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accident-at work

Should I Be Worried About Making A Claim Against My Employer?

‘Will my employer change their behaviour towards me as a result of my claim?’’ I was recently asked this question by a client who was at the start of their…

July 7, 2021

Afiya Begum

Opinion

deputyship

Free Britney: Conservatorship In The US And The UK Equivalent System

There has been considerable media scrutiny of late regarding Britney Spears’ 13 year conservatorship, in which her father manages her financial affairs as well as her personal health and welfare…

July 7, 2021

Opinion

wills-and-probate

The Cycle of Life – and 10 reasons to make (or change) your will

A will is a legally binding document which sets out your wishes for later life, including how your assets will be passed on to your loved ones. To help illustrate...

July 5, 2021

Nicola Waldman

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disrepair

Housing Disrepair Success Stories – Damp & Mould Growth

The Housing Team at Hodge Jones & Allen have been defending the rights of tenants since 1977 and we understand how your life can be turned upside down when a…

July 5, 2021

Farzana Chowdhury

Opinion

personal-injury

Personal Injury Lawyer of the Month: Ken Brough

Ken Brough is a Partner in our Personal Injury team. He specialises in catastrophic and fatal injury claims, with 25 years’ experience acting solely for injured people and their families.…

July 1, 2021

Opinion

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hospital-negligence

Khan V Meadows: Duty Of Care Revisited By The Supreme Court

Last week, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 which re-examined the scope of duty of care in clinical negligence cases. Background In…

June 30, 2021

Ailsa McNeil

Opinion

professional-negligence

Limitation In Solicitors’ Negligence – Narrowly Avoiding Liability

To successfully bring a claim against a solicitor you have to prove that they owed you a duty of care which was breached causing you foreseeable loss. What is limitation…

June 29, 2021

Chun Wong

Opinion

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supreme-court

Director Of Public Prosecutions V Ziegler And Others [2021] – An Overview

The Supreme Court have delivered their judgment in the case of Ziegler today. This is one of the most significant cases in relation to protest cases for some years, and…

June 25, 2021

Raj Chada

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personal-injury

What Are My Options If My Injury Wasn’t Caused By Negligence?

Almost everyone has been hurt while using a particular product, whether they were bruised or burned and in many cases people assume it was just an accident. While this may…

June 22, 2021

Araba Quartey

Opinion

property-disputes

Eviction Ban On Firms In Rent Arrears Is Extended By Nine Months

Extension of ban on landlord’s evicting tenant companies A ban on landlords evicting companies for unpaid commercial rent is to be extended for another 9 months. The ban, which stopped…

June 18, 2021

Opinion

The “Breathing Space” Proposal- A Breath Of Fresh Air?

Due to the Covid-19 lockdown, there have been numerous changes to the possession process over the past year. Just recently our colleague, Suzanne Bird, wrote about the end of the…

June 18, 2021

Declan Storrar

Opinion

brain-injury

Brain Injury Caused By Football

I love football. I always have. From watching my four brothers playing it, (wishing I was included) to supporting my own daughter playing it at grassroots level. The start of…

June 17, 2021

Anne Sanders

Opinion

air-pollution

Clean Air – A Human Right Not A Commodity

When I initially read that businesses were successfully selling bottled clean air, I thought it implausible. Yet, given the devastating effects of air pollution on our health, maybe it is…

June 17, 2021

Ruth Waters-Falk

Opinion

road-traffic-accident

Hodge Jones & Allen support Brake’s Kids Walk campaign

Every 20 minutes someone is killed or seriously injured on UK roads. The statistics of road casualties in the UK do not make easy reading and as personal injury lawyers,…

June 16, 2021

Opinion

Covid-19

Is Long Covid a Disability?

According to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), an estimated 1 million people in private households in the UK reported experiencing “long Covid” in the four weeks…

June 16, 2021

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assaults

Common Assault, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm And Grievous Bodily Harm – What Is The Difference And What Should I Know?

What is an assault? ‘Assault’ is a generic criminal term used to cover a wide range of offences. However, two offences both deemed ‘assaults’ could be at polar ends in…

June 15, 2021

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divorce

What To Expect From Divorce Court?

Taking the decision to end a marriage and get a divorce is not easy. You may be dealing with a range of emotions, all while trying to grasp how divorce…

June 15, 2021

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general-crime
representation

The STOP & SEARCH Statistics And What You Need To Know If Stopped

In a Government report published in February 2021 it confirmed that between April 2019 and March 2020 there were 563,837 stop and searches in England and Wales (the statistics for…

June 10, 2021

Kerry Spence

Opinion

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The Parents Promise

A few weeks ago, a documentary on Channel 4 highlighted the significant problems facing a number of separated families at this time: children caught in the middle of an acrimonious…

June 10, 2021

Opinion

brain-injury
road-traffic-accident

Benefits of Speech And Language Therapy (SLT) Following a Brain Injury

I have been working on behalf of a Claimant who sustained a minor brain injury following a road traffic accident when he was under the age of 3. The incident…

June 10, 2021

Karen Mann