Lawyers

Peter Edwards

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

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