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Personal Injury
Brexit casts clouds over vaccine silver lining for travellers, warns Thompsons Solicitors
While many holidaymakers will hope to begin travelling again in 2021, ...
14 January 2021Thompsons comments on Boris Johnson’s statement for post-lockdown plans
Gerard Stilliard, head of personal injury strategy at Thompsons Solici...
23 November 2020Unprecedented drop in vehicle usage and mass layoffs, yet insurers pocket hundreds of millions in savings
While most of the UK licks its economic wounds, our head of personal i...
16 July 2020Road Traffic Accidents
Unprecedented drop in vehicle usage and mass layoffs, yet insurers pocket hundreds of millions in savings
While most of the UK licks its economic wounds, our head of personal i...
16 July 2020Admiral set to pay £164 million dividend in defiance of regulators as car insurance premiums soar
Shareholders in car insurance giant Admiral are set to get a bumper £1...
29 May 2020Supreme Court rejects MiB attempt to appeal landmark ruling that supports road collision victims injured on private land
A final bid by the MiB to overturn a landmark Court of Appeal ruling t...
19 February 2020Serious Injury
Thompsons welcomes judgment supporting accommodation funding for seriously injured
A landmark Court of Appeal judgment has ruled that victims of serious ...
09 October 2020Thompsons’ commitment to brain injury survivors recognised with charity award
Thompsons Solicitors has been awarded the ‘Trustees’ Special Award’ by...
06 December 2019Thompsons Solicitors joins calls for greater awareness of brain injuries
Thompsons Solicitors is taking part in the first meeting of the West M...
17 June 2019Asbestos Diseases
Devasted family want answers after dad’s asbestos death
A devasted son is searching for information about how his late father ...
18 January 2021Local man secures pioneering treatment at home as part of asbestos cancer settlement
An Aberdare man, who was a former firefighter, has secured a pioneerin...
06 January 2021Thompsons helps fund the role of asbestos cancer nurse
Thompsons has helped fund the role of an asbestos cancer nurse in Nort...
16 December 2020Industrial Diseases
Thompsons supports Mesothelioma UK’s Patient and Carer Day with sponsorship
Thompsons Solicitors is sponsoring the immunotherapy session of Mesoth...
25 September 2020Making a personal injury or workplace disease claim during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
We are still here during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to suppor...
30 April 2020Women account for one in six asbestos-related cancer deaths: hidden legacy of asbestos on women in the UK revealed
New data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals wo...
22 November 2019Medical Negligence
“The pain was horrific and all for nothing” – Corton woman secures six-figure pay out after mesh agony
Read Sheila’s story here about her mesh surgery agony and how we secur...
05 November 2020Woman “still in pain more than two years on” by under-fire Derby gynaecologist
Thompsons Solicitors is representing a woman injured by a gynaecologis...
25 September 2020Thompsons Solicitors criticises government’s failure to act on recommendations made in the First Do No Harm report
Thompsons Solicitors is criticising the government’s lack of action to...
03 September 2020Accidents at Work
Making a personal injury or workplace disease claim during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
We are still here during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to suppor...
30 April 2020Case of the Week: Dangerous Machinery
This case of the week looks at an accident at work, where an employer ...
28 May 2019Case of the Week: Supermarket Infection
Our client missed a year of work after they were forced to continue wo...
14 January 2019Case of the Week
Case of the week: Union member penalised for raising health and safety concerns
In this week’s case, Ben Diaz from Thompsons’ North West branch, acted...
23 September 2019Case of the Week: Defective Products
In this week's Case of the Week, we helped a family win compensation a...
24 June 2019Case of the Week: Delivering Justice
In this week's case of the week our solicitors successfully opposed so...
17 June 2019Our Firm News
Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update
Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update ...
18 January 2021New Year, new senior hire for Stoke law firm
Glen Edney has decades of experience in personal injury law and will b...
14 January 2021Thompsons Solicitors recognised as top law firm for third year running
For the third year running, Thompsons Solicitors has been named one of...
05 November 2020Our Charity Work
Thompsons team goes the extra mile for Meso UK
Members of the team at Thompsons Solicitors collectively cycled 165 mi...
09 September 2020Social justice law firm’s asbestos litigation expertise highlighted with charity recognition
Expert asbestos law firm Thompsons Solicitors has been appointed to th...
08 April 2020Thompsons’ commitment to brain injury survivors recognised with charity award
Thompsons Solicitors has been awarded the ‘Trustees’ Special Award’ by...
06 December 2019COVID-19 News
Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update
Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update ...
18 January 2021Thompsons comments on Boris Johnson’s statement for post-lockdown plans
Gerard Stilliard, head of personal injury strategy at Thompsons Solici...
23 November 2020Unprecedented drop in vehicle usage and mass layoffs, yet insurers pocket hundreds of millions in savings
While most of the UK licks its economic wounds, our head of personal i...
16 July 2020COVID-19 Briefings
Briefing on employer and employees responsibilities on returning to work in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) No.7
Briefing on employer and employees responsibilities on returning to wo...
22 May 2020Briefing on employer and employees' responsibilities in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) No. 5
As part of our ongoing briefings for trade unions and workers we addre...
09 April 2020Briefing on employer and employees’ responsibilities in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) No. 6
As part of our ongoing briefings for trade unions and workers we addre...
09 April 2020