Glory Annen Clibbery

Glory Annen Clibbery (born September 5, 1952) is a Canadian actress,^[1] who is well known for her involvement in a landmark Family Law case in London, Allan v. Clibbery.^[2]

Career

Clibbery was born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. She attended the Victoria Composite Highschool of Performing Arts in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and at age 17, she emigrated to England to further her education at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1976. She remained based in England but worked around the world as she pursued an acting career. She made her first movie, Cruel Passion, in 1974, at age 22. She has worked in several films which include with the cult filmmaker Norman J. Warren films Prey (1977) and Spaced Out (AKA Outer Touch) (1979),^[3] the most notable being the Australian production Felicity (1979) for John D. Lamond.^[4] Her film career began to fade with a minor role in The Lonely Lady (1983) and a bit-parts in Supergirl (1984) and Water (1985). Her last film work was True Files for John D. Lamond filmed primarily in Singapore and completed in 2000. She recently was interviewed in Hollywood for the documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! about the Australian film industry. She did some radio and voice work including dubbing Anat Atzmon 'Nili' in the feature film Lemon Popsicle. She also appeared in several English television series in the 1970s and had leading roles in the theatre, including creating the role of Deborah Solomon in the David Mamet play Sexual Perversity in Chicago in London's West End. She was featured on television in many commercials and began working as a commercial casting director in 1982. She is also a cartoonist, artist and writer.

Controversy

Clibbery was involved with British racing tycoon, Ivan Allan, for over 15 years.^[5] After a serious domestic violence 'incident' on the 20th July 2000 Glory Clibbery left the relationship. Allan employed a Solicitor when she refused to return in order to summarily evict her from the Piccadilly flat they shared for 14 years. She sought the advice of Raymond Tooth of Sears Tooth Solicitors. He suggested a Family Law Act application was made. Glory lost this application with 100% costs made against her and the stress destroyed her health. Tooth did not attend any of the hearings related to the litigation he advised, and there was no legal oversight for this failure on his part as officers of the court' are virtually unaccountable in England. Seventeen separate matters came out of the disaster of an FLA hearing in a secretive Family Division at the High Court and 13 years on there is still no protection in English law for heterosexual partners. There is still no independent commission to consider the merits of legal negligence and or misfeasance. "There are so many ways to cheat in horse racing and in the legal system I don't see the point in 'betting' on the outcome of a race or a case." Glory said, "Serious claims against rogue Solicitors judged to have merit by an independent commission, should go forward before at least three Law Lords. Costs and conduct should be accountable! Claimants should have access to equal legal representation. If misfeasance is suspected it should be stated in the claim. If proved, the CPS should be instructed by the Court to prosecute. Officers of the Court should not be above the law. Having a law degree should not give a lawyer a license to lie. Costs should be proportionate. More than half the couples in England live together. Legal marriage is not for everybody. Neither the Government or the Church should force couples to legally marry to have protection in law! The Family Court still sits in secret about children and files from the Family Court cannot be passed to other Courts where the well being of children is at risk due to Family Court secrecy. Short of national security, I am suspicious of secret courts in England due to what I have experienced. Ivan Allan and his witnesses thought the English Family Court sat in secret and they would not have to stand by what they testified in the public domain."

Glory was able to somewhat open up the Family Division to public scrutiny when Allan sought an injunction in June 2002, to prevent Clibbery from disclosing details about their affair.^[6][7][8][9] The injunction was rejected,^[10][11] as was as a subsequent appeal.^[9] Allan previously won a possession order and Clibbery moved from the flat they had shared in Piccadilly, London. Glory's health failing, she retreated to the second home she helped maintain financially and shared with Allan, where her mother and her grandmother lived. Her 78-year-old mother cared for and also helped financially maintain the three and a half acre property for 18 years. Clibbery and her mother were violently evicted when Ivan Allan's hired thugs duped local police, with a falsified Court order, signed by a previous Lord Chancellor, who apparently did not know how to spell his own name! Ivan Allan died a horrific death in 2009, the macabre details of which would or should give pause to anyone who sets out to destroy another. ^{[2][12][13][14][15][16]} Clibbery was successfully represented by James Stewart, a solicitor in London who handles high-profile cases, and by Andrew Monson and in the appeal also by James Price QC.^[17]

References

External links

• Glory Annen Clibbery at the Internet Movie Database
• Glory Annen Clibbery at AllMovie
• Glory Annen Clibbery on Facebook