Patrick Allen

Patrick qualified as a solicitor in 1977 when he founded Hodge Jones & Allen in Camden Town with Henry Hodge and Peter Jones. He managed the firm for 48 years, becoming Senior Partner following Henry’s retirement in 1998. Patrick retired as Senior Partner and from all active roles at Hodge Jones & Allen on 30 September 2025. He remains a Partner in an advisory capacity.

Patrick has specialised in complex personal injury and multi-party cases. He led the Gulf War illness claims for UK veterans and the New Cross Fire inquest. He also managed the MMR and Sheep Dip multi-party actions and played a lead role in the King’s Cross Fire and Marchioness Litigation on behalf of claimants. He assisted a number of women sent to Magdalene Laundries to claim compensation. He acted for Leigh Day in the initial stages of the claims brought against them by the SRA. He is a member of the HJA team working on Hillsborough and Grenfell claims, and worked on the enquiry into the death of a construction worker in Qatar and the leading case of Al Najar v Cumberland Hotel.

Patrick received the 2017 Solicitors Journal Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to the legal profession and access to justice over forty years.

Articles -Offenbach & Co 1974-76. Qualified 1977 when he founded Hodge Jones & Allen, Senior Partner.

Founder and Chair of the Progressive Economy Forum.

President of APIL 2002-03

Senior Fellow, APIL

Law Society Council 2002-06

Law Society Civil Justice Committee 2002 - 2017

Forum of Claimant Injury Solicitors

Deputy District Judge 1997-2014