Hodge Jones & Allen

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Hodge Jones & Allen
Headquarters London, NW1
United Kingdom
Offices London, United Kingdom
No. of attorneysOver 200
Major practice areas
  • Criminal Defence
  • Civil liberties
  • Human Rights
  • Housing
Key people Nigel Richardson
Date founded1977
FounderHenry Hodge, Peter Jones and Patrick Allen
Company type Limited Liability Partnership
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

    Hodge Jones & Allen is a London solicitors founded in September 1977 by Henry Hodge, Peter Jones, and Patrick Allen, specialising in legal aid work and favouring radical causes. [1]

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    History

    In 1976, Patrick Allen, an articled clerk at Mayfair solicitors, Offenbach & Co, was discussing the possibility of setting up a new law firm with colleague and solicitor Peter Jones. They looked for a third partner and were introduced to Henry Hodge then head of the Citizens Rights office at CPAG. [2]

    Hodge found a willing bank manager, Bert Enright of the Midland Bank, Camden Town who agreed to lend each partner £3500 on overdraft subject to parental guarantees. They found premises above a tailor's shop on Camden High Street. In August 1977 Allen completed his Part 2 Law Society exams at Alexandra Palace and joined Hodge at the new office which they painted . In September 1977 Jones arrived and they opened for business. Bert sent the first client who needed advice on a bank guarantee. Their first £5 fixed fee was framed and put on the wall of Henry's office– later stolen by a client. [2]

    The firm was founded specifically to use the law and a flourishing legal aid scheme to provide the means for vulnerable clients to assert or defend their rights. [2]

    The firm first had offices on Camden High Street, chosen because they were in an area of social deprivation and not far from the law courts. [3] Initially, the firm specialised in criminal defence, family law, housing, private client work and general litigation which was mostly funded by legal aid. It went on to develop teams in personal injury, clinical negligence and multi-party work. [2]

    The firm expanded steadily each year and in November 1997 moved off the High Street to Twyman House, Camden Road, with 75 employees. The offices were opened by Cherie Booth, who accepted briefs from the firm in her early career. The first website was launched shortly after the move. The firm now employs over 230 people at its offices on North Gower Street, Camden and has  47 partners. [4]

    In the early to mid 2000s, one of the solicitors who worked at the firm was Victoria Starmer, wife of Sir Keir Starmer. [5]

    In December 2018, Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors became first law firm to convert its business model to create a 100% employee owned trust (EOT). Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors Limited trade and run in the same way as Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors LLP, but 100 per cent of the shares of the new limited company will be owned by the Trust rather than the current members of the LLP. [6]

    Notable cases

    Sexual offences

    Disasters

    Crime

    Health

    I feel sad because it’s been a long struggle. And I feel sad that some can’t trust the answer that we’ve come up with. But it hasn’t been a close decision insofar as it’s been finely balanced. The fact is that we haven’t got the causation or the negligence.

    —Patrick Allen on the collapse of the firm's Gulf War Syndrome litigation in 2004 [11]

    Military

    Property Dispute

    Personal Injury

    Civil liberties & Human Rights

    Family law

    Housing law

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