News Releases
Our hard work and expertise brings tens of thousands of personal injury and employment rights cases to a successful conclusion for trade union members and their families every year. In this section you can find the latest press releases and news from across Thompsons Solicitors.
Personal Injury
Bolton woman secures settlement after breaking foot at clinic
A Bolton woman who broke her foot after falling in the corridor of a p...
05 November 2018FBU member receives £7,000 settlement after holiday accident
The FBU and Thompsons Solicitors supported the member who suffered a w...
18 April 2018RAF worker secures £50,000 after life-changing fall
Rob had to be put in a coma and was left fighting for his life after h...
13 April 2018Road Traffic Accidents
Damages secured for RCM member knocked unconscious in road accident
The RCM and Thompsons Solicitors have helped a midwife secure a substa...
01 November 2018RCM member secures five-figure settlement after road traffic accident
An RCM member has secured a five-figure compensation amount after a co...
05 June 2018Union member compensated after road accident
Thompsons supported 86-year-old Edward Love with a compensation claim ...
23 May 2018Serious Injury
Fast food workers burned on the job urged to join #McBurned campaign
Thompsons Solicitors and the BFAWU have launched a new campaign called...
31 July 2018Penarth Unite member compensated after life-changing fall
Unite Legal Services and Thompsons Solicitors has supported a Penarth ...
29 June 2018Thompsons Solicitors backs Unite’s call for public inquiry into toxic cabin air
Following the death of a Unite the Union member, Thompsons Solicitors ...
08 May 2018Asbestos Diseases
Hull man secures more than £46,000 compensation after developing asbestosis
A Unite the union member has secured five figure compensation after as...
15 November 2018Unite member’s family compensated following asbestos disease claim
The family of a Unite the union member from Merseyside who died from m...
26 October 2018Scunthorpe plumber compensated following mesothelioma diagnosis
Unite Legal Services and Thompsons Solicitors secure a six-figure sett...
10 September 2018Industrial Diseases
Harmful chemicals lead to occupational asthma for Unite member
Unite Legal Services and Thompsons Solicitors have secured a substanti...
06 April 2018Cornwall man awarded £20,000 after hearing loss claim
A Unite the union member has secured £20,000 compensation after years ...
09 March 2018Damages secured for RMT member with lifelong vibration injury
Thompsons and the RMT have supported a RMT member to secure damages af...
01 March 2018Medical Negligence
£1.7m secured for Unite member who lost his leg after medical negligence
Unite and Thompsons Solicitors have helped a member in a multi-million...
20 April 2018Bridgend woman compensated after surgeon operates without consent
A Welsh woman who suffered physical and psychological trauma after she...
09 March 2018Teacher receives £22,500 following surgical error
Thompsons Solicitors has supported a woman in a medical negligence com...
28 February 2018Accidents at Work
Hampshire delivery driver awarded damages for workplace hernia
A Unite the union member has secured £12,000 compensation after suffer...
09 November 2018Union member secures £27,500 after slip at work
Thompsons Solicitors and Unite the union have secured more than £27,00...
26 September 2018Herefordshire care home worker secures £10,000 after assault
UNISON and Thompsons Solicitors have secured £10,000 compensation for ...
25 August 2018Employment Matters
Lancashire man recovers redundancy costs in employments rights claim
A Lancashire man has recovered a redundancy package owed to him with h...
16 November 2018Thompsons Solicitors supports PCS in £3m government settlement
Thompsons Solicitors assisted PCS in claiming £3 million in compensati...
25 October 2018Fast food workers burned on the job urged to join #McBurned campaign
Thompsons Solicitors and the BFAWU have launched a new campaign called...
31 July 2018Our Firm News
Employment rights specialists receive national recognition in leading legal guide
Thompsons Solicitors has been recognised as a leader in the field of ...
05 November 2018Thompsons Solicitors host Labour conference fringe event on the Civil Liability Bill
Thompsons Solicitors is hosting a fringe on the Civil Liability Bill a...
18 September 2018New online will service introduced
Thompsons Trade Union Solicitors introduces a new online service. Unio...
27 June 2018Our Charity Work
Thompsons Solicitors shows support for annual Show Racism the Red Card awareness day
Thompsons Solicitors’ personal injury lawyers will wear red this Frida...
15 October 2018Thompsons welcomes Colombian activist
Read more about Thompsons Solicitors hosting an event to celebrate Car...
20 May 2009Thompsons Solicitors and UNISON welcome NICE final guidance on Herceptin
Read a news story about Thompsons Solicitors' and UNISON's campaign to...
23 August 2006