HJA

On 1 March 2017, Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) hosted an evening for over 80 aspiring young lawyers in which they were given a look at the reality of life as a legal aid practitioner. Staff from different departments shared their experiences of life on the frontline seeking to provide access to justice to those in need.

Hodge Jones & Allen has represented Armed Forces’ families for a period of over a decade, principally in cases handled...

In a debate, held on 10 December 2015 (Human Rights Day), Lord Howarth of Newport succinctly summarised the consequences of the legal aid cuts as a; “denial of access to justice, human suffering, failure to achieve the intended savings, and damage to the legal profession.”

Patrick Allen counts the costs of the Jackson & legal aid reforms It is almost two years since the Jackson...

Patrick Allen explains how austerity economics, not the recession, will destroy our civil legal aid system In 2010, George Osborne...