C.J. Miller, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham: the existing editor of three previous editions of this popular text with extensive experience of research and writing in this area over the course of a long and successful career in legal academia. David Perry QC of 6KBW is described by Legal 500 as "in the very highest rank" in his field. He has appeared in most of the important criminal appeals of recent years and is regularly instructed to appear in the Supreme Court, Privy Council, and Court of Appeal. As Treasury Counsel, he has acted in a wide range of high profile criminal trials.