Olivia Pattison

“Olivia is a Solicitor in the Housing department. She represents tenants in a wide range of cases, including possession, disrepair and unlawful eviction cases. She is committed to ensuring that her clients are advised with clarity and compassion, and that tenants are represented robustly in the court system which can be confusing and disempowering.

Olivia re-joins the team after completing her training contract at Hodge Jones & Allen, having completed seats in the Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Crime and Housing. In her first seat, Olivia worked in the Housing team under the supervision of Farzana Chowdhury. She worked on a wide range of matters, including disrepair and possession matters. Olivia completed her second seat in Criminal Defence, where she represented clients at the police station, including those arrested during protests. She assisted in the litigation of a wide range of offences, in both the magistrates and Crown Courts. In her third seat, Olivia assisted Alice Hardy in the Civil Liberties team with a wide range of human rights and civil litigation cases, including inquests, actions against the police and other public bodies. She returned to the Housing team for her fourth and final seat, working for the head of department Jayesh Kunwardia, and working on a wide range of matters, including group litigation and unlawful eviction matters.

Prior to joining Hodge Jones & Allen as a trainee, Olivia worked as a paralegal in a busy criminal defence department. She assisted on a wide-range of matters, including two high-profile murder trials and many drug trafficking cases. She is fully accredited as a police station representative, with a track record in advising young and vulnerable clients. She also worked at two young people’s charities, Just for Kids Law and The Children Society, building practical expertise in Child Criminal Exploitation and the resulting legal issues.