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Achievements & awards

We are justifiably proud of what we achieve. In the last three years Hodge Jones & Allen has either been shortlisted or won over 20 major legal awards, as well as being shortlisted for the Halsbury Legal Awards 2014 as best law firm of the year and our listing in The Times’ Top 200 Best Law Firms 2024 Guide.

We have a team of leading solicitors who either together or as individuals have been recognised for their work. These include Jayesh Kunwardia, Raj Chada, Mike Schwarz and Jocelyn Cockburn.

After forty years of running the firm, Patrick Allen received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to the legal profession and for his successful campaigning for access to justice.

Why choose the solicitors at Hodge Jones & Allen?

• They care about righting wrongs for our clients and work to meet the needs of our culturally and socially diverse communities

• They are committed to providing first-class personal legal services

• We maintain the highest professional and ethical standard

Why we do what we do for our clients

The values we work too, every day at Hodge Jones & Allen:

• We assist individuals to understand and assert their legal rights to protect their personal situation, stand up against injustice and implement important life and business planning decisions.
• We respect each other and the beauty of individuality
• We commit to being an employer of choice by supporting all within the form and actively working on career development, equality and diversity throughout the firm
• We maintain the highest professional and ethical standards
• Fighting for your rights!

HJA Financial Management Services

A new complementary financial service offered by Hodge Jones & Allen.

We have teamed up with Frenkel Topping Group to provide a new joint venture – HJA Financial Management Services Limited.

Our expert team will provide advice to our customers at the pre-settlement stage and also independent financial advice following the settlement of a claim.

For more information click here.

Diversity & inclusion

Hodge Jones & Allen is committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion. We believe in creating equal opportunities for all regardless of gender, background or disability.

We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination and are committed to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in our policies, practices and procedures and in those areas in which it has influence.

The firm is a signatory to the Race at Work Charter, set up by Business in Community (BITC) and has a designated Diversity Champion, Bahareh Amani, elected by our employees, to work to the key principle of the charter

• Ensuring zero tolerance of harassment and bullying
• Making equality in the workplace the responsibility of all leaders and managers
• Taking action that supports ethnic minority career progression
• Capturing data and publicising progress

Fighting for your rights!

At Hodge Jones & Allen we have a long standing commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion in both society and within the firm. We are proud to be a social justice firm that has represented people from all backgrounds and cultures.

Respecting and embracing individuality

We’re committed to creating an environment where people are respected as individuals and everyone is treated fairly, equally and with attention, courtesy and respect.

We annually monitor equality and diversity and submit data to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which is published it in their diversity report.

Recruiting a diverse workforce

The law does not discriminate in terms of sex, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and neither do we. We feel that as far as possible we should also reflect this in our people.

We pursue an equality and diversity policy with our recruitment procedures; recognising the benefits of having a diverse workforce. The firm treats all job applicants equally and fairly and will not discriminate unjustifiably against them.

We apply the same policy in our treatment of our clients, other lawyers, experts and barristers instructed by us in the treatment of any other third parties.

Open and accessible employment opportunities

When recruiting, we encourage applications from all sexes, races, ages, those who are not able bodied and with different sexual orientation, religion or beliefs.

At Hodge Jones & Allen we ensure that employment opportunities are open and accessible to all on individual qualities and personal merit. Equal opportunities feature in all stages of the recruitment process.

Blind recruitment for trainees

This means that candidates will be selected for interview on the basis of their application form, without reference to their personal details or which school and university they attended. This will ensure that only the best candidates are selected regardless of their background.

Professional Indemnity

Solicitors in private practice are required to take out and maintain Professional Indemnity Insurance in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Indemnity Insurance Rules.

Hodge Jones & Allen maintains £30 million insurance cover. The minimum cover required by the SRA is £3 million.