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Background
Adam Hundt became a partner at Pierce Glynn in 2010, having joined the firm from Hodge Jones and Allen solicitors in 2003.
In 2007 Adam was short-listed for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year
award in the 'Young Solicitor' category, and in 2008 when he was short-listed
for the Law Society Excellence Awards in the ‘Junior Solicitor’
category.
Public law, discrimination and human rights
Whilst experienced in all aspects of public law and human rights,
Adam has developed particular expertise in access to healthcare judicial
reviews. Adam has recently acted in the leading case on access to
healthcare for migrants in both the High Court and Court of Appeal.
He has also acted in healthcare cases concerning the funding of stem
cell treatment by PCTs, the adequacy of healthcare provision in immigration
detention centres, and discriminatory GP registration procedures.
Adam’s works closely with national charities such as the National
Aids Trust, MedAct, Terrence Higgins Trust and other voluntary agencies
in connection with his healthcare work. He has also provided training
to a very wide range of organisations on healthcare issues including
the British HIV Association’s 2008 conference, various Primary
Care Trusts, the University of Warwick Medical School, and the African
HIV Policy Network.
He is a member of Medecins du Monde UK's Steering Committee (an international
healthcare NGO) and spoke at their UK annual conference in 2009. Adam
has also written a number of articles on healthcare for legal and
voluntary organisation journals, and has been interviewed by several
medical journals in connection with his healthcare work (e.g. BMJ
2008;337:a1111).
Adam also has a lively caseload of other public law cases including
unlawful detention, migrant support, and discrimination and human
rights claims.
Social welfare law
Most of Adam’s cases involve judicial review proceedings, including
cases on behalf of homeless people who need accommodation, and disabled
people or children in need who require assistance as a result of their
problems. Many of these cases involve urgent applications for judicial
review and injunctions to ensure that a minor is not left street homeless
and destitute, or that families are not on the streets.
Adam is also instructed by the Official Solicitor to represent vulnerable
clients who are in danger of losing their homes, and has built up
significant experience of county court litigation. Many cases involve
ensuring that vulnerable clients obtain support services to enable
them to cope with their problems and remain in their own homes.
Adam has also built up a lot of experience of social security casework,
in particular in relation to people from abroad, and the interaction
of EU and domestic law in this area. For example, he successfully
represented a client who argued before the Social Security Commissioners
that people from Northern Cyprus should be considered EU citizens.
The government conceded the appeal shortly before the final hearing.
Reported cases
Significant cases in which Adam has represented include:
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| R(YA) v Secretary of State for Health (Court
of Appeal) – access to hospital treatment for migrants |
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| R(NS) v First Tier Tribunal, Asylum Support &
Secretary of State for the Home Dept. (High Court) – human
rights based challenge to First-Tier Tribunal decision |
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| R (Nur) v London Borough of Newham (High Court)
– race discrimination challenge re. allocation of social
housing to care leavers |
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| R(M) v Asylum Support Tribunal & Secretary
of State for the Home Dept. (High Court) – Home Office
policy on safe route of return to non-Kurdish Iraq |
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Adam Hundt