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Coroner Rules Neglect And Multi-Agency Failings Caused Death Of Vulnerable Trans Teenager In Brighton
The Senior Coroner for West Sussex, Brighton and Hove has found that neglect and multi-agency failings by social services and mental health care contributed to the death in April 2021…
Sheila Blanco Makes Statement On Suspicious Death Of Her Son Mark, Subject Of New Channel 4 Documentary On 25 September
“I am Sheila Blanco, retired lecturer, the mother of Mark Blanco, aged 30, who fell to his death in highly suspicious circumstances in December 2006 from the balcony of a…
Guardian Newspaper Publishes Letter from HJA Civil Liberties Partner
Nancy Collins, solicitor representing Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, with Ruth Waters-Falk and Siri Beck-Friis commented on The Guardian’s recent interview with Rosamund (‘A dirty fight: why has only one death been officially…
Inquest Finds HMP Forest Bank Inmate Died Following Serious Failings In The Management Of A Methadone Prescription
The conclusion comes after GP and Nursing expert witnesses criticised the decision to prescribe Methadone and in the management of the prescription. An inquest has today concluded that Michael McDonagh…
Vincent & Michael Hickey’s Solicitor Welcomes The Government Announcement On “Saved Living Expenses” Deductions For Miscarriage Of Justice Victims, But It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Following the acquittal of Andrew Malkinson and the subsequent Government announcement, Susie Labinjoh, Head of Civil Liberties, at Hodge Jones & Allen recalls the devastation experienced by her clients in…
Government Must Hold Firm On Ulez Expansion To Avoid Future Deaths
Hodge Jones & Allen represent Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah having acted on the landmark case, which concluded in December 2020 that air pollution contributed to 9-year-old daughter’s death from severe asthma. Following…
Royal Marine, Benjamin McQueen, Died During Elite Unit Training Following Serious Failures By The Ministry Of Defence
Failures included: i. Not topping up breathable gas levels between the two dives; ii. The lack of a training requirement for all signals to be acknowledged; iii. Inadequate risk assessment…
22-Year-Old Joe Pooley: Vulnerable, Failed By The Authorities And Murdered Netflix – When Missing Turns To Murder
A loving son, brother and uncle, Joe Pooley was murdered, aged just 22 years old, on 7 August 2018, by people he believed were his friends. The Netflix documentary ‘When…
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…
Hodge Jones & Allen celebrates new and improved recommendations for lawyers and 10 recommendations for practice areas in Legal 500 2023
The Legal 500 UK Directory announced its new rankings for 2023 today and we’re delighted that even more of our leading lawyers throughout our specialist legal teams have been recognised…
22-Year-Old Joe Pooley: Vulnerable, Failed By The Authorities And Murdered
Bereaved mother welcomes the publication of a review by Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership following the conclusion of the inquest into the death of 22-year-old Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership has published a Safeguarding…
Inquest Finds HMP Wormwood Scrubs Inmate Died Following Failings By Prison And Mental Health Services
The conclusion comes after psychiatric expert witness Dr Dinesh Maganty described the decision to refuse necessary medication as “not one that a reasonable body of psychiatrists would logically support” An…
Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee Inquiry on UK Policy Towards Afghanistan – Evidence Provided by Josie Stewart
Hodge Jones & Allen act for Josie Stewart, a civil servant working within the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, in London. Josie recently provided written evidence to the Foreign Affairs…