HJA in the news
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