarborough Magistrates’ Court: Prosecution of an adult defendant charged with hunting offences contrary to the Hunting Act 2004. Defendant had previous convictions for similar offences in both England and Scotland. Successfully secured a conviction after trial, and obtained several ancillary orders including deprivation of the vehicle and pet dogs used in the commission of the offence, 5-year Criminal Behaviour Order and disqualification from driving.

R v W – Leeds Magistrates’ Court: Successful prosecution of an adult defendant charged with unlawfully stabbing and injuring three horses. The defendant was subsequently imprisoned for 45 months.

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