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Personal Injury
Self-driving cars being accelerated to motorway use next year – but education for road users critical
While driverless technology is undoubtably the way forward, road users...
20 August 2020Independent Inquiry into Ian Paterson Must Be Catalyst for Change
With the Independent Inquiry into Ian Paterson’s report due in a matte...
31 January 2020Be a Bright Spark: Tips on how to stay safe during Bonfire Night
Statistics show 5,340 injuries caused by fireworks were reported in A&...
31 October 2019Road Traffic Accidents
Self-driving cars being accelerated to motorway use next year – but education for road users critical
While driverless technology is undoubtably the way forward, road users...
20 August 2020Short film uses virtual reality to raise road safety awareness
Thompsons Solicitors supports new virtual reality road safety film in ...
25 October 2019Five things motor insurers don’t want road accident victims to know about
What are the tricks insurers can plan when you have a road traffic acc...
28 August 2019Serious Injury
NHS mesh patients affected by Tony Dixon encouraged to come forward
Former patients of a Bristol-based surgeon have contacted Thompsons So...
31 January 2020Be a Bright Spark: Tips on how to stay safe during Bonfire Night
Statistics show 5,340 injuries caused by fireworks were reported in A&...
31 October 2019Exoskeleton gives hope to spinal injury survivors
A man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs using a mi...
30 October 2019Asbestos Diseases
Action Mesothelioma Day 2020 – your asbestos questions answered
For Action Mesothelioma Day, Thompsons, regional asbestos groups and a...
02 July 2020Thompsons joins the call for the equalisation of mesothelioma benefit awards
As the Government undertakes a review of mesothelioma lump sum awards,...
09 March 2020The Changing Face of Asbestos Litigation
Ian McFall discusses developments in the law, medical treatment and ca...
27 November 2019Industrial Diseases
Campaign aims to shine a light on lung cancer
The annual awareness month sends out an important message to individua...
01 November 2018Thompsons Solicitors supports Mesothelioma UK with fundraising day
On Friday 27 April, all branches of Thompsons Solicitors will be holdi...
10 April 2018Thompsons Solicitors comments on female mesothelioma death rates
Lorna Webster, head of Thompsons Solicitors' South East region special...
20 October 2017Medical Negligence
Statement from Thompsons Solicitors in reaction to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review by Baroness Cumberlege, published on 8 July 2020
Read the statement from Thompsons Solicitors in reaction to the Indepe...
08 July 2020NHS mesh patients affected by Tony Dixon encouraged to come forward
Former patients of a Bristol-based surgeon have contacted Thompsons So...
31 January 2020Independent Inquiry into Ian Paterson Must Be Catalyst for Change
With the Independent Inquiry into Ian Paterson’s report due in a matte...
31 January 2020Accidents at Work
Staying Safe at Work in Winter
Your employer should have a policy in place so you know what to do in ...
21 October 2019Statistics reveal increase in injuries sustained during military training
David Robinson, expert military claims lawyer at Thompsons, comments o...
25 September 2018Our Firm News
International Women’s Day 2020 | What challenges does the future hold for women in the workplace?
For International Women’s Day 2020, three senior professionals from ca...
06 March 2020Thompsons - Investing in your law career
We’re committed to your law career at Thompsons. Our litigation execut...
26 September 2019What is the Windrush scandal?
Thompsons Solicitors provides information on the Windrush scandal foll...
06 July 2018More Legal Services
Teacher settlement agreements: exiting employment and giving yourself the best chance of starting afresh for the new academic year
As we come to the end of the academic year, our solicitors discuss the...
12 July 2019Settlement Agreements 101
What is a settlement agreement? Read advice from our specialists on wh...
11 February 2019