Background
Adam Hundt is a partner at Deighton Pierce Glynn and is based in our Bristol office. Previously Adam was a partner at Pierce Glynn, having joined the firm from Hodge Jones and Allen solicitors in 2003. He was based in London until late 2010, when he set up our Bristol office.
Adam is recognised as one of the leading human rights and public law practitioners in the country, earning various nominations and awards from his peers.
Expertise
Public law permeates much of Adam’s work, as he has extensive experience of conducting judicial reviews. In doing so he has successfully challenged national policies affecting thousands of people, funding cuts by local authorities, public service restructuring decisions and a wide range of local and central government decisions. He often works closely with NGOs and campaign groups, where the case is part of a broader campaign.
Adam is particularly adept at using human rights arguments to help individuals hold the state to account. He has acted in a number of national security related cases, and for survivors of torture abroad, including taking action against the UK government for complicity in torture overseas. He also has extensive experience of working with survivors of trafficking and immigration detention, including damages claims in the County Court and Higher Courts. He has worked extensively with NGOs in this area, providing training for support workers and speaking at various events.
Sample cases
Some of the reported cases in which Adam has acted include:
R (MP) v Secretary of State for Health & Social Care (Court of Appeal) – challenge to NHS Charging Regulations
R (Good Law Project) v Secretary of State for Health & Social Care (Court of Appeal) – judicial review of Brexit-related Serious Shortage Protocols for dispensing of medication
R (National Aids Trust) v NHS England, Secretary of State for Health & LGA intervening (Court of Appeal) – representing NAT in a challenge to the NHS decision that PrEP could not be funded
R (W & Others) v Secretary of State for Health, BMA intervening (Court of Appeal) – test case on data sharing and ambit of medical confidentiality
R (YA) v Secretary of State for Health (Court of Appeal) – test case on access to hospital treatment for migrants
R (KA) v Essex CC (Court of Appeal) – test case on extent of procedural protection obligations imposed by Article 8 ECHR in context of support provided to a destitute family under s17 Children Act 1989.
SA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, AIRE Centre intervening (Court of Appeal) – representing the AIRE Centre as the intervener in a case on EU law freedom of movement.
BA & Others v Home Office, BID intervening (Court of Appeal) – claim for unlawful detention of mother and young children in Yarl’s Wood.
ASY & Others v Home Office (Court of Appeal) – test case on entitlement to compensation under Article 3 ECHR
R (W) v SSHD (Divisional Court) – test case challenging legality of Home Office NRPF policy under Article 3 ECHR
R (ST & VW) v SSHD (Divisional Court) – test case challenging legality of Home Office NRPF policy in relation to child welfare duties
R (Caroline Lucas, Layla Moran, Debbie Abrahams & GLP) v Secretary of State for Health & Social Care (High Court) – judicial review of government breaches of procurement laws during COVID-19 pandemic
R (Moore & others) v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government & Watford BC (High Court) – judicial review of challenge to decision to consent to the appropriation of allotment land for development.
R (RB) v Devon CC & Devon PCT (High Court) – judicial review of outsourcing of children’s health and social care services.
R (BE) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (High Court) – First reported case in which immigration detention was found to have breached the disability equality duty.
R (Ba Fakih) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Upper Tribunal) – judicial review of Home Office policy on restricting access to public funds for people granted leave to remain in the UK under Article 8.
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