Victims of Crime

Our lawyers are nationally recognised for helping victims of crime in some of the most sensitive and high profile cases over many years.

• Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors brought a judicial review against the Director of Public Prosecutions for his decision not to prosecute anyone for the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Subsequently, the investigation into the death was reopened. In January 2012 two men were convicted of his murder.

• We’ve helped individuals sue those who have assaulted them. We brought a successful challenge on behalf of a victim who had been sexually abused as a child and who years later made a report to the police resulting in a conviction. We sued his attacker, recovering a five figure sum. Our lawyers have also been instructed to investigate allegations against Jimmy Savile for sexual abuse, particularly in relation to alleged victims at Stoke Mandeville.

• We represented the family of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter. Fiona took the drastic step of killing herself and her daughter after years of anti-social abuse. The family settled their claim against Leicestershire Police in 2012, as the force accepted there were failures in their systems, which meant that Fiona’s pleas for help weren’t acted upon.