Personal Injury

  A train driver who became wedged between his train and the platform after slipping on black ice while descending from his cab has won £10,000 compensation. Thomas Burns was driving a First Scotrail Aberdeen to Perth train in December 200...

  The Scottish Government launched its much anticipated consultation on the Courts Reform Bill last week, as part of its ‘Making Justice Work’ agenda. One of the overriding principles of that agenda is improving access to justice.  ...

  We are all guilty to some degree of repeating things we hear without full knowledge of the facts. That is how views and opinions, often entirely flawed transubstantiate into fact. Take for example the quote ‘Hell hath no fury like a women sc...

  I read recently of a possible breakthrough in the treatment of brain-damaged victims with great interest.  A Canadian man who suffered significant brain injuries as a result of a road traffic accident and who was believed to be in a veget...

  With plans in place to bring Britain’s first specialist personal injury court to Edinburgh with it, unsurprisingly, comes the question of whether or not this has been driven by a culture of compensation. The answer, as far as I’m co...

  Mrs Thom reassures me that when David Cameron vowed to stamp out the Health & Safety monster he wasn’t talking about me. He was however unwittingly threatening to increase the likelihood of people like you and I suffering a personal inju...

  Following the recent disaster off the coast of Italy involving the Costa Concordia I suspect there will be plethora of personal injury claims arising out of that incident. The captain has already admitted deviating off course which is likely to pu...

  I was pleased to read recently that the number of people suffering personal injury on Scotland’s roads fell to a record low last year according to official figures published by the Scottish government. There were 13,324 reported road cas...

  As a car accident claim expert I am familiar with most of the medical injuries inflicted on drivers. In minor low velocity road traffic accidents (especially as a result of rear end shunts) the most common form of injury is a ‘whiplash re...

  If you have suffered a personal injury as a result of another’s negligence, then you should contact Thompsons Personal Injury Solicitors within three years of the injury.   The Law is outlined in the Prescription and Limitation...

  My friends were aghast recently when they asked me what would happen if I was involved in an road accident that was caused by Mrs Thom.   My wife is an excellent driver with an unblemished record, however, if we were involved in an accid...

  If you have been involved in an accident involving personal injury, you need an expert personal injury Solicitor to act on your behalf.  This is where I come in.  We at Thompsons have over 100 years of experience to draw on and consider ...

  I was shocked to read recently about a woman who was involved in a terrifying accident at Kirkcaldy train station. The mother of two was trying to get off the train with her husband and two sons when the accident happened.  She stated that...

  I was shocked to read this week that male executives in Scotland’s private sector are paid on average £10,000 more than their female colleagues.  The news reports also claimed that it would take another 75 years for women’s ...

  No one expects to go through what Danielle Ormond went through a few years ago.  She was working in the Drumtochty Arms in Aberdeenshire when there was a gas explosion and she got buried under the rubble.  Luckily she managed to get out ...

  I was surprised to read recently that there have been an increase in the number of reported attacks by illegal pit bull terriers over the last year causing in or around a dozen owners to be reported under the Dangerous Dogs Act. Amongst those numb...

  Drivers are being urged to be more alert on the roads to avoid a risk of a road traffic accident due to deer on the road. The number of road traffic accidents with deer peak between April and May each year as this is the time when young deer le...

  A trip to the gym left Robert Gordon University student Anthony McDavitt feeling anything but fit, after a car reversed out of a parking place and directly into his path. Mr McDavitt sustained a broken wrist, broken teeth, cuts and bruises whe...

  I read with interest this week about a claim for a factory worker being awarded £300,000 in compensation following an accident at work that left him with a permanent disability.  Wayne Miller from Cumbria was an employee of James Cr...

  I was pleased to learn that my friends at Thompsons successfully negotiated a £17,000 settlement for an Aberdeen man who was involved in a hit and run incident. The man was socialising with friends in Aberdeen city centre when he was struck ...

  I was really saddened to hear that a lollipop lady Audrey Williams, 79 from Ayr died after being involved in a road traffic accident involving a single decker bus while she was on duty. The lollipop lady known otherwise as the Forehill Primary...

  I am really disappointed to learn that the Protection of Workers Bill brought by the Labour Party’s Hugh Henry, is in danger of being defeated. The bill is being advanced to protect people at work from being assaulted by members of the p...

I read with some alarm that insurance companies are charging motorists higher premiums because they have fitted winter tyres to their vehicles during the current extreme weather conditions. I find it staggering that insurance companies would seek to penal...

  A personal injury claim has been won by a man from Essex after he was crushed by a falling Christmas tree in Prague. The man was on holiday with friends in Prague when he was crushed by a 100 foot tree at a Christmas market in the town square. ...

  I have been following the story about the toxic sofas for sometime now and I felt bad for all the people who were injured but thought they would not get compensation as Land of Leather went bust.  Around 412 customers thought that they would ...

  I was horrified this week to read in the news of an attack on a ten year old girl by a Japanese Akita dog causing her to suffer severe facial wounds requiring over 100 stitches.  The little girl was savagely attacked as she played in the gard...

  I don’t know about you but I am already getting sick and tired of all of this snow.  It is time for our annual family winter holiday to the sun.  Mrs Thom and I have been looking through brochures and are very excited about getting...

  Aberdeen Solicitor Chris Gordon warns drivers that they are legally liable for the consequences if they crash their cars through skidding on snow or ice. Mr Gordon a partner with Thompsons Personal Injury Solicitors based in King St, Aberdeen ...

  I was saddened to read in the newspapers about the couple who were attacked by a bull in Nottinghamshire, killing one of them and leaving the other critically ill in hospital. I am not shocked to learn that the farmer, who owns the bull, is equall...

My good friend Frank Maguire of Thompsons Solicitors, an expert at winning compensation for clients in personal injury cases, kindly agreed write a post for my blog this week. Here Frank looks beyond the euphoria of the Chilean miners’ rescues to...

  I did not think the potholes in the roads in Glasgow could get much worse however, I read today that a road expert has warned Glasgow motorists to expect another winter of misery on the roads. It has been reported that Glasgow City Council are...

  I was shocked to hear that golfer, Colin “Monty” Montgomery was involved in a road traffic accident on A80 this week. It is also a shame to learn that he suffered a personal injury by virtue of which, he will not be able to take part i...

  I am of the opinion adverts like the one on the tv which I am in and my family are in provide a route for injured people to secure access to justice.  It is thought Lord Young in his review of the so called “compensation culture&rdq...

I was astonished this week to read in the news that there was a lorry driver travelling in his lorry, with a laptop and DVD player mounted on his dashboard. Incredible as it may seem, but he appeared to be watching a DVD as he was driving a 30 tonne vehic...

There are more vehicles on our roads than ever these days and as a result there are more and more road traffic accidents occurring every day!  Unfortunately road traffic accidents happen and it has been estimated that 1 in 3 people who die as a resul...

  I was surfing the internet recently and came across statistics which to my astonishment show that crash-for-cash scams in which drivers deliberately cause crashes to claim insurance are on the rise. The Insurance Fraud Bureau reported that 30,000 ...

As someone who is in full time employment, if I was unfortunate enough to suffer a personal injury in a road traffic accident I wouldn’t qualify for Legal Aid because my income, after paying essential expenses such as my mortgage, tax and childcare,...

Everyday I help tradesmen and labourers who have been injured while using power tools and other machinery win compensation. The vast majority of this equipment is owned by their employer   When they are using their own tools and have accidents th...

  Occasionally the media bend the idea of raising personal injury claims into something seedy.  The tag line “compensation culture” is banded about and Solicitors are vilified for the part they play.   One such example is the...

  I was delighted that Labour MSP Bill Butler’s Damages (Scotland) Bill has received wide cross party support.   The support of 34 MSPs has meant that it can go forward and be considered by the Scottish Government.   The Bill, wh...

One Saturday, whilst enjoying a game of football Mr Smith was subject to what can only be described as an horrific tackle.  This tackle was so bad it broke his leg in 2 places, ended his football season and bought an early end to his football career. He contacted Thompsons to seek help as he’d lost wages, incurred additional expenses in treatment and was terrified at what lay ahead in terms of earning power.  Thompsons assessed his case and negotiated with the insurers of Cambuslang Rangers to secure a  compensation settlement in the sum of £40,000 – enough to offer financial security in the short term and allow him to assess how he takes his life forward.