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Metropolitan Police Service criticised for failing London's children

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Thomas Windsor has said that; "protecting the vulnerable, particularly children is perhaps the most important job that police officers and staff undertake." Yet,...

January 18, 2017
Opinion

Should insurance companies be trusted?

A look back in history at the way that one of the UK’s biggest asbestos claims handlers dealt with their liabilities gives us a clue. The Iron Trades, a mutual...

January 17, 2017
Blog

Pakistan 96th state to join 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction

The news that Pakistan has joined the Hague Convention 1980 will be welcomed by parents and legal practitioners. As from 1 February 2017, Pakistan will be a contracting state to...

January 16, 2017
Opinion

Does the ‘bedroom tax’ sexually discriminate?

The ’bedroom tax’ was introduced in April 2013 as a limit on the amount of housing benefit which is payable to social housing tenants who are deemed to be under-occupying...

January 13, 2017
Opinion

A revolution in criminal law?

If asked what motivates me to do this work, there are two overriding emotion. The first, unsurprisingly as a lawyer, is a deep commitment to the rule of law. Not...

January 13, 2017

Raj Chada

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Winter Cycling – Top Tips For Staying Safe

Pulling back the curtains I am greeted by another cold and wet London morning. Not for the first time I question my desire to plonk on a helmet, turn on...

January 11, 2017
Opinion

Deprivation of liberty and deputies

A property and affairs deputy doesn’t have an obligation to worry about whether P is being deprived of their liberty because that is a welfare matter right? Wrong. The recent...

January 11, 2017
Blog

The importance of making a living will part 2

The Court of Protection has recently heard a case concerning a 43 year old policeman who was badly injured in a motorbike accident in July 2015 and was left in...

January 10, 2017
Opinion

Legal Aid Agency – The Grinch of Christmas?

In the lead up to Christmas, most of us will be looking forward to enjoying the cosy environment of a warm house and celebrating the festive season together with our…

December 21, 2016
Opinion

Carols in the Bar 2016

For the sixth year running, Hodge Jones and Allen hosted its annual Carols in the Bar on 14 December 2016, supported by the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship. We had a fantastic...

December 21, 2016
Opinion

Aggrieved about Orgreave? We should be

On 31 October 2016, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd decided that there would not be any inquiry into the so called Battle of Orgreave. She said in a written statement...

December 21, 2016
Opinion

Our civil justice system is not broken or in need of more reform!

A while ago I was asked to help a relative who had been involved in a road accident. Despite the fact that they knew I worked as a claimant personal...

December 19, 2016
Opinion

Don’t shake the buckets please – Spinal Injuries Association

Riffat Yaqub alongside other members of the Personal Injury Team at Hodge Jones and Allen donned some red t-shirts and spent a few hours at Euston Square underground station raising...

December 16, 2016

Riffat Yaqub

Opinion

Love at Christmas?

The dynamic between different family units living side by side in shared temporary accommodation is something one does not often see. Even as homelessness solicitors at Hodge Jones & Allen,...

December 16, 2016
Opinion

Sending damages to vulnerable clients or those receiving benefits – the risks and pitfalls

Most personal injury practitioners will at some time or another act for vulnerable clients such as those with head injuries, learning disabilities or mental illness. Whilst these clients may have...

December 15, 2016
Blog

Learning, candour and accountability – a report by the Care Quality Commission

A year after a review commissioned by NHS England uncovered failings at Southern Health Foundation Trust, the Care Quality Commission (‘CQC’) has looked into how acute, community and mental health...

December 13, 2016

Emma Wray

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Asbestos exposure in schools – a family’s story

You couldn’t fail to by moved today when listening to Jenny Murray’s interview with Lucy Stephens, daughter of Sue Stephens, who sadly died aged 68 in June this year as...

December 9, 2016

Isobel Lovett

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Landmark inheritance case set for the Supreme Court

Next week, for the first time, the Supreme Court will hear a case under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (‘the 1975 Act’). The case relates to…

December 9, 2016

Nicola Waldman

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Questions about cause of death – gaining answers from an inquest

Losing a loved one is a very difficult and traumatic. In some cases, where the cause of death is uncertain or unnatural, an inquest must be held. What is an...

December 8, 2016
Opinion

Every part of the criminal justice system needs to change – and that includes defence lawyers

The emerging findings from David Lammy MP’s review should make all of us who work in the criminal justice system pause to reflect. It is not that the statistics are...

December 6, 2016

Raj Chada

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