Leon Glenister

Practice Areas

Leon is well-established as a leading barrister at the UK Bar, practising across public, planning and environmental law.

Leon regularly acts in complex cases of a national profile, including in cases up to the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. His recent instructions include challenges involving the scope of the right to autonomy, the environmental impact arising from the construction of HS2, the ownership transfer of GP surgeries to US-based companies, the EU Settlement Scheme, the COVID vaccination rollout and the appointment to the Charity Commission Chair. He has recently been instructed on significant planning cases including on the Silvertown Tunnel, PINS use of planning officers and the ‘bridge to nowhere’ case.

His previous cases have included the challenge to Ofqual’s grading system for the 2020 A-level exams, the Alfie Evans litigation, the challenge to the NHS Accountable Care Organisation contract and the challenge to the Yorkshire Ripper’s move from Broadmoor to prison.

Leon is appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel.

Leon is a tutor in Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. He is a lead author of ‘NHS Law and Practice’ (LAG, 2024) and co-author of a comprehensive free guide to the law relating to special educational needs, the ‘Noddy Guide to SEN’. He is also a contributing author to both ‘Children’s Social Care Law’ (LAG, 2018) and ‘Adult Social Care Law’ (LAG, 2019).