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
Kent prison officer left temporarily blinded after assault
A Kent prison officer who was left burnt and traumatised after a priso...
09 January 2019Network Rail ordered to pay £200,000 after safety failures left employee with brain injury
Network Rail has been fined £200,000 after an employee was left with a...
13 December 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 2018Asbestos Diseases
Derby man compensated for work-related asbestos disease
A man suffering from an asbestos disease caused by exposure at work ha...
12 December 2018Hull 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 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
Engineer forced into retirement was “lucky to not lose a foot” after workplace accident
A highly skilled engineer from Somerset had to take early retirement a...
20 June 2019Six-figure compensation for Manchester Unite member after crush injury
With help from Thompsons Solicitors, a Unite member has secured a six-...
20 May 2019Plymouth teaching assistant turns to legal specialists after being threatened and then assaulted by a student
A teaching assistant for a special needs college has secured a five-fi...
19 March 2019Employment Matters
Seven-year legal battle leads to victory for dozens of civil servants discriminated against by the Home Office
Civil servants who were discriminated against by the Home Office have ...
05 March 2019BECTU members represented by Thompsons Solicitors to be reinstated to the Ritzy in January
Thompsons Solicitors represented two trade union representatives from ...
07 December 2018Lancashire man recovers redundancy costs in employments rights claim
A Lancashire man has recovered a redundancy package owed to him with h...
16 November 2018Our Firm News
Thompsons Solicitors staff receive funding to apply for EU settled status
As one of the UK's leading trade union and personal injury law firms, ...
11 January 2019Thompsons reaffirms commitment to trade union movement and workers’ health and safety in 2019 with TUC sponsorship
Thompsons Solicitors is proud to announce a new partnership with the T...
19 December 2018Tackling domestic abuse should be everyone’s business, says leading law firm
Thompsons Solicitors has signed up to the GMB union’s ‘Work to Stop Do...
13 December 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...
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