Legal Guides
We only ever advise those who have been injured and never those responsible for causing injuries - or their insurers.
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We have a range of guides on injury claims and employment issues. While no substitute for advice from our experts, these guides will help you to understand your rights and navigate a claim, if you choose to progress with one.
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Personal Injury
![A guide to your personal injury case](/media/1098/crush-injury-claims-accidents-at-work-thompsons-solicitors-ian-slowther.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133294990760000000)
A guide to your personal injury case
This guide contains important information about your personal injury case.
![A guide to benefits following an injury](/media/4836/a-guide-to-benefits-following-an-injury.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938286910000000)
A guide to benefits following an injury
This guide includes information about the benefits available to those who have suffered an injury or been diagnosed with an illness.
Road Traffic Accidents
![A guide to road traffic accident cases](/media/1305/motorbike-accident-claims-road-traffic-accidents-thompsons-solicitors-richard-wiltshire.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133294990760000000)
A guide to road traffic accident cases
This guide contains information about road traffic accident cases.
Serious Injury
![A guide to brain injury cases](/media/4767/thompsons_patrick010.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133295034500000000)
A guide to brain injury cases
This guide contains information about brain injury cases.
![A guide to spinal injury cases](/media/4737/mark_cook_004.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133295034460000000)
A guide to spinal injury cases
This guide contains information about spinal injury cases.
![A guide to amputation cases](/media/1033/matthews-story-amputation-serious-injury-thompsons-solicitors.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133294990760000000)
A guide to amputation cases
This guide contains information about amputation cases.
Asbestos Diseases
![A guide to asbestos disease cases](/media/1057/asbestos-diseases-our-clients-asbestosis-claims-john-cosgrove-min.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133294990760000000)
A guide to asbestos disease cases
This guide contains information about asbestos disease cases.
![A history of asbestos cases and landmark litigation](/media/3333/thompsons-bob_tucker03.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133294990470000000)
A history of asbestos cases and landmark litigation
This timeline of landmark asbestos cases shows how the toxic substance has cost the lives of countless, innocent workers and their families who shouldn't have been put at risk in the first place. Read more.
Industrial Diseases
![A guide to industrial disease cases](/media/1134/david-thompsons-client-industrial-diseases-thompsons-solicitors.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133294990760000000)
A guide to industrial disease cases
This guide contains information about industrial disease cases.
![Under the COSHH toolkit](/media/4864/under-the-coshh-toolkit.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938282170000000)
Under the COSHH toolkit
Thousands of workers are made ill by hazardous substances each year. Help to keep your workers safe by downloading and sharing our under the COSHH toolkit.
Medical Negligence
![A guide to medical negligence cases](/media/3307/thompsons-sarah_thompson041.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133295034500000000)
A guide to medical negligence cases
This guide contains information about medical negligence cases.
![Perineal tears - when can you make a medical negligence claim?](/media/4793/childbirth-tear-operation.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132935645830000000)
Perineal tears - when can you make a medical negligence claim?
Thompsons Solicitors' guide on perineal tears, with information on statistics, the grades of tears, and the types of compensation claim one can make.
Accidents at Work
![A guide to accident at work cases](/media/4834/a-guide-to-accident-at-work-cases.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938281830000000)
A guide to accident at work cases
This guide contains information about accident at work cases.
![A guide to strain injury cases](/media/4840/a-guide-to-strain-injury-cases.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938286210000000)
A guide to strain injury cases
This guide contains information about strain injury cases.
![A guide to stress cases](/media/4841/a-guide-to-stress-cases.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938286060000000)
A guide to stress cases
This guide contains information about stress cases.
Employment Matters
![A guide to your employment rights case](/media/4845/a-guide-to-your-employment-rights-case.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938285230000000)
A guide to your employment rights case
This guide contains important information about your employment rights case.
![A guide to agency worker rights](/media/4835/a-guide-to-agency-worker-regulations.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938287020000000)
A guide to agency worker rights
This guide contains information about agency worker rights
![A guide to equal pay](/media/4837/a-guide-to-equal-pay.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=132938286770000000)
A guide to equal pay
This guide contains information about equal pay.
Judgments
![High Court judgment in the matter of Carluccio's Limited in administration](/media/4870/unite-logo.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133295014460000000)
High Court judgment in the matter of Carluccio's Limited in administration
Click above to read the full judgment at the High Courts of Justice, in the matter of Carluccio's Limited, supported by Unite and Thompsons Solicitors.
![Royal Mail Group v Communications Workers Union (2019)](/media/4869/cwu-logo.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133294990470000000)
Royal Mail Group v Communications Workers Union (2019)
Read more about the case of Royal Mail Group v Communications Workers Union (2019).
![POA v Secretary of State for Justice (2019)](/media/1534/poa.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=357&height=201&rnd=133295014460000000)
POA v Secretary of State for Justice (2019)
Read more about the case of POA v Secretary of State for Justice (2019).