About Christina Jose
Christina joined Hodge Jones and Allen’s Medical Negligence department in August 2022. Christina’s practice spans inquests, public inquiry work and medical negligence cases.
Inquests
• Christina regularly represents bereaved families at inquests. Christina has experience of multi-week Article 2 inquests involving the NHS, private hospitals and care homes.
• Christina has worked on several cases that have garnered significant media attention. Christina was featured on the BBC Look East coverage of an inquest concerning an inpatient death in a mental health ward.
Public Inquiry
• Christina is one of the lawyers representing a large cohort of core participants in the Lampard Inquiry. Prior to the announcement of the Lampard Inquiry, Christina was part of the team of lawyers involved in supporting a campaign to challenge the government’s decision to continue with the original non- statutory Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry. Being part of the campaign involved attending meetings with former cabinet ministers and attending parliamentary debates with the lawyers at Hodge Jones and Allen. Read more about the Lampard Inquiry here.
• Christina has assisted senior partners in representing The People’s Care Watchdog (an organisation campaigning to create new systems of care for the vulnerable in the society) in the Covid 19 Inquiry.
Medical Negligence
• Christina has extensive experience in working on both fatal and non-fatal medical negligence cases. Christina has also assisted senior partners in brain injury cases which have settled for sums up to £12 million.
• Christina has particular expertise in cases concerning mental health inpatient deaths and deaths in community.
The Lampard Inquiry (Essex Mental Health)
Education
- Law (LLB), Manchester Metropolitan University
- Civil Litigation, Postgraduate Legal Practice
- Practice of Employment Law, Postgraduate Legal Practice