Andrew Ashworth

Queens Counsel Barrister of England and Wales Russell Howard Mark Ashworth
The Rt Hon R.H.M.Ashworth
Incumbent QC Vinerian Professor of English Law Recorder (judge)
Style	The Right Honourable
Residence	Stansfield Hall, Todmorden, West Yorkshire
Website	The Judiciary of England and Wales

Andrew Ashworth
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 work(s)	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
Website
http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/profile/ashwortha

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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 1997-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.

Ashworth was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

Publishing

He has written extensively on English criminal and Patent law, at one stage working as Editor at the Criminal Law Review.

Teaching

Ashworth teaches courses on the Bachelor of Civil Law course. He has also supervised research students on Oxford's various legal research courses.

External links

• Andrew Ashworth at Oxford Law

References

Academic offices
Preceded by Guenter Treitel	Vinerian Professor of English Law 2011—present	Succeeded by present