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Thompsons Solicitors LLP

CONGRESS HOUSE, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3LW, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7290 0000
Fax:
Fax 020 7637 0000
DX:
35722 BLOOMSBURY
Web:
www.thompsons.law.co.uk
Email:
Wolverhampton, Swansea, Stoke-on-Trent, Southampton, South Shields, Sheffield and 22 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Human resources

Within Employment: employee/union firms, Thompsons Solicitors LLP is a second tier firm,

Thompsons Solicitors LLP is the key union adviser, acting for individual claimants – with Rakesh Patel prominent – and the unions themselves. Victoria Phillips took a case on working time to the ECJ on behalf of BALPA in 2010; and Neil Johnson acted for Unite in its dispute with BA before the Court of Appeal. Equal opportunities is a specialist area.

Within Overview,

The change of government has, inevitably, brought wide-ranging legal changes. In the employment field, union firms Thompsons Solicitors LLP, Pattinson & Brewer, and Simpson Millar LLP – and their opponents – are gearing up for a likely increase in collective consultation and industrial action as trade unions flex their muscles over public sector cuts. The ripple effects into the private sector may encourage many growing employment teams to expand further and breakaway firms to set up.

Insurance

Within Personal injury: claimant, Thompsons Solicitors LLP is a third tier firm,

Thompsons Solicitors LLP is noted for its trade union representation. It also represents many personal injury clients on a private basis, and has moved towards specialisation in a number of areas of late. These include serious injuries, with Henrietta Phillips at the forefront, and asbestos, which is headed by Lorna Webster. David Thompson is also recommended.

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East Midlands

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London

Offices in London WC1B and London SW19

North

Offices in South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Middlesbrough

North West

Offices in Liverpool and Manchester

South East

Offices in Chelmsford, Southampton, Dagenham, and Harrow

South West

Offices in Bristol and Plymouth

Wales

Offices in Swansea and Cardiff

West Midlands

Offices in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stoke-on-Trent

Yorkshire and the Humber

Offices in Sheffield, Leeds LS1, and Leeds LS3

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