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Tel:
Work 0207 874 8300
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Fax 0207 388 2106
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2101 EUSTON
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Susie Labinjoh

Tel:
Work +44 20 7874 8466
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Hodge Jones & Allen LLP

Work Department

Civil liberties and personal injury departments.

Position

Personal injury, civil actions against the police and prison service and related human rights claims; compensation claims for victims of miscarriage of justice and public law challenges related to these areas. Dealt with high profile claims for miscarriage of justice including the Bridgewater Four and M25 Three. Dealing with R (Hickey&Ors) v Independent Assessor, a case challenging the assessment of damages under the statutory scheme. R (Niazi&Ors) v SSHD a case challenging the abolition of the discretionary scheme.

Career

Trained Hodge Jones & Allen, qualified 1999; assistant solicitor 1999 -2002; associate 2002-05; partner 2005 to date.

Member

APIL; CPIL; Inquest; member of the Advisory Board of the Miscarriage of Justice Support Service; Police Actions Lawyers Group; Miscarriage of Justice Lawyers Group.

Education

Blackheath High School; University of Hull (1989 BSc Hons philosophy, 2.1); University of Westminster (1996 graduate diploma in law, credit); College of Law, Guildford (1997 LPC, distinction).

Leisure

Football, cinema and theatre.

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Civil liberties and human rights; Personal injury - claimant

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