& allen is a london solicitors founded in september 1977 by henry hodge peter jones and patrick allen initially specialising in legal aid work and favouring radical causes . 1 the firm has a reputation for taking on human rights cases . 2 they cover crime family law clinical negligence housing civil liberties dispute resolution and personal injury cases . 2 contents 1 history 2 notable clients 2.1 disasters 2.2 health 2.3 military 2.4 civil liberties 3 references 4 external links history edit mr allen had been discussing the possibility of setting up a legal aid firm to offer services to people in dire need with fellow trainee peter jones . working for mayfair lawyers offenbach the pair were keen to finish their articles and take on radical law work but they needed a third partner . in stepped henry and the plan was sealed over a few pints of ale in covent garden s freemasons arms pub . they identified areas in which they could use their legal training in the pursuit of social justice and hodge jones and allen s work in criminal family and housing law begun camden new journal 2009 3 the firm was founded with the aim of supporting social justice in september 1977 by two trainee lawyers at offenbach peter jones and patrick allen and henry hodge the ex boyfriend of allen s then girlfriend maggie rae . the three became duty solicitors in north london police stations . 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 they moved to offices double the size in twyman house camden road in november 1997 with 75 employees . the offices were opened by cherie booth who worked for the firm early in her career . 4 5 they launched their first website shortly after the move . 6 the firm now employs around 200 people at its offices on north gower street camden with an annual turnover of 12 million . the senior partner is patrick allen one of 35 partners . 2 notable clients edit disasters edit victims of the marchioness ferry disaster 1 victims of the king s cross fire 1 health edit 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 7 families who claimed their children were harmed by the mmr vaccine part of the mmr vaccine controversy . 8 9 families of girls alleged to have been harmed by cervarix the cervical cancer vaccine . 10 gulf war veterans who claimed that they suffered from gulf war syndrome . the case collapsed in 2004 . 11 military edit the family of scottish soldier private jason smith who died of heatstroke in iraq in august 2003 . 12 the family of private phillip hewett who died in iraq in july 2005 when the snatch land rover he was travelling in was hit by a roadside bomb . 13 14 civil liberties edit miners during the 1980 s strike 2 winston silcott who was accused and acquitted of the murder of keith blakelock during the 1985 broadwater farm riot . 2 vincent and michael hickey two of the bridgewater four . 15 members of uk uncut who were arrested in fortnum & mason during a 2011 protest . 16 neville lawrence the father stephen lawrence who was murdered in a racist attack . 17 a woman arrested and denied bail for allegedly handling stolen goods after the 2011 england riots . 18 references edit a b c sir henry hodge . the telegraph . 22 june 2009 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . a b c d e pugh andrew 21 june 2010 . hodge jones & allen . the lawyer . retrieved 22 august 2011 . a b carrier dan 25 june 2009 . sir henry used legal expertise to fight for needy . camden new journal . retrieved 23 august 2011 . the new law journal . 147 . butterworth . 1997 . p. 1318 . hodge jones & allen s new premises in twymen house camden road london were officially opened by cherie booth qc at a reception held on november 17 . legal aid lawyers becoming disillusioned claims booth . the lawyer . 25 november 1997 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . hodge jones move takes it into the 21st century . the lawyer . 9 february 1997 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . robins jon 23 february 2004 . the blame drain . the lawyer . retrieved 22 august 2011 . todd peter 23 january 2001 . why my child won t have the mmr jab . guardian . retrieved 22 august 2011 . mmr vaccine litigation update . hodge jones & allen . 5 january 2007 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . foggo daniel ; rosie millard 4 october 2009 . what has cervical cancer drug done to our girls . the times . retrieved 22 august 2011 . dyer clare 5 february 2004 . gulf war syndrome the legal case collapses . guardian . retrieved 22 august 2011 . peev gerri 3 may 2007 . family hit out after soldier s heatstroke death blamed on obesity . the scotsman . retrieved 22 august 2011 . gibb frances 11 july 2009 . soldier s mother wins court fight over snatch land rovers . the sunday times . retrieved 22 august 2011 . rayner jonathan 11 march 2010 . jocelyn cockburn acts for families of soldiers killed in iraq . law society gazette . retrieved 22 august 2011 . dyer clare 29 january 2007 . freed bridgewater pair fight deduction of jail lodging costs . guardian . retrieved 22 august 2011 . rayner jonathan 7 april 2011 . human rights partner acts for london fortnum & mason protestors . law society gazette . retrieved 22 august 2011 . hughes mark ; andy bloxham 18 may 2011 . stephen lawrence two charged over murder . the telegraph . retrieved 22 august 2011 . curtis polly 22 august 2011 . riots metropolitan police planned to hold all suspects in custody . the guardian . retrieved 23 august 2011 . external links edit official website hodge jones & allen llp the legal 500 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hodge jones % 26 allen & oldid 680380565 categories law firms based in londonlaw firms established in 1977companies based in camden navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2015 at 14 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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