Commentary
Our specialist solicitors have years of legal experience and are leaders in their field. Here you can find their expert views on trade union and Labour movement issues, as well as the latest legal news in serious injury, medical negligence and industrial disease.
Personal Injury
Thompsons Solicitors hosts health and safety conference ahead of Workers’ Memorial Day
The conference, taking place on 19 April, will include speakers from p...
14 March 2018Thompsons Solicitors celebrates 150 years of trade unions in the UK by supporting North West TUC conference
Thompsons will be proudly supporting the TUC150 – Retrospect and Prosp...
02 March 2018Five tips to help promote union legal services
Thompsons Solicitors detail five things members can do to help promote...
02 March 2018Road Traffic Accidents
More than 700 drivers caught flouting road safety laws during three-day police crackdown
Click to read about a three-day police operation in Essex, which caugh...
13 April 2017Police partnership launches road safety virtual reality app
A joint partnership between two police forces has created the ‘DriveVR...
16 March 2017Thompsons Solicitors responds to small claims limit increase announcement
The government has announced plans to increase the small claims limit ...
23 February 2017Serious Injury
Thompsons Solicitors submits discount rate evidence to House of Commons committee
Thompsons Solicitors has submitted evidence to the House of Commons on...
12 December 2017Health and safety cannot be negotiated away during this time of political uncertainty
Health and safety rights could be at risk in this uncertain political ...
20 June 2017Workers celebrated on May Day bank holiday
On International Workers’ Day, Thompsons Solicitors celebrates workers...
01 May 2017Asbestos Diseases
Why firefighters should be aware of the enduring risk of asbestos exposure
Thompsons Solicitors’ specialist asbestos solicitor, Lorna Webster, di...
16 February 2018Thompsons Solicitors voices concern over new Brexit minister’s stance on asbestos laws
Unite reveals that the newly appointed Brexit minister, Steve Baker, h...
27 September 2017Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team to launch bereavement support service
The charity has secured funding for its new bereavement support servic...
09 March 2016Industrial Diseases
The danger of exposure to diesel exhaust fumes
Leading trade union law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, summarises the dan...
04 August 2017International Workers’ Memorial Day commemorates those killed at work
Thompsons is dedicated to improving workplace health and safety, and i...
27 April 2017Construction sites down tools to highlight health and safety
The action formed part of ‘Stop. Make a Change’, a UK-wide initiative ...
20 April 2017Medical Negligence
MPs use parliamentary debate to highlight mesh ‘scandal’
A business debate between a number of MPs has highlighted the complica...
08 May 2018Nursing cuts jeopardising children’s health, says union
The Royal College of Nursing has expressed fears that budget cuts are ...
19 May 2017Celebrating International Nurses’ Day 2017
Today, people across the UK will show their support for the exceptiona...
12 May 2017Accidents at Work
Thompsons Solicitors commemorates International Workers’ Memorial Day
Stephen Cavalier comments on protecting workers rights as part of Work...
28 April 2018Spotlight On: Gerard Stilliard on Workers' Memorial Day
Gerard Stilliard of Thompsons Solicitors discusses the importance of W...
27 April 2018The new government must act to keep prison officers safe at work
Thompsons Solicitors is calling on the government to do more to protec...
01 August 2017Employment Matters
Thompsons Solicitors represents European Federation of Public Service Unions, taking European Commission to the EU General Court
Thompsons Solicitors is representing the European Federation of Public...
21 June 2018Thompsons Solicitors responds to Supreme Court ruling in favour of ‘worker’ plumber
The Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Court of Appeal after a plu...
15 June 2018FBU and Thompsons secure landmark victory to have 96 hour shift system declared unlawful
Fire Brigades Union and Thompsons Solicitors have secured a landmark v...
13 June 2018Our Firm News
Spring Labour and European Law Review published
The latest edition of the Spring Labour and European Law Review has be...
21 March 2018Five tips to help promote union legal services
Thompsons Solicitors detail five things members can do to help promote...
02 March 2018Five reasons to join a trade union
Leading trade union lawyers, Thompsons Solicitors, detail the key bene...
23 February 2018