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Oliver Glasgow KC
Position
Oliver Glasgow KC was appointed Senior Treasury Counsel in 2015, King’s Counsel in 2016 and First Senior Treasury Counsel in 2020.
He has a reputation for detailed preparation, exceptional advocacy and is an especially good cross-examiner. He divides his practice between working at the highest level in the criminal sphere, where he appears in high profile trials of the utmost gravity for both prosecution and defence, and specialising in serious quasi-criminal and regulatory work, where he defends in regulatory and health and safety work, and acts for interested parties in public inquiries and inquests. He is currently lead counsel to the Afghanistan inquiry, which is looking into allegations of extra judicial killing by UK Special Forces.
Recent instructions include high profile corporate manslaughter and health and safety matters (Aster Healthcare, the Jersey Gas explosion and the Condor Ferry disaster); acting for the SPA and the MoD in historic abuse allegations; representing the AG of Jersey in the child abuse inquiry and prosecuting a double jeopardy murder (R v. Tregaskis); and prosecuting complex homicide and terrorist offences (R v. Seed, R v. McSweeney, R v. Al-Jundi).
He regularly advises the AG and government departments in cases of general public importance; he advises companies and individuals in connection with investigations and private prosecutions; he advises professionals and sportsmen in connection with allegations of misconduct and ethics; and he advises foreign AGs in connection with domestic and international allegations of serious criminality and corruption.
Career
Year of Call 1995; Middle Temple; South Eastern Circuit; Appointed King’s Counsel 2016
Memberships
- 2022: Winner of Legal 500 UK Crime and Extradition Silk of the year
- 2021: First Senior Treasury Counsel
- 2020: Shortlisted for C&P UK Crime Silk of the Year
- 2015: Senior Treasury Counsel
- 2009: Junior Treasury Counsel
- ATC Advocacy Trainer
- Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers
- Criminal Bar Association
- Health & Safety Lawyers’ Association
Education
- MA Oxon, Jurisprudence, Oxford University
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Oliver Glasgow KC – 2 Hare Court ‘Oli is a superb forensic advocate. His work ethic is incredible and his enthusiasm is infectious. His case analysis and written work is of the highest standard and he is also incredibly down to earth.’
2 Hare Court, widely regarded as ‘one of the leading chambers in criminal law‘, continues to host a multitude of practitioners with considerable expertise and expertise. Oliver Glasgow KC prosecuted Jordan McSweeney, who was sentenced in December 2022 to life imprisonment with a minimum of 38 years for the brutal sexual assault and murder of Zara Aleena. In R v PD, Fiona Robertson successfully appealed, on behalf of the Attorney General, a sentence of three years imprisonment for sexual assault, assault by penetration and common assault – she submitted that full regard had not been paid in the first instance to the psychological harm inflicted upon the victim as well as that the judge had displayed outdated views on a husband’s entitlement to sex within a marriage and had thereby erred in mitigating the offence for this reason, and the sentence was upgraded to nine years. Acting as a sole junior, Julia Faure Walker prosecuted an individual, who was nineteen at the time, who was convicted of posting ISIS propaganda on Instagram. David Whittaker KC is representing a man bringing a private prosecution against his own son, who he alleges blackmailed him for £500,000.