Simon Wilson > Thompsons Solicitors LLP > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile
Thompsons Solicitors LLP Offices
The Synergy Building, Campo Lane
Sheffield
S1 2EL
England
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Simon Wilson
Work Department
Serious Injury
Position
Member, Senior Serious Injury Lawyer
Career
Simon is the national lead lawyer for serious injury claims, and is based in Thompsons’ Leeds office.
After many years’ experience dealing with serious injury claims, particularly those involving spinal injury, head and brain injury and amputation and multiple fractures, Simon is a recognised expert in the field.
He has acted exclusively for injured claimants throughout his long career and has worked for many trade unions. He was also involved in the formation of the Migrant Workers Network for Unite.
Simon is also involved with charities including the Spinal Injuries Association, Back Up Trust and Headway, for whom he acts as treasurer of the local Leeds branch.
Simon recognises the importance of early rehabilitation and therapy; his primary objective is to ensure that his clients are provided with therapeutic support and appropriate adaptations and equipment, funded by interim payments. It is only once those measures are in place that he considers final monetary compensation. After that, he makes sure that his clients are provided with long term support in relation to financial investment and contact with appropriate support groups. His largest claim to date resulted in a total gross award of £6.25 million.
Memberships
Simon is a member and regional co-ordinator for Yorkshire of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, a position that he has held for almost a decade, and as a result frequently lectures on health and safety issues and personal injury law. He is also a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Thompsons Solicitors LLP acts for national trade unions and charities, handling the full scope of both accident and disease claims. The accident team focusses on high severity cases, working on brain and spinal injuries, in addition to a range of occupational injuries; Simon Wilson heads up the national practice for this work, with a particular interest in severe brain injury and loss of capacity, and works alongside newly promoted partner Helen Shakespeare, who specialises in maximum severity cases, including neurotrauma, spinal injury, amputation, and fatalities. The disease team, led by senior associate Marion Voss, has substantial experience handling asbestos claims.