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East Finchley residents settle two-year legal battle with housing association after gas supply cut off
Hodge Jones & Allen has reached settlement with the Peabody Trust on behalf of 57 residents from East Finchley’s Strawberry Vale estate, who were left without a gas supply for…
Coroner raises concerns over emergency response at Wormwood Scrubs following death of inmate
Following an inquest into the death of a 50-year-old inmate at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in March 2016, the coroner last month issued a Regulation 28 Preventing Future Deaths Report to…
Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims consultation response
Commenting on today’s Department of Health consultation response to Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims, Agata Usewicz, head of the medical negligence team at London law…
Happy Valentine’s Day: To nup or not to nup, and the cautionary tale of Mr & Mrs Sharp
On the off-chance you’re thinking of proposing on supposedly the most romantic day of the year, family partner Teena Dhanota-Jones from London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen mulls over…
New documents reveal Ministry of Justice allowed Carillion staff to work in prisons without suicide prevention training, against its own policy
Newly-published responses from Carillion and the HM Prison and Probation Service reveal government contracts ignored national policy, allowing untrained Carillion staff to work with ‘at-risk’ prisoners Newly-published documents relating to…
London arms fair protestors in “No Faith in War Day” acquitted as judge concedes actions were reasonable
In the fourth in a series of trials at Stratford Magistrates Court involving demonstrations against the DSEI arms fair in London last year, the judge has thrown out the charges,…
Nigel Richardson among signatories calling on DPP to clarify promised review of rape and sexual assault trials
Criminal defence partner Nigel Richardson at London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen was one of the signatories in a letter to the Director of Public Prosecution published in The…
In the often painful process of divorce and separation, mediation can help focus on the future
To coincide with Family Mediation Week, family lawyers at London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) led by Jacqueline Major offer the following advice for couples struggling to reach…
Cycle theft police arrest wrong colour suspect, despite clear instructions
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (recently rebranded as the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)) has upheld a man’s complaint that he was unreasonably arrested by police officers in Leather…