Established in the city for over 30 years, the Thompsons Newcastle office provides legal services to people across the whole of the North East of England and Cumbria and is currently Thompsons Solicitors' largest office.

Recommended by the Legal 500 for the quality of its personal injury work, the three specialist personal injury teams feature several members of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel and Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

The nationally renowned asbestos team is headed by Tony Hood in the Newcastle office and is at the forefront of pioneering asbestos litigation. The Newcastle office is also home to a specialist clinical negligence team headed by Janet Allan.

The Newcastle team wins, on average:

- Nearly 700 cases every year

- Just under £21.5 million in damages every year

- Almost £7 million in compensation for clients exposed to asbestos each year

The specialist teams act for victims of personal injury and industrial disease across the region and have been involved in numerous landmark decisions and test cases. Within the Newcastle office is an Employment Rights Unit and an Equal Pay Unit for the benefit of trade union members.

Thompsons Solicitors is the UK's most experienced personal injury firm with over 100 years of experience.

A long established firm of personal injury lawyers, the firm's traditions and history inform its ethos and ensure strong and efficient management with a very client-focused approach.

Legal 500

Andrew Venn, Gill Connelly and Tim Hayward make a crack team for asbestos disease claims, with decades of experience between them.

Legal 500

The team in Newcastle stands out for its expertise in disease litigation, with some of the most experienced solicitors in the market, achieving great results for their clients.

Legal 500

In Newcastle, Clair Wilson has developed an impressive portfolio of seriously-injured clients, in both the PI and clinical negligence fields. Her warm and engaging manner instantly puts clients at ease. She is currently handling a complex brain injury case arising from an industrial accident where a young client was working unsupervised for his father, in which she has shown enormous tact and sensitivity in managing the family dynamics.

Queen's Counsel

Rising star Trevor Hall has also demonstrated a terrific ability to handle exceptionally demanding clients, recently securing a substantial settlement in a difficult CRPS case for a client with numerous psychological issues.

Queen's Counsel