Oliver Glasgow KC

Oliver Glasgow KC

"Oliver is First Senior Treasury Counsel. He is a class act. His memory is phenomenal, his command of facts is second to none, he is a first class lawyer and advocate. Forceful, direct and devastating. An opponent to be feared in court but a gent outside. Oliver is at the very top of his game."

Legal 500 UK
Year of call: 1995 KC: 2016
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Inquests & Public Inquiries

He has extensive experience advising in connection with and appearing for interested parties in inquests and public inquires.

  • His ability to combine cross-examination of the highest calibre whilst keeping a keen eye on the client’s needs have seen him instructed in highly sensitive cases across the country.
  • He is presently instructed in the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry which is considering allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in the handling of historic child abuse allegations.

Cases

Current Instructions:

Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan

Oliver is counsel to the Inquiry. The inquiry, which is being chaired by Haddon-Cave LJ, is investigating allegations that UK Special Forces carried out extra-judicial killings on operations in Afghanistan, that these allegations were covered up, and that the eventual military police investigation into the allegations was not fit for purpose.

Condor Ferries – Op Nectar

Oliver is instructed to advise the AG of Jersey in connection with the investigation and potential prosecution in respect of the Condor Ferry disaster which saw a fishing trawler involved in a collision with a cargo ferry and which resulted in the sinking of the trawler and the loss of all lives. Those affected by the disaster, including ministers and politicians, have called for a public inquiry.

Island Energy (Jersey) – Op Spire

Oliver is instructed to advise the AG of Jersey in connection with the investigation and potential prosecution in respect of the gas explosion in St. Helier which resulted in an explosion in a block of flats that left ten of the residents dead and the building completely destroyed. Those affected by the disaster, including ministers and politicians, have called for a public inquiry.

Recent Instructions:

Iraq Historic Abuse Litigation

Oliver represented the MoD. The MoD faced 196 combined judicial reviews in respect of the failure to investigate and prosecute allegations of torture of Iraqi nationals at the hands of British soldiers.

Smart Motorways

Oliver was instructed to advise the Department for Transport and the government in connection with a large number of fatalities on sections of the MI and other smart motorways.

The police and HSE are currently investigating the deaths and there are linked JR proceedings challenging the validity of the strategic road network policy.

Independent Jersey Care Inquiry

Oliver represented the Law Officers’ Department, the Attorney General and the four past Attorneys General. The Law Officers Department was one of the interested parties appearing at the public inquiry which examined the allegations of abuse of children whilst in care on the island. The terms of reference included claims that the prosecuting authorities had failed properly to investigate the allegations and that there had been an institutional cover up in order to protect the reputation of the island.

Southern Cross Inquest

Oliver represented the Insurance Company. The operators of a care home in West Sussex, which was said to have been one of the worst examples of its kind, were an interested party to the inquest conducted into the deaths of 19 elderly residents.

“He courts high market esteem as one of the best.” – Chambers UK

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