exceptionally

talented and

capable"

Legal 500

Alex Glassbrook

Alex Glassbrook

Profile

Alex has a busy civil practice and a reputation for strong advocacy and advisory skills.  He carries out voluntary work assisting lawyers overseas and is an advocacy trainer.

 

What the Directories say

  • Chambers & Partners (2012): "Alex Glassbrook of Temple Garden Chambers is considered by peers to be "a very fair-minded advocate. He's a thorough and economic cross-examiner who knows when to concede and when to dig in"." 
  • Chambers & Partners (2011):  "charming, very intelligent and straightforward in his approach". 
  • Legal 500 (2010): "an exceptionally talented and capable barrister".

Notable Cases

  • Widlake v BAA [2010] PIQR P.4, [2009] EWCA Civ 1256 (for Defendant; Claimant denied costs of proceedings where, whilst recovering damages in excess of Defendant's Part 36 offer, she had dishonestly exaggerated her claim and failed to make any offers to settle her case).
  • Boardman v Byrne HHJ Oliver Jones QC, Walsall County Court, 18.4.08 (for Defendant: credit hire charges reduced; impecuniosity turned upon resources of company that owned car).
  • Hawley v Luminar Leisure & Mann [2006] EWCA Civ 18, (2006) IRLR 817, (2006) PIQR P17 (for insurer of Defendant security contractor: vicarious liability of nightclub with control of contractor doorman; meaning of "accidental bodily injury" in public liability insurance; [2006] EWCA Civ 30: expiry of old-style Part 36 offer)
  • Coles v Greaves & Norwich Union [2005] EWCA Civ 679 (for Claimant: trial judge's findings in favour of Defendant overturned on ground of insufficient reasoning)

Scholarships and Awards

3 major Middle Temple scholarships (Diplock, Anglo-American, Benefactors') and Certificate of Honour