Thompsons Solicitors LLP’s personal injury team in Yorkshire is jointly led by Helen Shakespeare, Marion Voss, Mark Allen and Andrew Smith. The team is active across a wide range of serious injury work, including brain and spinal trauma, amputation, and industrial disease claims. Shakespeare leads on amputation matters, while Voss acts in asbestos-related litigation, including contested mesothelioma claims. Allen focuses on industrial disease work, particularly hearing loss and vibration injury issues, while Smith advises across both accident and disease work.
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  • ‘Throughout the process it truly felt like you were dealing with a team of people rather than a faceless company. The whole team were very understanding and were incredibly generous with their time and extremely patient.'

  • ‘The serious injury team at Thompsons Leeds is probably their strongest across all of their offices. They have excellent senior solicitors and promising junior solicitors rising through the ranks.'

  • ‘I cannot say enough good things about Helen Shakespeare. She has the perfect balance of good sense, good instincts and great experience. She runs cases so smoothly and is unflustered even when difficult issues arise.'

  • ‘Helen Shakespeare is just brilliant. She makes a huge difference to complex claims. She is excellent with clients. She is empathetic, but a real fighter. Helen is the Solicitor that I would want if I had a catastrophic injury.’

  • ‘Helen Shakespeare is simply excellent. She has a complete command of her cases, shows great empathy with the most difficult clients, and has a determination to fight to the last breath to get the very best results.’

  • ‘Thompsons are first rate. Their union background and ethos puts their client front and foremost. They are hands down the best serious injury team in the country. Their consistency of expertise is remarkable.’

Practice head

Helen Shakespeare; Marion Voss; Mark Allen; Andrew Smith