Expert Solicitors in Personal Injury Law
At Thompson & Co Solicitors, we pride ourselves on providing a personal, professional, compassionate and easy-to-understand service for our clients. We deal with every personal injury claim on a no win no fee basis, and you won’t be asked to enter into any credit or loan agreements.
We’ve been providing specialist advice to our clients in personal injury, clinical negligence and related matters for over 20 years. Our solicitors specialise in personal injury law, including the fields of accidents at work, medical negligence and dental negligence. We also take on cases involving asbestos and mesothelioma, road traffic accidents (RTAs), vibration white finger, and slips, trips & falls.
For many years, we have represented clients who have worked in heavy industries including shipbuilding, coal-mining, engineering, construction and demolition. Our clients have mainly been based in the North East of England including Sunderland, Newcastle, Wallsend, South Tyneside, Middlesbrough, Stockton on Tees, Darlington and Northumberland. However, we can also act for clients anywhere in England or Wales.
If we take on your case, one of our qualified senior solicitors will deal with your claim, and you’ll have direct contact with the same solicitor throughout the process. We can arrange to see you in your home, or in hospital, at a time to suit you. If you or a loved one has been affected by a personal injury that wasn’t their fault, then don’t hesitate to contact us to see if you have a case to claim.
Asbestos & Mesothelioma
If you have lived or worked with or near asbestos and you have respiratory problems, you may suffer from an asbestos-related disease.
If it can be shown that asbestos exposure is responsible for you suffering from mesothelioma, pleural thickening, asbestosis, pleural effusion, pleural plaque or asbestos-related lung cancer you may be able to claim compensation.
However, having exposure to asbestos does not necessarily mean that you’ll automatically suffer from an asbestos-related disease. Many people who have been exposed to asbestos never develop a disease related to asbestos exposure.
In order to have the basis of a claim, it will be necessary to show that someone (your employer or the person responsible for exposing you to asbestos) was negligent in exposing you to asbestos, and failing to take sufficient reasonable precautions to prevent you from developing an asbestos-related disease or condition.
Medical Negligence
If you believe that you’ve been injured as a result of a medical accident or a negligent medical treatment, then you may be able to claim compensation for your injuries by making a medical negligence claim.
In order to have the basis of a claim, it has to be proved that someone was to blame for the accident, such as the medical practitioner being negligent. Whether the medical practitioner has been negligent will depend on whether the treatment you received was to a reasonably expected standard. The practitioner would have a defence to your claim if the treatment you received was in accordance with the views of a responsible body of medical opinion.
There are a range of medical negligence claims we have experienced in covering; including amputations, allergic reactions, eye surgery, treatment of broken bones, sepsis, GP negligence and negligence in accident and emergency.
Accidents at Work
If you’ve been injured at work, then you may be able to claim compensation for your injuries.
A person usually only has three years from the date of their accident to issue court proceedings. Therefore, if they are not issued within three years of the date of the accident, you will usually be unable to pursue your claim further as it would be out of time and statute barred. The courts, however, can waive this three-year time limit if it can be shown that there’s a valid reason why you did not pursue the claim sooner.
If you have had an accident at work in the past three years, including career-ending injuries, you should take legal advice immediately to avoid your claim being out of time. If you think your claim may already be out of time, you should still seek legal advice as soon as possible to minimise the risk of the courts not being willing to waive the time limits.
Dental Negligence
If you believe you’ve been injured due to negligence by your dentist, hygienist, orthodontist or other dental practitioner, then you may be able to claim compensation for your injuries.
At Thompson & Co, we have years of experience in working with clients across a wide range of negligent dental treatment, including substandard treatment, delays in diagnosis and treatment, and poor long term care. If you’ve had a dental implant or crown fail, or have suffered teeth loss or damage through negligence, then these are examples of dental negligence where you may be able to make a claim.
