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  • brain-injury

Brain Injury Caused By Football

I love football. I always have. From watching my four brothers playing it, (wishing I was included) to supporting my own daughter playing it at grassroots level. The start of…

June 17, 2021
Opinion
  • air-pollution

Clean Air – A Human Right Not A Commodity

When I initially read that businesses were successfully selling bottled clean air, I thought it implausible. Yet, given the devastating effects of air pollution on our health, maybe it is…

June 17, 2021
Opinion
  • road-traffic-accident

Hodge Jones & Allen support Brake’s Kids Walk campaign

Every 20 minutes someone is killed or seriously injured on UK roads. The statistics of road casualties in the UK do not make easy reading and as personal injury lawyers,…

June 16, 2021
Opinion
  • Covid-19

Is Long Covid a Disability?

According to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), an estimated 1 million people in private households in the UK reported experiencing “long Covid” in the four weeks…

June 16, 2021
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  • assaults

Common Assault, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm And Grievous Bodily Harm – What Is The Difference And What Should I Know?

What is an assault? ‘Assault’ is a generic criminal term used to cover a wide range of offences. However, two offences both deemed ‘assaults’ could be at polar ends in…

June 15, 2021
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  • divorce

What To Expect From Divorce Court?

Taking the decision to end a marriage and get a divorce is not easy. You may be dealing with a range of emotions, all while trying to grasp how divorce…

June 15, 2021
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  • general-crime
  • representation

The STOP & SEARCH Statistics And What You Need To Know If Stopped

In a Government report published in February 2021 it confirmed that between April 2019 and March 2020 there were 563,837 stop and searches in England and Wales (the statistics for…

June 10, 2021
Opinion
  • mediation-and-arbitration

The Parents Promise

A few weeks ago, a documentary on Channel 4 highlighted the significant problems facing a number of separated families at this time: children caught in the middle of an acrimonious…

June 10, 2021
Opinion
  • brain-injury
  • road-traffic-accident

Benefits of Speech And Language Therapy (SLT) Following a Brain Injury

I have been working on behalf of a Claimant who sustained a minor brain injury following a road traffic accident when he was under the age of 3. The incident…

June 10, 2021
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  • restrictive-covenants

Removing Old Restrictive Covenants From Deeds And Conveyances

Deeds or conveyances to a property or land may contain restrictive covenants which impact what the owner can do. The owner could incur the expense of seeking planning and building…

June 9, 2021
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  • wills-disputes

The Law on Testamentary Capacity After Clitheroe v Bond (2021)

A Will can be challenged and set aside if it can be shown that the deceased lacked ‘testamentary capacity’. Banks v Goodfellow (1870) The relevant legal test for establishing (testamentary)…

June 9, 2021
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  • financial-provision

Child Maintenance – What Is It & What Should I Pay/Receive?

What is child maintenance? When parents separate, the parent with whom the child does not live for the majority of the time is required to provide financial support towards the…

June 8, 2021
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  • eviction

Eviction Ban ended on 31 May 2021

While most of the country is relieved at the gradual return to normal life after the pandemic, a less welcome return is that of court bailiff evictions for renters, reinstated…

June 2, 2021
Opinion
  • hospital-negligence

How can the NHS safely clear the surgical backlog?

It is reported that around 5 million people are now waiting for routine operations and procedures in England. Nearly 388,000 people have been waiting more than a year for non-urgent…

June 2, 2021
Opinion
  • care-home

Matt Hancock’s claim that he threw “a protective ring around care homes” from the start of the outbreak

Matt Hancock stated to the nation at the 15th May 2020 No 10 press briefing, that; “I want to tell you what we’ve been doing to protect people in care…

June 1, 2021
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  • boundary-disputes

Whose Fence Is It Anyway?

Boundary disputes are common problems between neighbours which have the potential to escalate into epic proportions. One type of boundary disputes is the ownership and maintenance of garden fences. A…

May 24, 2021
Opinion
  • brain-injury

Headway’s Action for Brain Injury Week #HatsforHeadway

This week is Headway’s Brain Injury Awareness Week. 17th May to 21st May. #ActionForBrainInjuryWeek Headway are a national charity who work tirelessly and have done since 1979 supporting those who…

May 19, 2021
Blog
  • court

Serving Legal Proceedings on a Partnership

An important part of civil proceedings is to ensure that service of claim forms have been effected correctly. Many litigators in their legal career will have been caught out on…

May 18, 2021
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  • general-crime
  • representation

Duty of Disclosure: Can The Police or Prosecution Hold Anything Back?

Proper disclosure is essential for a fair trial. The BBC have previously reported on trials collapsing as a result of the prosecution unjustly withholding disclosure. What do the police have…

May 17, 2021
Opinion
  • brain-injury

Hodge Jones & Allen is proud to support Headway’s Action for Brain Injury Week

Today is the start of Headway’s Action for Brain Injury Week, which runs from 17 -23 May. The campaign aims to increase public awareness and provide brain injury survivors and…

May 17, 2021
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