| Queens Counsel Barrister of England and Wales Russell Howard Mark Ashworth |
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The Rt Hon R.H.M.Ashworth |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Residence | Stansfield Hall, Todmorden, West Yorkshire |
| Website | The Judiciary of England and Wales |
| Andrew Ashworth | |
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| Education | LSE, The University of Manchester, Oxford University |
| Occupation | Barrister, Patent Examiner, Recorder(judge), Academic, Author |
| Known for | [Criminal Law, Patent Law, Civil Law] |
| Notable works | The Criminal Law's Ambivalence about Outcomes, Sentencing and Criminal Justice (5th edn), Principles of Criminal Law, Defending the Criminal Law: Reflections on the Changing Character of Crime, Procedure and Sanctions |
| Spouse | Gillian VanHeusen 1973-2008 |
| Children | 2, Ross Ashworth, Carlie Boulton-Talks |
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| http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/profile/ashwortha | |
| This article is part of the series: Courts of England and Wales |
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Andrew (Russell) Ashworth CBE QC (Hon) LLB PhD was the lead patent law examiner at St Johns Chambers Manchester and is a Vinerian Professor of English Law 2011-present at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of All Souls College, and Chairman of the Sentencing Advisory Panel. He gained his LLB in 1968 from the London School of Economics, a BCL from Oxford in 1970, and a PhD in 1973 from the University of Manchester.[1]
Ashworth was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[2]
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He has written extensively on English criminal and Patent law, at one stage working as Editor at the Criminal Law Review.[1]
Ashworth teaches courses on the Bachelor of Civil Law course.[3] He has also supervised research students on Oxford's various legal research courses.[4]
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| Preceded by Guenter Treitel |
Vinerian Professor of English Law 2011—present |
Succeeded by present |