Sasha Barton > Hodge Jones & Allen > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Hodge Jones & Allen
180 NORTH GOWER STREET
LONDON
NW1 2NB
England

Work Department

Civil Liberties & Human Rights

Position

Sasha specialises in public and private law challenges against state bodies, with a particular interest in serious privacy breaches by state and other bodies, challenging the police for failures to investigate crimes and to protect vulnerable victims of sexual violence, challenging the police and CPS over serious disclosure failures and cases involving other human rights violations.

Career

Commission for Racial Equality 2002-05, Trained at  Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors, Admitted May 2009, Associate July 2013, Senior Associate November 2014, Partner May 2016

Memberships

• Discrimination Law Association
• Police Action Lawyers Group
• Legal Reference Group for the Centre for Women’s Justice

Education

Robinson College, Cambridge University 1996 – 1999

Leisure

Running, skiing, swimming, walking, cycling, reading, cinema & theatre.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Public sector > Administrative and public law

Hodge Jones & Allen fields a team of expert lawyers with years of experience in cases relating to miscarriages of justice, inquests, and actions against the police. Practice head Susie Labinjoh regularly handles civil actions against the police and prison services, as well as leading on political protest cases. Jocelyn Cockburn focuses on environmental justice, while Sasha Barton has extensive experience representing vulnerable victims of violence where the police have failed to protect and investigate. The practice has also established a solid reputation for judicial review work, covering challenges against a range of public entities including the CPS, Independent Office for Police Conduct, and the UK Government.