Charles Ashton is a British lawyer who was admitted to the bar in England in 1984 and worked as a partner of the London firm Theodore Goddard. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree with honours from the University of Exeter, and his professional career developed within the English legal profession.
Education
Charles Ashton studied law at the University of Exeter, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws degree with honours. The institution's origins lie in the School of Art founded in Exeter in 1855, which later became the Royal Albert Memorial College and the University College of the South West of England before receiving its royal charter as a full university in 1955.
The Law faculty was among the four founding faculties when the university became a full university in 1955, giving the legal degree a place within the institution from its establishment as a university.
Career
Charles Ashton's documented professional career centres on English legal practice, and his principal recorded post is as a partner of Theodore Goddard, a London firm.
Theodore Goddard was founded in 1902 by John Theodore Goddard, a solicitor who began practising on his own account from offices at Clement's Inn, near the Royal Courts of Justice, and built a reputation as a litigator on the London court circuit. The firm developed into a City of London practice with a general range of work, known for high-profile private client matters and a strong media and entertainment law practice. It continued as an independent partnership until May 2003, when it merged with Addleshaw Booth & Co to form Addleshaw Goddard.
Ashton was admitted to the bar in England in 1984. Admission to the bar in England refers to qualification as a barrister, who is called to practise through one of the Inns of Court, a tradition that remains distinct from the work of solicitors.
