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Polly Glynn
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Background
Polly Glynn is the firm’s managing partner and one of the founding
members of the firm.
She trained as a solicitor at Leigh Day and Fisher Meredith solicitors
where she remained after qualifying in 1993, practising in housing
and social security law. She left in 1997 to join Stephen
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Expertise
Polly is a public law and human rights specialist. She has conducted
judicial review claims in the High Court and on appeal to the Court
of Appeal, and has brought cases before the European Court of Human
Rights.
Over the last 10 years, her public law and human rights work has included
challenging the setting up of an ALMO in Lambeth, challenging the
provision of community services including the provision of accommodation
to disabled and vulnerable clients, and to children, acting for 48
widowers in successful claims arising out of the discriminatory effect
of the UK’s rules on widows’ pension, widowed mother's
allowance, widows’ payment, and bereavement tax allowance and
challenging decisions made by the Home Office about accommodation
and support to migrants.
Recently she has begun acting for clients in planning and environmental
law cases, most recently in a claims concerning the destruction of
a playground on a deprived estate and concerning the recycling of
warships on Teeside. She is a member of the Environmental Lawyers
Association.
She is identified as a leading individual for public and administrative
law in the Chambers 2009 directory, which says she "is
lauded for her thorough attitude…works well in a team and always
considers things properly, whilst remaining pragmatic." The
Legal 500 identifies her "outstanding
ability to grasp complex cases immediately" and
as having "encyclopaedic knowledge".
Polly is also expert in all areas of housing, community care and social security
law. She has a special interest in challenging decisions affecting
vulnerable clients including those who lack mental capacity, and is
regularly instructed to act in such cases by the Official Solicitor.
She is recommended as a leading individual in social housing law in
the Chambers directory, which reports that she is "a
delight to work with because of her enthusiasm and passion for the
subject". She is a member of the Housing
Law Practitioners’ Association. Polly delivers training on homelessness
law to the British Red Cross and other voluntary sector agencies.
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Reported cases
Significant cases in which Polly has represented
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Doran v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Court of Appeal) - development of green belt for use as a gypsy and traveller caravan site |
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R (Adow) v LB Newham (High Court) - outsourcing of medical assessments for housing applicants was unlawful |
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R (Guiney) v LB Greenwich and Charlton Triangle Homes (Interested
Party) (High Court) – unlawful failure to consult before granting
planning permission for major development |
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Owens v The United Kingdom (European Court of Human Rights) –
damages for non-payment of benefit in breach of Article 14 of the human rights convention |
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Hobbs Richard Walsh & Green v UK (European Court of Human Rights)
– unlawful discrimination regarding tax allowances
for widowers |
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R (Mani) v Lambeth LBC (Court of Appeal) – local authority obliged
to assist disabled, destitute asylum seeker |
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Grenestra SA (2) Nicholandra SA v (1) Brian Robert Oury (2) Peter
Frederick Morgan (3) Derek Vaughan Morgan (4) Mourant & Co Trustees
Ltd (5) Charles Jeremy Marcus Oury (High Court) |
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R(B) v Lambeth LBC (High Court) – unlawful failure to provide
after care services under Mental Health Act |
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