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Euston HS2 Housing Disruption – Know Your Rights

High Speed 2 (“HS2”), the high speed railway link between London and the West Midlands, received royal assent on 23 February 2017. The railway will accommodate trains with 1,100 seats…

October 16, 2017
Opinion

The use of video link in civil proceedings

With the drive to use technology to make litigation more efficient, it is surprising that we do not make more use of permitted technological aids, such as video link for...

October 12, 2017

Chun Wong

Opinion

Possible remedies for the disinherited

The case of a son, who is suing his mother and sisters after he was cut out of his dementia suffering father’s will is widely reported in the press this...

October 12, 2017

Nicola Waldman

Opinion

Lasting Powers of Attorney – could recent FCA proposals leave the system completely open to abuse and fraud?

In a paper published recently City watchdogs the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have proposed changing the way in which applications for a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) are made. Currently,…

October 9, 2017
Opinion

IVF Hammersmith and wrongful birth claims

The Guardian last week featured the worrying story of how an IVF clinic, IVF Hammersmith was duped into enabling a woman to conceive a child by IVF after forging her…

October 9, 2017
Opinion

Homemade Wills – do they work?

In the recent case of Vucicevic v Aleksic, the High Court has managed to interpret a homemade, handwritten will, made by a testator with poor written English, which had a...

October 9, 2017

Nicola Waldman

Opinion

The NAO does not understand clinical negligence

The recent publication of the National Audit Office’s (NAO) Managing the costs of clinical negligence in trusts report, was beyond disappointing and brought a plethora of misinformed comment from the…

October 6, 2017
Opinion

“Lend me your ears”

Jeremy Corbyn’s keynote speech at the Labour Conference in Brighton last week placed housing at the heart of his proposed reforms. This is encouraging indeed, but so too was the...

October 4, 2017
Opinion

Should Sonia Fowler look a gift horse in the mouth?

So last night I watched Eastenders with interest as the mystery around Sonia Fowler’s time in Kettering was revealed. It transpired that having cared for an elderly Mrs Waters she…

October 3, 2017

Chun Wong

Opinion

#fightbach

The Bach report (a report that tries to ensure we can access our right to justice especially for those who cannot access it due to the current rules) came out…

October 2, 2017
Opinion

Are Independent Midwives under insured?

Independent midwives are self-employed providers of maternity care who work outside the NHS, although they will inevitably have been trained by the NHS and are likely to be highly experienced....

September 29, 2017
Opinion

Vaccination claims: Has Europe opened the floodgates?

The history of UK vaccine litigation is a sorry tale but a careful reading of a new CJEU decision might give claimants grounds for more optimism, advises Peter Todd. The…

September 28, 2017
Opinion

Care navigators and the duty of care to patients

The Guardian covers a worrying trend today, which is the decreasing number of GPs. They focus on Brighton to show the extent of the problem ;-  “Brighton and Hove has...

September 28, 2017
Opinion

‘No Win No Fee’ isn’t what it used to be

The term ‘No Win No Fee’ is the common title for Conditional Fee Agreements (“CFA”) which means that if someone brought a claim and lost they would pay no legal…

September 28, 2017

Leticia Williams

Opinion

Guardians of the Gatekeeping

Last week the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report commissioned by the House of Commons into Homelessness. The report estimates that 88,410 homeless households applied to local authorities for...

September 26, 2017
Opinion

Personal Injury – fighting for what’s right!

The landscape of personal injury law has changed significantly since Hodge Jones & Allen opened its doors 40 years ago. At that time, legal aid was available for personal injury…

September 26, 2017

Sarah Townsend

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Do you really need a solicitor to get probate?

Most probate practitioners have come across clients who report the death of a relative, come to the office to collect the will and advise us that they can deal with...

September 26, 2017
Opinion

Cerebral palsy claims – report from NHS raises concerns

The recent report by NHS Resolution - Five years of cerebral palsy claims, makes for very concerning reading. The report contains too much information for one blog so I am...

September 22, 2017
Blog

Severe safety problems in GP surgeries

The Guardian reported yesterday that “About 7 million people are being treated at GP surgeries in England that have severe safety problems, according to the first performance review of its...

September 22, 2017
Opinion

Surgery rehabilitation and prosthetics – 40 years of advancement

This month, Hodge Jones & Allen celebrated its 40th birthday. In the 40 years since the firm opened its doors, technology to assist people with life changing amputation injuries has...

September 20, 2017

Riffat Yaqub

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