Opened in 1986, Thompsons Solicitors’ Liverpool office covers Merseyside and parts of Cheshire and Lancashire as well as North Wales.

Accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), Thompsons Solicitors is the only Liverpool-based firm to be listed in the top tier of The Legal 500.

The partners, solicitors and chartered legal executives based in our Liverpool office all have a vast experience of handling all types of personal injury work on behalf of claimants. Alongside accident claims, the office also specialises in disease cases, particularly those arising from asbestos exposure and has well-established links with local victim support groups.

The Liverpool team wins, on average:

- More than 350 cases every year

- More than £6.3 million in damages every year

- More than £2.6 million in compensation for asbestos clients each year

The Employment Rights Unit has acquired a substantial reputation for handling employment law work including sex and race discrimination cases, for trade union members.

Our Liverpool office is also home to Thompsons' Settlement Agreement Unit, handling settlement agreements from across the UK. Last year, our experts helped more than 6,500 people, including those from numerous high-profile large-scale settlement exercises from big employers. Our aim is always to ensure the best terms and the quickest turn around, so our clients can get on with their lives after a job loss. We work across industries including British Airways, Honda, Easyjet, GKN Aerospace, Legal and General and EDF.

 

Certificates and professional recommendations

Thompsons North West was recognised by the Legal 500 as a Tier 1 firm for employment law, a Tier 2 firm for personal injury claims and a Tier 4 firm for medical negligence claims in 2019.

The service provided by the personal injury serious injury team is compassionate, thorough and with a particular emphasis on ensuring their clients are set up for life. The asbestos team deal with the sensitive nature of such cases with compassion and empathy and provide an absolute first class service to clients and their families.

Legal 500

In the North West, the team has been further strengthened by the acquisition of big-hitter James Gratton in the role of supervisory lawyer. Working with senior solicitor Matthew Tollitt, their careful but pragmatic approach enabled a £1m settlement for an inexperienced scaffolder who fell through a skylight, suffering multiple injuries. In the clinical negligence field, Rosalyn Steeple’s meticulous preparation has recently secured an admission of liability in a difficult cerebral palsy case.

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