Peter Edwards > Capsticks LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Capsticks LLP Offices
1 ST GEORGE'S ROAD
LONDON
SW19 4DR
England
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Peter Edwards
Work Department
Employment.
Position
Experience
Peter has 30 years’ experience of advising healthcare and other organisations on their governance, legal powers and decision-making. During this time he has been involved in some of the most complex and sensitive employment and public law cases in the public sector. He is also an experienced trainer who delivers a wide range of workshops and seminars to our clients, and is currently a tutor on the online Diploma in Advanced Primary Care Management that Capsticks is delivering in conjunction with the National Association of Primary Care and the Healthcare Finance Management Association.
Expertise
• Governance, structures, powers and duties of public bodies;
• Public involvement and consultation on healthcare service changes;
• Contentious and non-contentious employment law including major organisational changes, service transfers and TUPE; executive appointments and terminations and the development and implementation of new workforce models.
CSR activity
Peter volunteered in the South London Law Centre for more than 10 years. He also plays a lead role in our partnership with the Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability and has led a number of fundraising events for the hospital.
Publications
Service Reconfiguration, Consultation and Judicial Review – Capsticks
Managing conflicts of interest in clinical commissioning groups – NHS Confederation/RCGP (2011)
Career
Trained Capsticks; qualified 1990; partner 1993; managing partner 2003; senior partner 2008 to 2017.
Education
University College, Oxford (1987 BA Jurisprudence 1st Class Hons).
Leisure
Performing and listening to music; triathlon; reading
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
Capsticks LLP is well known in the administrative and public law market for defending challenges to the actions and decisions of public bodies actions, as well as for its extensive expertise in representing NHS bodies in complex judicial review proceedings. Peter Edwards 
jointly leads the team with Leeds-based counterpart Ian Cooper, a health and social care specialist who advises public bodies on their statutory powers and responsibilities.
London > Public sector > Healthcare
(Hall of Fame)Exhibiting ‘clear knowledge and understanding‘, Capsticks LLP‘s team handles the full spectrum of issues, notably, hospital redevelopment projects, and the termination of NHS PFI contracts, in addition to defending NHS employers in claims before the Employment Tribunal. Practice head Andrew Rowland utilises his employment background and ‘unrivalled experience‘ to advise NHS employers and NHS England on strike action, whisteblowing claims, and injunctive proceedings. Peter Edwards has a great deal of expertise in advising regulators and NHS bodies on their statutory powers and governance issues, while Dylan Young has ample contentious experience, with public procurement challenges being a distinctive area of focus. Stephen Tainsh leads on the corporate side, regularly assisting NHS trusts with collaboration agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Public sector > Healthcare
- Healthcare London > Public sector
- Administrative and public law London > Public sector