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Personal Injury
Litigation during lockdown: representing personal injury clients during the crisis
Thompsons’ head of personal injury strategy, Gerard Stilliard, explain...
01 May 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 2020Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the impact on travel, holidays and working abroad
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly reduced international travel....
24 April 2020Road Traffic Accidents
Admiral 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 2020Court of Appeal finds against MiB in landmark case for road accident victim injured on private land
Court of Appeal has confirmed a High Court decision to extend compensa...
05 June 2019Serious Injury
Thompsons’ 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 2019Birmingham children severely burned by faulty fan win seven-year legal battle against Curry’s
Thompsons Solicitors acted for a family whose home caught fire due to ...
07 March 2019Asbestos Diseases
Family of college art teacher search for answers after asbestos death
Read the asbestos appeal from the widow of former art teacher, John Si...
02 July 2020Cancer diagnosis lag could limit access to justice for people with asbestos, warns law firm
As the nation marks Action Mesothelioma Day, a leading law firm fears ...
01 July 2020Thompsons Solicitors appoints national head of asbestos strategy
With more than 20 years’ experience as a specialist asbestos solicitor...
12 June 2020Industrial Diseases
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 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 2019Wolverhampton man compensated after father’s asbestos-related death
Thompsons Solicitors helped Wolverhampton man Peter Hobbs with a compe...
23 July 2018Medical Negligence
More than four hundred women and men are taking legal action after mesh surgery leaves them permanently injured
More than four hundred women and men are taking legal action after mes...
07 July 2020Statement from Thompsons Solicitors in response to coroner opening inquests into the ‘unnatural deaths’ of Ian Paterson’s victims
Read the statement from Thompsons in response to coroner opening inque...
03 July 2020Patients affected by Royal Derby Hospital gynaecology review encouraged to seek legal guidance
Thompsons Solicitors is encouraging women who may have been unnecessar...
06 May 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 appoints national head of asbestos strategy
With more than 20 years’ experience as a specialist asbestos solicitor...
12 June 2020Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update
Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update ...
02 June 2020Litigation during lockdown: representing personal injury clients during the crisis
Thompsons’ head of personal injury strategy, Gerard Stilliard, explain...
01 May 2020Our Charity Work
Social 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
Cancer diagnosis lag could limit access to justice for people with asbestos, warns law firm
As the nation marks Action Mesothelioma Day, a leading law firm fears ...
01 July 2020Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update
Thompsons Solicitors coronavirus (COVID-19) update ...
02 June 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 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