Mark Ashford Editor & Author

Anthony Edwards is a retired Senior Partner of T.V. Edwards, duty solicitor, supervisor for the specialist fraud panel and higher courts advocate (Criminal Courts). He served at almost every level of committee in the criminal justice system, as well as the Council of Justice, and sat on the editorial boards of Criminal Law Review and Cordery on Solicitors, and as a member of the Law Commission's advisory group on criminal law. He has authored Advising a Suspect in the Police Station (Thomson Reuters: Sweet and Maxwell) and, with Roger Ede, Criminal Defence, A Guide to Good Practice (Law Society). He writes the Criminal Law Update for the Law Society's Gazette and his articles have appeared in Archbold News and Criminal Law Review. Naomi Redhouse is a District Judge (Magistrates' Court) sitting at Sheffield Magistrates' Court. She was previously a solicitor in private practice and then a freelance specialist in the youth court and trial advocacy. She has extensive experience of training lawyers on the youth justice system, and was co-author of the third edition of Defending Young People in the Criminal Justice System (LAG, 2006). Mark Ashford is a solicitor and Partner of TV Edwards. He is a specialist in youth court work, a duty solicitor, and has Higher Rights of Audience. He is the co- author of Defending Young People in the Criminal Justice System and provides specific training on youth justice matters to the profession, local authorities, and other agencies.