Our People

Amber Hopkins
Serious Injury Paralegal
Leeds
Amber is a committed paralegal working in our serious injuries team in the Leeds office.

Andrew Smith
Associate, Personal Injury Lawyer
Leeds
Andrew is an experienced lawyer and head of the team in Leeds dealing with complex personal injury claims.

Chris-Marie Niemela
Associate, Senior Serious Injury Lawyer
Cardiff
Chris-Marie Niemela has acted for those suffering from catastrophic personal injuries for over 14 years.

Christalla Christodoulidou
Senior Serious Injury Lawyer
London
Christalla is an experienced serious injury solicitor and has helped hundreds of people get their life back on track after suffering a serious injury.

David Gauler
Associate, Senior Serious Injury Lawyer
Birmingham
David is a Birmingham-based serious injury lawyer with specialisms in supporting people affected by life-changing injuries.

David Roberts
Associate, Senior Serious Injury Lawyer
Manchester
Dave is a senior solicitor in the serious and catastrophic injury team and is based in the Manchester office, acting for clients across the North West.

Donna Hughes
Assistant Serious Injury Lawyer
Leeds
As part of Thompsons’ Serious Injury Team, Donna deals with claims involving employers liability, including accidents and assaults at work, public liability, such as slips, trips and falls, and road traffic accidents.

Ellie Marston
Serious Injury Lawyer
Bristol
Ellie is a serious injury lawyer handling catastrophic injury cases across Wales and the South West.

Hassan Ibrahm
Assistant Lawyer
Birmingham
Hassan is an Assistant Lawyer with over a decade of litigation experience, specialising in catastrophic injury cases for the past nine years at Thompsons Solicitors.

Helen Shakespeare
Member, Principal Serious Injury Lawyer
Leeds
Helen's legal expertise, commitment to providing first-class client care and ability to secure maximum compensation has seen her help many people who have experienced a life-changing injury.

Jacqui Bridges
Associate Serious Injury Lawyer
Bristol
Jacqui specialises in serious injuries covering cases across the South West of England.

Janet Hall
Associate Solicitor
Leeds
Janet specialises in brain injury, amputation injury and chronic regional pain syndrome cases.

Kam Singh
Associate Serious Injury Lawyer
London
Kam is an expert senior serious injury lawyers, who helps clients from across London and the South East to secure compensation after suffering a serious injury.

Karl De-Loyde
Member, Serious Injury Lawyer
Birmingham
A serious injury lawyer and partner at Thompsons Solicitors, Karl De-Loyde supervises colleagues in the firm’s highly professional serious injury team in Birmingham covering the whole of the Midlands.

Katie Williams
Associate, Serious Injury Lawyer
Liverpool
Katie is serious injury solicitor specialising in cases of accidents at work, those involving children at school, animal attacks and industrial disease claims.

Lara Ford
Serious Injuries & Clinical Negligence Paralegal
Bristol
Lara is a paralegal who lends her skills to assist with serious injury and clinical negligence matters for senior fee earners.

Laura Harper
Principal Serious Injury Lawyer
Nottingham
Laura is renowned for her excellent negotiation skills and always ensures that her clients receive the highest amount of compensation possible.

Lauren Hall
Trainee Solicitor
Cardiff
Lauren Hall is a trainee solicitor based in our Cardiff office.

Lea Musisi
Paralegal
London
Lea is an experienced Paralegal who assists qualified lawyers and senior lawyers with high value and complex clinical negligence and serious injury cases.

Lisa Gunner
Member, Serious Injury Lawyer
Cardiff
Lisa represents clients from across South West England and South Wales in cases involving serious injuries such as brain and spinal injuries as well as medical negligence claims.

Liz Tetzner
Team Manager to FT (Ex-Portal) Team
Liz is a dedicated lawyer with extensive experience of dealing with serious injury cases to include both domestic and international personal injury.

Lorna Burns
Senior Solicitor
Nottingham
Lorna represents clients who have suffered serious orthopaedic and minor brain injuries following road traffic accidents, workplace accidents or assaults.

Miriam Roka
Serious Injury Paralegal
London
Miriam is a serious injury paralegal based in the firm's London office.

Nicola Saunders
Member, Principal Serious Injury Lawyer
London
Nicola Saunders is a member of the serious injury team, based in Thompsons’ London office.

Northern Ireland Team
Your trusted legal service in Northern Ireland
Thompsons NI’s team of specialist lawyers and solicitors are based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and are ready to help you with the legal advice and representation you need.

Peter Stringer
Principal Serious Injury Lawyer
Manchester
Peter is a highly experienced catastrophic injury solicitor with a proven track-record of winning high-profile cases in the House of Lords and UK courts.

Phil Liptrot
Member, Head of Personal Injury
Manchester
Phil is Head of Personal Injury at Thompsons.

Samantha Hemsley
Member, Head of Serious Injury and Learning & Development
London
Samantha Hemsley is the national head of the serious injury at Thompsons Solicitors.

Sarah Kennerley-Fawcett
Senior Lawyer
East Midlands
Sarah Kennerley-Fawcett is a senior solicitor at Thompsons and is based at the Nottingham office, managing asbestos-related disease claims from across the East Midlands.

Simon Wilson
Member, Senior Serious Injury Lawyer
Leeds
Simon Wilson is a leading lawyer for serious injury claims, and is based in Thompsons’ Leeds office.

Thomas Hamilton
Serious Injury Lawyer
Leeds
Thomas is a serious injury lawyer working in Leeds and acting for clients in the Yorkshire and Humberside area.

Tina Cook
Serious Injuries Paralegal
Bristol
Tina Cook is the first point of contact for serious injuries claimants at Thompsons Solicitors’ Bristol office.

Trevor Hall
Member, Serious Injury Lawyer
Newcastle
Trevor joined Thompsons Solicitors in 2007 and works on serious injury cases across the UK

Victoria Kingscote
Associate, Senior Serious Injury Lawyer
Birmingham
Victoria is a senior serious injury lawyer based in Thompsons Birmingham office.