Hodge Jones & Allen

Founded in 1977, Hodge Jones & Allen is one of the UK’s most progressive law firms, recognised for providing first-class personal legal services and a consistent ethos of fighting for what is right. The firm operates across four broad service areas – Help, Private, Justice and Ethical – with a focus on righting wrongs for individuals, businesses and communities.

Managing and Senior Partner
Patrick Allen

Principal Areas of Work

• Personal Injury: Large specialist claimant team with expertise in serious and complex injuries, including brain, spinal, amputations and fatalities. Active supporters of CBIT, Brake and Headway.
• Medical Negligence: Strong reputation in complex cases including birth and brain injuries, sepsis, mental health and inquests. Team includes former medical practitioners.
• Criminal Defence: Leading practice handling high-profile matters such as murder, terrorism, drugs trafficking and protest law.
• Family Law: Advises high net worth clients on divorce, financial arrangements, civil partnerships, mediation and child arrangements.
• Civil Liberties & Human Rights: Renowned for inquests, miscarriages of justice and high-profile claims against the state. Represented clients in cases including Grenfell Tower and the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
• Property & Social Housing: Acts for tenants, landlords and homeowners in eviction, disrepair, discrimination, homelessness and boundary disputes.
• Private Client: Advises on wills, estate administration, tax and lasting powers of attorney, with particular strength in complex and cross-border estates.
• Environmental Justice: Noted for pioneering work at the intersection of human rights and environmental law, including the landmark Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah case.
• Dispute Resolution: Handles professional negligence, probate, debt recovery, contract and fiduciary disputes.
• Financial Crime & Regulatory: Acts in complex FCA, SFO and MHRA investigations, insider dealing and fraud matters.
• Industrial Disease: APIL-accredited team specialising in asbestos-related claims and complex compensation cases.
• Court of Protection: Provides deputyship services, statutory wills and personal injury trusts, acting with compassion and pragmatism.

Languages
Bengali, Bosnian, Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Urdu, Welsh

Staffing

Total staff: 257

Partners: 50

Associates: 15

Solicitors: 36

Other fee-earners: 63

Memberships

• Law Society of England and Wales
• STEP London