Christine Dyson > Hodge Jones & Allen > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Private Client; Court of Protection

Position

Christine is a Partner and Solicitor at Hodge Jones & Allen. Christine is the Head of Department for Court of Protection and a Director on the Hodge Jones & Allen Trust Corporation Limited.

Christine specialises in Property & Financial affairs Court of Protection Applications inclusive of Statutory Wills, Trustee and gift applications. Christine acts as a professional Deputy for the firm’s 50 plus professional deputyships, most of whom have catastrophic injuries and substantial awards or interim payments.

Christine works with a variety of clinical negligence lawyers and personal injury lawyers to assist in providing the evidence needed for a successful claim. In addition Christine is able to manage the interim funds and support the client through the financial process of the claim. Christine is able to provide expert witness statements in relation to Deputyship costs for litigation proceedings.

In addition Christine also acts as a professional trustee and supports clients to understand their financial awards, and guide them through the process of managing their money in a safe, protected environment, enabling the client’s to make informed decisions.

Career

  • Deputyship Officer – Adult Safeguarding, Cambridgeshire County Council
  • Trained at Premier Solicitors; qualified 2015
  • Barr Ellison LLP; 2016-2021
  • Partner, Hodge Jones & Allen 2021

Memberships

Christine is a member of the Professional Deputies Forum.

Education

  • De Montfort University (Law and Criminal Justice LLB)
  • De Montfort University (Legal Practice Course)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Court of protection

The versatile team at Hodge Jones & Allen specialises in property and affairs deputyships. It has considerable expertise in acting for clients with large damages awards for injury claims. Practice head, Christine Dyson, oversees the firm’s 40 professional deputyship and 40 professional personal injury trusts. Patrick Allen frequently acts as a deputy and trustee for many severely brain injured children who have received substantial damages.