Hodge Jones & Allen

Hodge Jones & Allen in the news

 

Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors work with Byfield Consultancy to promote HJA's practice areas across the national media.

 

Please see below a list of recent features, articles and quotes from each team.

 

PERSONAL INJURY

 

Subject: Cervical cancer jab

Article name: Care threat to girl 'left disabled by cancer jab' (by Lucy Johnston)
Publication: Sunday Express
Date: 20 September 2009
Comment by: Peter Todd

Subject: Food poisoning claims

Article name: Victims of norovirus to sue Blumenthal (by Kerstin Kühn)
Publication: Caterer & Hotelkeeper
Date: 25 September 2009
Comment by: Peter Todd

Subject: Cervical Cancer jab

Article name: What has this cervical cancer jab done to our girls? (by Daniel Foggo & Rosie Millard)
Publication: The Sunday Times
Date: 4 October 2009
Comment by: Peter Todd

 

Subject: Questions re. Cervical Cancer jab

Article name: The worries over the cervical cancer jab and the questions that must be answered (by Barbara Davies)
Publication: Mail Online
Date: 4 October 2009
Comment by: Peter Todd

 

Subject: Training Contracts

Article name: Working it out
Publication: Solicitor's Journal
Date: 13 October 2009
Comment by: Peter Todd

 

Subject: Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

Article name: Whatever happened to the radical lawyer? (by Jon Robins)
Publication: The Times
Date: 12 November 2009
Comment by: Patrick Allen

 

Subject: Litigation funding

Article name: Take a chance on us
Publication: Litigation Funding
Date: December issue
Comment by: Peter Todd

 

Subject: Lord Justice Jackson's report

Article name: More debate is needed about Lord Justice Jackson's proposed reforms
Publication: Law Society Gazette

Date: 21 January 2010
Comment by: Patrick Allen

 

Subject: HMP Wandsworth food poisoning

Article name: 250 lags sue for £500k over fowl egg sarnies
Publication: The Sun
Date: 23 February 2010
Comment by: Simon O'Loughlin

 

 

HOUSING LAW

 

Subject: Curing Conflict

Article name: Could tougher regulation reduce legal disputes between housing associations and tenants? (by Siddiq Fazaluddin)
Publication: Inside Housing
Date: 24 November 2009
Comment by: Siddiq Fazaluddin

 

Subject: Compensation against Camden Council

Article name: Payout for woman living with dry rot (by Tan Parsons)
Publication: Ham & High / Wood & Vale Express
Date: 3 December 2009
Comment by: Daniel Fitzpatrick

 

Subject: Tenants litigation

Article name: EXCLUSIVE: Litigation may still be the best option for unhappy tenants (by Siddiq Fazaluddin)
Publication: Public Service (PS)
Date: 22 February 2010
Comment by: Siddiq Fazaluddin

 

 

PRIVATE CLIENT

 

Subject: Living Wills

Article name: Bishops: legal rules could present repeat of Kerrie Wooltorton 'living will' suicide (by John Bingham)
Publication: The Daily Telegraph (print & web)
Date: 7 October 2009
Comment by: Hannah Bunting

 

Subject: Criticism of the RSPCA over inheritance tax

Article name: RSPCA criticised for demanding inheritance tax payment (by Laura Whateley)

Publication: The Times Online

Date: 11 February 2010

Comment by: Sarah Cooper

 

 

CRIMINAL DEFENCE & SERIOUS FRAUD

 

Subject: Justice System

Article name: Serious concerns are raised with the first non-jury criminal trial (by Raj Chada)
Publication: Law Society's Gazette
Date: 16 July 2009
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

Subject: G20

Article name: G20 demonstrators appear in Court (by BBC Online)
Publication: BBC Online
Date: 4 September 2009
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

Subject: JJB Sports raided by UK Fraud authorities in price-fixing probe

Article name: JJB, Sports Direct raided by fraud, Antitrust Offices (by Lindsay Fortado and Jonathan Browning)
Publication: Bloomberg, The Globe & Mail
Date: 10 - 11 September 2009
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

Subject: Sentencing for bribing foreign officials in Iraq

Article name: Mabey & Johnson to be sentenced for bribery case (by Michael Herman)
Publication: The Times
Date: 24 September 2009
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

Subject: Online fraudsters target students

Article name: Property fraudsters target students & tourists in London letting scam (by Jamie Elliott and Graham Norwood)
Publication: Guardian.co.uk / The Observer (print and web) / Tiscali
Date: 27 September 2009
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

Subject: G20

Article name: Black bra, red stockings: is that a fair cop? (by David Leppard)
Publication: The Sunday Times
Date: 27 September 2009
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

Subject: Cannabis

Article name: Another thing Europe doesn't agree on (by Javier Espinoza)
Publication: Wall Street Journal / Cannabis Weekly
Date: 27 November 2009
Comment by: Daniel Godden

 

Subject: Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) business fines 

Article name: Corporate manslaughter fines to reach millions (by Michael Herman)
Publication: The Times
Date: 10 February 2010
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

Subject: Global corruption index 

Article name: Corruption in Corporate Britain (by Growth Business)
Publication: Growth Business
Date: 23 February 2010
Comment by: Raj Chada

 

 

FAMILY LAW

 

Subject: Promotion

Article name: Legal Moves
Publication: Legal Moves
Date: 15 July 2009
Comment by: Samantha Hooke

Subject: Divorce

Article name: In sickness and in wealth (by Tara Loader Wilkinson)
Publication: Wealth Bulletin
Date: 20 August 2009
Comment by: Toby Hales

 

Subject: Divorce rates

Article name: Will divorce carve up firm? (by Jonathan Moules)
Publication: Financial Times
Date: 25 September 2009
Comment by: Victoria Walker

 

Subject: Russian divorce

Article name: High profiles Russian divorce case
Publication: Money Market
Date: October
Comment by: Farhana Shahzady

Subject: Family courts

Article name: Family Courts prepare to open their doors (by Cassandra Jardine)

Publication: The Daily Telegraph
Date: 18 November 2009
Comment by: Toby Hales

 

 

CIVIL LIBERTIES

 

Subject: Snatch Land Rover

Article name: Soldier's mother launches legal challenge (by The Telegraph)
Publication: Daily Telegraph (web)
Date: 10 July 2009
Comment by: Jocelyn Cockburn

 

Subject: Snatch Land Rover

Article name: Soldier's mother wins court fight over Snatch Land Rover (by Frances Gibb)
Publication: The Times (web)
Date: 11 July 2009
Comment by: Jocelyn Cockburn

 

Subject: MoD appeal against landmark ruling

Article name: Launch of new appeal stuns mum of Iraq death soldier (by Hawick News)
Publication: Hawick News
Date: 24 July 2009
Comment by: Jocelyn Cockburn

Subject: Mr. Baranovsky

Article name: Rye Hill 'learn lessons' but inmate's family want apology for tragic death
Publication: Daventry Express
Date: 1 October 2009
Comment by: Jocelyn Cockburn

 

Subject: Mr. Baranovsky

Article name: The death of prisoner Baranovsky (by Charlotte Rowles)
Publication: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 11 October 2009
Comment by: Jocelyn Cockburn

 

Subject: Snatch Land Rover 

Article name: Families of dead troops ask Chilcot to confront Brown (by Deborah Haynes)
Publication: The Times
Date: 4 March 2010
Comment by: Jocelyn Cockburn

 

Subject: Police Officer spared jail 

Article name: Sex-On-Duty Metropolitan Police officer spared jail (by BBC)
Publication: BBC
Date: 4 March 2010
Comment by: Sasha Barton