Ed Glasgow
Ed.Glasgow@kennedyslaw.com
+44 20 7667 9777
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Seasoned dispute resolution lawyer specialising in Healthcare, with over 20 years of experience in governance, risk management and litigation.
Adept at balancing financial and operational demands within healthcare to mitigate risks and enhance compliance.
Strategic thinker, and trusted adviser, to healthcare clients, both via Kennedys LLP and via the Royal Society of Medicine, where he sits on the Audit, Risk & Governance Committee.
Ed has been listed within Chambers and Partners as having “a winning combination of intelligence, strategic excellence and charm”. His work in Dispute Resolution has a focus on early intervention. In addition to wider patient safety, clinical risk, quality, performance and regulatory considerations. Ed’s strategic insights assist Board-level governance. Further, in the sporting field, utilising the above skills, he sits as a Trustee at British Eventing Support Trust.
Regularly called upon to navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. Ed has been promoted to the Responsible Business Leadership Group at Kennedys LLP. Within this role he contributes to the Board’s thinking on sustainability. Issues such as social and environmental impact being a core part of the Firm’s strategic vision.
Ed Glasgow has exceptional knowledge and expertise. He is a pleasure to deal with and is one of the leading defendant solicitors.
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Qualifications and admissions
- Qualified in England and Wales in September 2006
- Qualified in the Republic of Ireland in September 2018
Market recognition
- Notable practitioner for 'Clinical Negligence: Mainly Defendant (UK-wide)'
"Ed Glasgow has exceptional knowledge and expertise. He is a pleasure to deal with and is one of the leading defendant solicitors."
Chambers UK 2024 -
Leading individual and recommended lawyer for 'Clinical negligence: defendant (London)'The Legal 500 UK 2024
- Notable practitioner for 'Clinical Negligence: Mainly Defendant (UK-wide)'
"Ed Glasgow has a winning combination of intelligence, strategic excellence and charm. He is sensible, pragmatic and approachable".
Chambers UK 2023 -
Leading individual and recommended lawyer for 'Clinical negligence: defendant (London)'"Ed Glasgow is an excellent lawyer and a delight to work with"."Ed Glasgow is delightful, with sound judgment".The Legal 500 UK 2023
- Notable practitioner for 'Clinical Negligence: Mainly Defendant (UK-wide)'
"Ed Glasgow does high-value work and he is passionate about patient safety."
"He is a pleasure to work with, and his collaborative approach works in the interest of the clients. He is a superb technical lawyer."
Chambers UK 2022 - Next Generation Partner and recommended lawyer for 'Clinical negligence: defendant (London)'
“Ed Glasgow is a good, thorough and pragmatic lawyer, who is always accessible if I need to discuss one of the cases that he is supervising. He goes the extra mile to make sure that he provides the best service to his clients."
"Other notable practitioners within the department include 'innovative collaborator' Ed Glasgow."
"A particular strength is that the team is very well led by the partners (Christopher Malla, Ed Glasgow and Daniel Freeman) who provide close supervision of all cases and support their junior lawyers to develop into excellent lawyers."
The Legal 500 UK 2022
Awards
Work highlights
- Led a collaborative dispute resolution process with a Claimant Firm to efficiently settle or discontinue a large volume of cases.
- Investigated and resolved claims brought by over 140 Claimants against an Independent Hospital Group and NHS Foundation Trust, plus aided the implementation of safeguarding for future.
- Secured Undertakings so as to protect against double recovery by making any future state funding repayable.
- Achieved a 92% reduction on pleaded Damages via robust independent expert evidence and strategic negotiation.
- Drove early interim payments to fund effective treatment plans, so as to reduce long-term damages exposure.
- Explored enhancement of independent hospital complaints systems, via use of AI to deliver safer, more personalised, care.
- Hosted a healthcare roundtable to drive collaboration and explore technology led improvements to patient experience, whilst preserving the human touch.
- Provided strategic insights to assist those at Board-level on Global Responsible Business and Sustainability issues.
- Contributed to risk frameworks and quality-assurance, so as to align approach taken with national and international sporting codes.
- Directed governance issues in sport in a transparent, objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate manner, so as to promote integrity and welfare.
Healthcare
Insurance and reinsurance
Sport