Mark Ashford is a partner at TV Edwards Solicitors, acknowledged as one of the foremost youth crime lawyers in the country, and author of two leading books: Defending Young People in the Criminal Justice System (LAG, 2006) and Blackstones Youth Court Handbook 2018. Chambers 2012 Directory describes him as “a pre-eminent specialist in youth court work in London”. Mark is an accredited police station representative, duty solicitor and has Higher Rights of Audience. In 2015, Mark won the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award in the criminal defence category.