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  • #Essex
  • inquest
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Grieving Families Come Face-To-Face With Health Providers For The First Time As Lampard Inquiry Continues

The families of loved ones who died while under the care of mental health services in Essex will come face-to-face with care providers for the first time as the Lampard…

April 28, 2025
News & Insights
  • asbestos
  • lung-cancer
  • mesothelioma

Achieving Justice For Michael – A Mesothelioma Settlement

Michael, a carpenter and joiner in his mid-70s residing in Kent, England, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused by asbestos exposure. This diagnosis stemmed from his career as…

April 16, 2025
Press Releases

End Of An Era As Social Justice Lawyer Calls Time On 48-Year Career

Patrick Allen, senior partner at Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) is to retire from the firm he co-founded in 1977. During a lifetime of legal practice, Patrick has been a…

April 11, 2025
Press Releases
  • protest-law

Hodge Jones & Allen Protest Team Raise Concerns About Treatment Of Peaceful Protestors With UN

Members of the Hodge Jones & Allen protest team raised concerns about the treatment of peaceful protestors in the UK when they met with the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental…

April 4, 2025
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  • criminal-defence

Hodge Jones & Allen Strengthen Criminal Defence Team With Partner Hire

Law firm Hodge Jones & Allen has strengthened its criminal defence team with the hire of experienced solicitor Claire McGrath. Claire, who joins as partner, has 20 years’ experience dealing…

April 3, 2025
HJA In The News
  • civil-liberties
  • human-rights

Mother Of Vulnerable Man Aims To Hold Ministry of Justice To Account In Murder Case

Hodge Jones & Allen is representing the mother of a vulnerable man drowned by a high-risk criminal offender who removed his own electronic tag. Sam Nicholls, mother of Joe Pooley,…

April 3, 2025
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  • legal-advice
  • personal-injury

Personal Injury Clinic Launches To Provide Free Advice To Local Communities

A personal injury Law Clinic has opened in South London to provide free advice to local communities, while providing valuable practical experience for law students. Law firm Hodge Jones &…

March 24, 2025
Press Releases
  • crime
  • criminal-defence
  • protest-law

Just Stop Oil Heathrow Protesters Found Guilty Of Plotting Disruption At Airport

Eight Just Stop Oil (JSO) campaigners have been found guilty of trying to bring Heathrow Airport to a standstill on one of the busiest travel days of the year. The…

March 20, 2025
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  • legal-advice
  • personal-injury

Hodge Jones & Allen And Bloomsbury Institute Partner To Launch Personal Injury Clinic For Local Community

Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors and Bloomsbury Institute have kick-started an exciting new collaboration that will see the launch of a free Personal Injury Law Clinic aimed at serving the…

March 11, 2025
HJA In The News
  • court
  • crime
  • falsely-accused-of-crime
  • protest-law

Protest Sentencing in the UK: HJA Reacts to Court of Appeal Ruling on Just Stop Oil Cases

In one of the most significant judgements on protest law in recent years , Hodge Jones Allen Solicitors represented 15 of the 16 Appellants in relation to 4 cases where…

March 7, 2025
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  • crime
  • falsely-accused-of-crime

Victory In The “N-Word On Trial” As The Crown Drops Charges Against Black Woman – Ife Thompson Instructed For The Defendant

Ife Thompson, of Nexus Chambers was instructed by Ghislaine Sandoval of Hodge Jones and Allen. A recent university student of good character, Jamila A (22 years old), is no longer…

March 7, 2025
Press Releases
  • legal-help
  • no-win-no-fee
  • personal-injury

HJA Personal Injury Team Partners With LSE’s Legal Advice Clinic

The partnership with LSE Legal Advice Clinic, which launched in February 2025, will aim to improve access to justice by providing free, confidential legal advice to members of the public…

February 20, 2025
Press Releases
  • #Essex
  • medical-negligence

Lampard Inquiry Families To Meet Essex MPs At Parliament

Families involved in the Lampard Inquiry are to meet Essex MPs at the House of Commons on Monday 10 February to discuss concerns and gather support. Melanie Leahy, whose son Matthew died in 2012,…

February 8, 2025
HJA In The News
  • family-law

Family Team Associate Hannah Yellop Speaks To Times Radio On Legal Issues Around Polyamory

Hannah Yellop, an Associate in the Family team at Hodge Jones & Allen, joined Jane Mulkerrins at Times Radio earlier yesterday to discuss the legal issues pertaining to polyamorous relationships.…

February 6, 2025
Press Releases
  • miscarriages-of-justice

Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors Welcomes Referral Of 40 Year Old Unsafe Conviction To Miscarriage Of Justice Panel By Undercover Policing Inquiry

Hodge Jones & Allen welcome the referral of client and animal rights’ campaigner Chris Baillie to the Crown Court for an appeal against his criminal conviction, almost 40 years’ old.…

January 24, 2025
Press Releases
  • personal-injury
  • road-traffic-accident

Hodge Jones & Allen Endorses Brake’s Renewed Legal Panel For Road Victim Support

Hodge Jones & Allen, a long-standing supporter of road safety charity Brake, is delighted to renew its support and funding for the charity’s legal panel as it expands its team…

January 23, 2025
HJA In The News
  • crime
  • general-crime

Crown Court Backlog Debate: Should Right Of Jury Trial By Your Peers Remain?

Senior Associate at Hodge Jones & Allen Francesca Cociani recently joined Petrie Hosken on TalkTV to discuss how the UK government will look to tackle a significant backlog in the…

December 18, 2024
HJA In The News
  • crime
  • criminal-defence

Nigel Farage ‘Milkshaking’ Case Discussed on BBC Five Live

Criminal Defence Solicitor Emily McNally joined Nicky Campbell on the BBC Five Live programme recently to discuss the sentencing of a woman who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage MP…

December 17, 2024
Press Releases
  • falsely-accused-of-crime
  • miscarriages-of-justice

Post Office Scandal: Sub-Postmasters Deliver Closing Statements as Inquiry Nears Conclusion

Today, the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry will begin hearing closing statements from Core Participants about the evidence heard throughout the Inquiry, which was established in 2020. Hodge Jones &…

December 16, 2024
Press Releases

Jury Finds Neglect And Multiple Serious Failures Contributed To The Death Of IPP Prisoner

Before HM Assistant Coroner Caroline Topping. At Woking Coroner’s Court, Station Approach. 11-29 November 2024. An inquest jury investigating the death of Haydar Jefferies, an IPP prisoner who died a…

December 13, 2024
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