Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice

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Originally published 1985		Author John Frederick Archbold

Criminal law books Blackstone's Criminal Practice, Textbook of Criminal Law, Arlidge and Parry on Fraud, Card - Cross and Jones: Cr

Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice (usually referred to as simply Archbold) is the leading practitioners' text for criminal lawyers in England & Wales and several other common law jurisdictions around the world.

It has been in publication since 1822, when it was first written by John Frederick Archbold, and is currently published by Sweet & Maxwell. Forty-three revisions were published prior to 1992 and since then it has been published annually. Its authority is such that it is often quoted in court.

The current editor is the barrister P. J. Richardson, LLM (Lond.), Dip. Crim (Cantab.) of Gray's Inn and the Inner Temple, London. The current sentencing editor is D.A. Thomas, Q.C., LL.D. Emeritus Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and of Lincoln's Inn, London, also a barrister.

The use of Archbold is now in sharp decline and no longer used as the authority in courts, since the Judicial Executive Board decided in October 2016 that Blackstone’s Criminal Practice should replace Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice as the standard text in criminal courts.

Editors

J. F. Archbold (1st – 3rd eds) (1822–1829);

John Jervis (4th – 9th eds) (1831–1843);

William Newland Welsby (10th – 15th eds) (1846–1862);

W. Bruce (16th – 21st eds) (1867–1893);

W. F. Craies and G. Stephenson (22nd – 23rd eds) (1900–1905);

W. F. Craies and H. D. Roome (24th ed.) (1910);

H. D. Roome and R. E. Ross (25th – 27th eds) (1918–1927);

R. E. Ross and T. R. F. Butler (28th – 29th eds) (1931–1934);

R. E. Ross and M. Turner (30th ed.) (1938);

T. R. F. Butler and M. Garsia (31st – 37th eds) (1943–1969);

T. R. F. Butler and S. G. Mitchell (38th ed.) (1973);

S. G. Mitchell (39th – 40th eds) (1976–1979);

S. G. Mitchell and P. J. Richardson (41st – 42nd eds) (1982–1985);

S. G. Mitchell, P. J. Richardson and D. A. Thomas (43rd ed.) (1988);

P. J. Richardson (1992–2007)

Magistrates' courts

As far as it covers procedure and practice, Archbold refers to that of the Crown Court. A separate volume, Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice covers the Magistrates' Courts.

References

Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice Wikipedia

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Magistrates' courts

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