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Alex Glassbrook
Alex Glassbrook specialises in transport law.
He is expert in the law of new transport technologies including e-scooters, e-bikes, micro mobility vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated (‘self-driving’, ‘autonomous’ or ‘driverless’) vehicles.
Alex has advised individuals and industry clients from start-ups to established companies, on a wide range of legal issues relating to emerging technologies and to transport more generally, across road and other modes of transport. He is experienced in working with multidisciplinary teams and with in-house counsel.
Alex deals with the civil, criminal and public law aspects of vehicle technology, across practice areas including consumer rights, data protection, environmental law, equality, insurance, personal injury, privacy and product liability.
Chambers and Partners (2023) describes Alex as “the leading light in preparing the Bar for issues relating to driverless cars”. He wrote the first British book on the law of automated vehicles (‘The Law of Driverless Cars: An Introduction’) in 2017. His most recent book, ‘Advanced, Automated and Electric Vehicle Law’ (Bloomsbury Professional, 2024) is the first textbook to deal not only with the laws of self-driving vehicles (including the Automated Vehicles Act 2024) but also with the jagged regulatory landscape of driver assistance systems and electric vehicles – from e-scooters to electric cars.
Alex also teaches at Imperial College London, where he is the Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Road Transport Law.
Alex accepts instructions to advise on a public access basis.
Alex is expert in the emerging field of Automated and Electric Vehicle (AEV) law. He wrote the first British book on the law of driverless cars (in 2017) and the first textbook on ‘Advanced, Automated and Electric Vehicle Law’ which was published by Bloomsbury in February 2024. He has advised the AEV industry. In addition to advising, writing and lecturing on the topic in the UK and overseas, he has played a major role in law reform, including leading the Bar Council of England and Wales’ response to the Law Commission’s final report on automated vehicle law. He has been interviewed by numerous media (including BBC Radio 4’s ‘Law in Action’).
In January 2022, he was appointed the Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Road Transport Law at Imperial College London.
Alex writes and lectures on the environmental aspects of road transport regulation. His article for the local government news website local.gov.uk ‘Roads to Recovery’ (14 August 2020) explored the law behind the government’s road law reforms to encourage cycling and walking during the COVID pandemic. Alex is the Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Road Transport Law at Imperial College London, based at the Centre for Transport Studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His latest book, ‘Advanced, Automated and Electric Vehicle Law’ (Bloomsbury 2024) deals with civil, criminal and public law including the environmental laws of AAEVs.
Alex is experienced both in motor insurance work and in insurance law more broadly, including public liability insurance and issues of interpretation. His experience of insurance cases includes coverage for injury caused by security contractors at pubs, clubs and bars, advice and representation for insurers throughout the credit hire litigation and counter-fraud work for motor insurance companies, particularly in cases involving organised criminal networks and digital evidence. Recently he has advised the insurance industry on the effects of emerging transport technology and upon other significant insurance issues.
Alex has long experience of serious personal injury cases, particularly of claims resulting from road traffic and industrial accidents. Alex deals with issues of complexity both in liability and the assessment of damages. He represents and advises both claimants and defendants, including insurers. His recent personal injury work includes a range of topics such as the treatment of advanced MRI scanning evidence in the courts’ assessment of brain injury, the assessment of honesty in a brain injury case involving a patient, the modern approach to liability in cases involving emergency reactions to perilous situations while driving, and the liability of public service vehicles to injured cyclists where road design brings several road users into potential conflict.
Alex Glassbrook is expert in the product liability aspects of new transport technologies, including the legal treatment of downloaded software. He has advised industry on a range of issues including testing of prototypes. He advised Oxa on its historic first test of a fully-automated vehicle on a UK road in May 2022.
Chambers and Partners (2023) describes Alex as “the leading light in preparing the Bar for issues relating to driverless cars”. He wrote the first British book on the law of automated vehicles (‘The Law of Driverless Cars: An Introduction’) in 2017. His new book, ‘Advanced, Automated and Electric Vehicle Law’, the first major textbook on the topic, was published by Bloomsbury on 1 February 2024.
Alex teaches at the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London, where he is the Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Road Transport Law.
Alex Glassbrook is expert in the public law aspects of new transport technologies including data protection, environmental, equality and highway law issues. He deals with new vehicle technology cases from micro mobility, e-scooter and e-bike cases to the testing of prototype vehicles, including issues relating to ADAS and automated driving systems and Vehicle Special Orders.
Chambers and Partners (2023) describes Alex as “the leading light in preparing the Bar for issues relating to driverless cars”. He wrote the first British book on the law of automated vehicles (‘The Law of Driverless Cars: An Introduction’) in 2017. His new book, ‘Advanced, Automated and Electric Vehicle Law’, the first major textbook on the topic, was published by Bloomsbury on 1 February 2024.
Alex teaches at the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London, where he is the Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Road Transport Law.
Oxbotica has announced its successful first test of a zero-occupancy autonomous vehicle on a publicly-accessible road. Oxbotica is developing a goods delivery variant of its vehicle with Ocado group to complete customer orders from 2023. Alex Glassbrook advised Oxbotica on...
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Alex Glassbrook appeared as counsel for a defendant driver who took emergency evasive action then faced a claim in negligence, after another driver lost control of a car on an icy road in darkness, and several collisions ensued. Alex (instructed...
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Alex Glassbrook (instructed by Gurbir Thethy of DWF) represented the Defendant insurer in a claim for alleged brain injuries. The Claimant, who made his claim on the basis that he lacked capacity, suffered injury which he alleged included organic brain...
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Alex Glassbrook (instructed by Kevin O’Sullivan of Cycle Legal) was counsel for the Claimant cyclist, who was seriously injured by a bus driven across his path on a marked cycle lane, on the approach to a bus stop. The case raised the duty of...
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Alex Glassbrook (instructed by Andrew Baker of Horwich Farrelly) represented the successful motor insurer. A claim for credit hire charges exceeding £80,000 had been claimed in relation to a vehicle allegedly damaged beyond use in a road traffic accident, and...
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Alex Glassbrook (instructed by Gurbir Thethy of DWF, London) represented the Defendant to a serious brain injury claim at a joint settlement meeting. Among the issues were the levels of care and case management charges, claimed for life, the Claimant’s...
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Alex Glassbrook’s webinar for Lexis Nexis is launched today.
Collaborative litigation, a more amicable and cooperative approach to dispute resolution, is increasingly gaining traction in the legal landscape. This approach stands in contrast to traditional adversarial litigation, which can often be time-consuming, costly, and emotionally draining. Temple Garden Chambers…
The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 became law on 20 May 2024 and publication of the Act is imminent. Read Alex Glassbrook and Emma Northey’s article on how we got here and what’s next, on chambers’ automated and electric vehicle law…
Alex Glassbrook will be speaking at the PACTS Spring Conference at the Royal Automobile Club and online on Monday 18 March. The conference theme is ‘Driving change: safe system strategies for eliminating work-related road deaths’. Alex will be on the…
Thank you for choosing to instruct me in your case. I will need to collect and hold your personal information in order to represent you. I will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. I will do all that I reasonably can to ensure I do not infringe your rights or undermine your trust. This Privacy Notice describes the information I collect about you, how it is used and shared, and your rights regarding it.
Data Controller
I am registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a Data Controller for the personal data that I hold and process as a barrister. My registered address is Temple Garden Chambers, 1 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London, EC4Y 9DA and my registration number is Z4641039.
Data Collection
All of the information that I hold about you is provided to me or gathered solely in the course of and for the purposes of your case, proceedings or any related matter.
Lawful Basis For Processing Your Information
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires all organisations that process personal data to have a Lawful Basis for doing so. The Lawful Bases identified in the GDPR are:
Examples Of Legitimate Interests
My Lawful Basis is Legitimate Interest namely the provision of professional services to you and the proper exercise of my professional obligations and responsibilities. My Lawful Bases may also include: consent and/or performance of a contract with you or steps to enter a contract with you and/or compliance with a legal obligation. In so far as I process sensitive personal data that is necessary in relation to legal proceedings and/or obtaining legal advice and/or otherwise for establishing, exercising or defending legal rights and/or for administering justice.
I Use Your Information To
I do not use automated decision-making in the processing of your personal data.
I collect and process both personal data and special categories of personal data as defined in the GDPR. This includes:
I May Share Your Personal Data With:
Transfers To Third Countries & International Organisations
I do not transfer any personal data to third countries or international organisations.
Retention
I retain your personal data while you remain a client and for as long as in necessary for me to meet my legal and professional obligations. My Retention and Disposal Policy (copy available on request) details how long I hold data for and how I dispose of it when it no longer needs to be held.
Your Rights
The General Data Protection Regulation gives you specific rights around your personal data. For example, you have to be informed about the information I hold and what I use it for, you can ask for a copy of the personal information I hold about you, you can ask me to correct any inaccuracies with the personal data I hold, you can ask me to stop sending you direct mail, or emails, or in some circumstances ask me to stop processing your details.
Finally, if I do something irregular or improper with your personal data you can seek compensation for any distress you are caused or loss you have incurred. You can find out more information from the ICO’s website and this is the organisation that you can complain to if you are unhappy with how I dealt with you.
Accessing & Correcting Your Information
You may request access to, correction of, or a copy of your information by contacting me in writing at my registered address.
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