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Hodge Jones & Allen and People’s Care Watchdog Add Their Voices To Growing Concern About Use Of End-Of-Life Drugs, Midazolam and Opioids
Premature deaths lead to questioning of NICE guidelines about end-of-life drugs New Parliamentary Report “When End of Life Care Goes Wrong” confirms fears The People’s Care Watchdog, a community action…
Great Step Forward In The Cape Must Pay! Campaign – Protests Against Cape On the 19th April On Hold
Congratulations to The Asbestos Victims Support Group Forum (AVSFG, UK) who, this week, welcomed the news that Cape plc, formerly known as Cape Asbestos, have agreed to meet the…

Appeal Challenge Successful For Protecting The Rights Of Homeless Women With Pre-Settled EU Status (Case: A v Barnet)
Our client had approached her Local Authority for a home as she was alone with two children (including one in local education). At the time she was on maternity leave…

Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen Joins Call For Statutory Public Inquiry Into 2000 Deaths At An NHS Trust In Essex
Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University is latest to join calls for a statutory public inquiry into 2000 deaths at an NHS Trust in Essex Leading autism researcher Professor…

Second inquest into death of Peter Seaby concludes care home failings contributed to death of resident
24 February 2023: The second Inquest into Peter Seaby, a man with Down’s Syndrome who died at The Oaks and Woodcroft Care Home, Norfolk, in May 2018, concluded today at…

Developments in Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) expose secret State operation to undermine 1970s anti-apartheid movement
Evidence from 50 years ago and very recent admissions from State bodies show undercover police officers (UCOs) operating within the framework of Government-approved and Security Services-led strategy for undermining perceived…

Developments in Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) expose secret State operation to undermine Workers’ Revolutionary Party (WRP)
Evidence from almost 50 years ago and very recent admissions from State bodies show that leading 1970s campaigns and campaigners were spied on by undercover officers operating within the framework…

Hodge Jones & Allen Adds More Strength To Its Medical Negligence Team With The Arrival Of New Partner Geoffrey Simpson-Scott
Geoffrey Simpson-Scott joined as a partner at Hodge Jones & Allen on Monday, 20 February, He is a highly experienced medical negligence litigator having specialised for over 20 years, dealing…

PUBLIC ORDER BILL – Raj Chada, Leading Criminal Defence Solicitor Shares His Views On Proposed Reforms
Raj Chada, head of Hodge Jones & Allen’s Criminal Defence team responded to questions from the BBC Can you explain a bit more about these proposed changes and when they…


Hodge Jones & Allen Strengthens Dispute Resolution Team With New Partner
Karolina Kupczyk has been appointed as a Partner in Hodge Jones & Allen’s Dispute Resolution team. An experienced litigator in managing large groups and individual matters, Karolina practices in commercial…

50-Year-Old Convictions of Anti-Apartheid Activists Quashed
Professor Jonathan Rosenhead, Christabel Gurney OBE and veteran activist Ernest Rodker were among a group of protestors convicted in 1972 for public order offences The 50-year-old convictions of several anti-apartheid…

Delayed inquest into the death of teenager Chris Nota adds pressure for a Statutory Public Inquiry into widespread NHS mental health failings
Ongoing failings across the UK’s mental health wards are once again addressed in court, while bereaved families are still fighting after ten years to obtain truth and justice The Inquest…

Inquest concludes ‘neglect’ by East London NHS Foundation Trust contributed to death of “gentle giant” Desmond Maddix after he was fatally injected with heroin at a mental health unit in Luton
Inquest concludes ‘neglect’ by East London NHS Foundation Trust contributed to death of “gentle giant” Desmond Maddix after he was fatally injected with heroin at a mental health unit in…