Legal Guides
We only ever advise those who have been injured and never those responsible for causing injuries - or their insurers.
We provide a range of legal guides and resources. 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
Ankle injury compensation claims
If you have suffered an ankle injury that wasn’t your fault, our personal injury lawyers can help you claim compensation.
A guide to your personal injury case
This guide contains important information about your personal injury case.
How many personal injury claims go to court?
Find out how many personal injury claims go to court in England and Wales, and what happens when they do.
Road Traffic Accidents
A guide to road traffic accident cases
This guide contains information about road traffic accident cases.
Common causes of road traffic accidents
Road traffic collisions are a common cause of personal injury, but the majority can be prevented. Read more on the causes of RTAs and how to avoid them.
Support for families of fatal road accident victims
Losing a loved one in a road traffic accident is a highly traumatic experience for families. Here’s how we can offer support through the claims process.
Serious Injury
How to support someone with a brain injury
Thompsons' serious injury lawyer Lisa Gunner shares her advice on how to support someone with a brain injury.
A guide to brain injury cases
This guide contains information about brain injury cases.
A guide to spinal injury cases
This guide contains information about spinal injury cases.
Asbestos Diseases
A guide to asbestos disease cases
This guide contains information about asbestos disease cases.
Asbestos statistics and facts UK
Statistics and facts about asbestos in the UK, including asbestosis disease and mesothelioma statistics.
The truth about asbestos: tackling common misunderstandings
The use of asbestos was banned in the UK more than 20 years ago, but it is still responsible for thousands of serious illnesses and deaths every year. Find out more.
Industrial Diseases
A guide to industrial diseases cases
This guide contains information about industrial diseases cases.
Chemical poisoning: factsheet
Learn more about chemical poisoning, how and where it can happen, and how our specialist lawyers can help you make a claim for an industrial disease.
Silicosis: factsheet
Our specialist legal team has helped many people with an industrial disease, including silicosis, get compensation and support for their illness.
Medical Negligence
Claiming compensation for death caused by medical negligence
If a loved one has died as a result of medical negligence, you can make a claim for compensation.
Bladder cancer compensation claims
Our personal injury solicitors can help you claim compensation for bladder cancer.
MRSA compensation claims
If you have contracted MRSA due to substandard care, our medical negligence solicitors can help you claim compensation.
Accidents at Work
I had an accident at work, what are my rights?
If you’ve had an accident at work in the UK and want to know what your rights are, read this guide by our legal experts.
A guide to accident at work cases
This guide contains information about accident at work cases.
A guide to strain injury cases
This guide contains information about strain injury cases.
More Legal Services
Guide to whistleblowing in the UK
Read our legal guide to whistleblowing in the UK to find out what counts as whistleblowing and when you are protected by law.
A guide to negotiating a settlement agreement
Can you negotiate a settlement agreement? Our expert settlement agreement solicitors answer this question and more in this guide. Take a look:
How to legally change your name
Do you need to understand your options for changing your name? Read Thompsons Solicitors guide to learn how to legally change your name.