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| Polly Glynn 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 Pierce in setting up the firm. Public law, discrimination and human rights 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". Social welfare law She is 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 2009 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. Reported cases Significant cases in which she has represented include: Doran v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (High Court) (2010) - development of green belt for use as a gypsy and traveller caravan site R (Adow) v LB Newham (High Court) (2010) - outsourcing of medical assessments for housing applicants was unlawful R (Guiney) v LB Greenwich and Charlton Triangle Homes (Interested Party) (High Court) – unlawful failure to consult before granting planning permission for major development Owens v The United Kingdom (European Court of Human Rights) – damages for non-payment of benefit in bread of Article 14 of the human rights convention Hobbs Richard Walsh & Green v UK (European Court of Human Rights) – unlawful discrimination regarding tax allowances for widowers R (Mani) v Lambeth LBC (Court of Appeal) – local authority obliged to assist disabled, destitute asylum seeker 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) R(B) v Lambeth LBC (High Court) – unlawful failure to provide after care services under Mental Health Act |