Operating from Thompsons Solicitors’ Cardiff and Bristol offices, Lisa Gunner is a highly experienced serious injury lawyer who leads a team dealing with serious injury and clinical negligence. She is involved in cases involving claimants from across South Wales and the South West who have been involved in a wide range of accidents on the road and at work and where there is either public or occupiers liability.

Lisa has many years' experience assisting claimants who have sustained catastrophic injuries and where compensation can amounts to more than £1 million. In the past 12 months, Lisa has recovered more than £35 million in compensation for her clients, with some of these settlements including periodical payments. Invariably, the injuries are life-changing and have a massive impact on her clients, and often involve amputations, trauma to the brain, spine and affect their mental health.

Lisa has taken cases involving both children and adults and always strives to conclude for the highest feasible settlement as quickly as possible.

 

As an integral part of her role, Lisa has considerable experience in organising teams of specialists with a wide range of expertise, who draw up detailed plans for the rehabilitation of the client. Importantly, Lisa ensures advance payments of compensation are made as quickly as possible to provide initial funding for the rehabilitation and to cover financial losses already incurred.

Lisa points out that Thompsons only takes cases on behalf of claimants and that all members of the firm aim for the common objective of giving clients the best possible service in pursuing claims against employers or insurers.

Away from work, Lisa likes listening to live music and takes part in pilates and horse-riding.

Lisa was shortlisted for 'Catastrophic Injury Lawyer of the Year' in the 13th Personal Injury Awards by Claims Media.

 

Lisa's case experience 

  • Represented a worker who lost three of his fingers when they were trapped between rollers in a printing machine. Secured a considerable sum which gave the client long term financial security and enabled him to purchase two state of the art prosthetic fingers from Touch Bionics, which is a leader in the field. 
  • Secured substantial compensation for a man who suffered a wide range of life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a car driven by someone who had exceeded the drink-drive limit. The clients’ long list of serious injuries included a punctured lung, brain injury, a complex open elbow fracture, a broken femur, tibia and pelvis, and radial nerve palsy in the left arm.
  • Secured a significant settlement for a man who suffered life-changing injuries when he was hit by a stolen car. Among the injuries sustained was a catastrophic brain injury which meant the man was unable to live independently and required lifelong support and care. He was also unable to manage his financial affairs and a deputy was appointed.
  • Recovered a substantial settlement for a young man who suffered a spinal cord injury leaving him with tetraplegia, requiring 24/7 care, adapted property and aids and equipment.
  • Ensured a settlement for a man who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury and requires 2:1 care. The settlement included periodical payments to pay for the future care package for life.
  • Secured a settlement for a man who suffered multiple injuries with the most significant being a complete spinal cord injury. This left the client with a need for 2:1 care as result of his paraplegia.

 

Professional membership

Lisa is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is accredited by the Law Society for Personal Injury. She is also a member of Headway, the brain injury charity.

 

Testimonials

We would like to offer our gratitude for everything that you have done for us over the last three years. Your help has been invaluable through our difficult times.

Lisa's former client

I appreciate your wishes and obvious feeling of care and regret for me. I very much also appreciate the work that you have done on my case to get to this point. I know it hasn’t always been easy to access the information you needed to, but you have clearly tried very hard and got there in the end, even pursing avenues that I didn’t realise or wasn’t aware of. I am very grateful to you for the effort you have put in. I do believe you have done your utmost.

Lisa's former client

We are very grateful for the practical assistance you have given us in circumstances that were very difficult for us and for the manner in which you have handled my mother's claim which has been both professional and sympathetic. I appreciate that you will have done far more than has been immediately apparent and believe the outcome to be far better than might easily have been the case. We have indeed been fortunate to have had you acting on our behalf.

Lisa's former client

Please accept my grateful thanks for all the work that you, and your team, put in to reach such a satisfactory conclusion to your investigations on my behalf. I would have no hesitation in recommending you, and your expertise, to anyone finding themselves in such a situation as mine.

Lisa's former client

Lisa Gunner assists clients with a wide range of matters, including cases related to amputations, spinal injuries and brain damage. She's very thorough and totally reliable. She communicates very clearly.

Chambers and Partners, 2019

In the south west, Lisa Gunner stands out in her ability to secure outstanding results in the most challenging cases. She has just concluded a seven-figure settlement for a pedestrian in a brain injury case where an experienced London QC had advised there was no realistic prospect of success.

David Knifton, King's Counsel

Lisa Gunner is second to none – she is meticulous in her preparation and always gets the best result for her client, she wouldn’t be out of place in any of the top serious injury teams in the country.

Legal 500

After a work related fall, I contacted my trade union, Unite, and was represented by Lisa Gunner and her friendly team at Thompsons in Bristol. Throughout the process, I was kept well informed of developments and had to meet with a number of excellent specialist clinicians who were caring and informative. I felt that, through the whole case, the support and my wellbeing was at the heart of Thompsons business ethos. The case concluded, to my satisfaction, in less than two and a half years. I cannot thank and praise Lisa enough.

Lisa's former client

Consistent support and advice has been shown since my accident three and a half years ago, to concluding with a settlement. I am indebted to Thompsons Solicitors for the professional, calm and realistic approach from a fantastic team.

Lisa's former client