Criminal Defence

Roger Ede is a member of the Law Society's Representation and Law Reform Directorate, the Governing Council of the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners. He also sits as a Deputy District Judge. Anthony Edwards is the Senior Partner in the leading criminal practice TV Edwards, an established author and a lecturer for CLT and BLS.

The defence solicitor; legal and professional duties; practice management; case management; obtaining core information; shaping the case in the police station; funding the case; the defendant in custody; determining if there is a case; representations to the CPS; advising your client to plead guilty or not guilty; choosing a place of trial; preparing for sentence - plea of guilty or conviction; preparing for different types of hearing in the magistrates' court; The Youth Court; preparing the case for a plea of not guilty; preparing for preliminary hearings in the Crown Court; preparing for a contested trial; action after acquittal or conviction and sentence.