Senior Partner Patrick Allen- Number of partners: 21
- Associates: 11
- Assistant Solicitors: 30
- Total: 92
- Other fee-earners: 30
- Total Staff: 175
The Firm Founded in 1977, Hodge Jones & Allen has earned its unique reputation in the legal profession by representing ordinary people caught up in the most extraordinary events. Today, the firm is led by one of the founding partners, Patrick Allen, and employs 175 people. It remains committed to providing first-class legal help and access to justice to individuals and organisations, either as private clients or with the assistance of public funding. Lawyers have been involved in a series of cutting-edge legal actions which have made headlines and advanced the law. In 2009 the firm was accredited with the Investor in People standard.
Principal Areas of Work
Crime & Fraud: From the Broadwater farm and Philip Lawrence murders, to recent litigation arising from Operation Ore, it has handled many major cases. As a member of the Specialist Fraud Panel, the firm covers all types of white-collar crime, while terrorism experience includes defending alleged Real IRA members accused of bombing the BBC.
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence: Headed by Patrick Allen, a past president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Cases range from trips, accidents at work or road traffic accidents to multi-party cases like the New Cross Fire inquest. The firm is listed by Headway and the Spinal Injuries Association as a specialist in handling catastrophic injury cases.
The Clinical Negligence Team has significant expertise in obtaining damages for injured patients for brain injury, birth injury, orthopaedics, anaesthetics, psychiatry, cardiology, ophthalmology, general surgery and fatal claims.
Family law is a specialty. The large and experienced team advises on everything from relationship breakdowns to domestic violence and complex property disputes. Solicitors include members of Resolution, the Law Society's children and family law panels, and the Lord Chancellor's Child Abduction Panel.
Human Rights: The firm handles the range of claims against the police, inquests and miscarriages of justice, and has won sizable awards for many victims of injustice, including the Bridgewater Four and the M25 Three.
Housing: The firm advises on a variety of disputes, mainly for tenants, as well as cases relating to support for those with community care needs.
Wills, Trusts & Estate Management: The firm assists with wills, trusts, probate and wealth management.
Recruitment The firm aims to provide employees with the best workplace possible and each year seven candidates are selected to enter the firm's highly regarded, structured programme for trainee lawyers.
Areas of PracticeCriminal Defence: 30%Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence: 30%Family: 20%Housing & Landlord/Tenant Litigation: 15%Wills, Trusts & Probate: 5%