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This guide from Thompsons Solicitors provides an overview of making compensation claims following an amputation, highlighting the significant physical, emotional and financial impact limb loss can have on individuals and their families.

It explains the importance of specialist legal support in securing maximum compensation, including funding for rehabilitation, prosthetics, care, housing adaptations and loss of earnings, while outlining how claims are investigated, evidenced and pursued within legal time limits.

Drawing on extensive experience in serious injury cases, Thompsons emphasises its client-focused approach, access to medical and rehabilitation experts, and commitment to supporting clients throughout their recovery and long-term adjustment.

This guide provides an overview of making compensation claims following spinal injuries, highlighting the life changing and often permanent impact such injuries can have on individuals and their families.

It explains the importance of specialist legal support in proving liability, gathering strong evidence and securing compensation to cover medical treatment, rehabilitation, loss of earnings and long-term care needs, including home adaptations and specialist equipment.

Emphasising a holistic approach, the booklet outlines access to a wide network of medical and rehabilitation experts, while reinforcing the need to act promptly within legal time limits to ensure the best possible outcome and ongoing support.

This guide provides an overview of making compensation claims following brain injuries, emphasising the often life changing and complex impact such injuries can have on cognitive, physical and emotional functioning, as well as on family life.

It explains the need for specialist legal expertise to establish liability, gather strong evidence and secure compensation covering medical treatment, rehabilitation, loss of earnings and long-term care and support.

Highlighting a holistic, client-focused approach, the booklet also outlines access to a wide network of medical professionals and support services, while stressing the importance of early legal advice and action within time limits to achieve the best possible outcome.

This guide provides an overview of making compensation claims following road traffic accidents, highlighting the wide range of injuries that can arise and the potentially life changing impact on victims and their families.

It explains how claims are pursued by establishing fault, gathering evidence and acting within legal time limits, while outlining the different categories of road users who may be eligible to claim, including drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians.

The booklet also details the types of compensation available - covering pain and suffering, financial losses, rehabilitation and ongoing care and emphasises the importance of early legal advice to secure appropriate support and financial recovery

This booklet outlines the legal framework surrounding workplace stress claims, explaining that employees may be entitled to compensation where excessive pressure or harmful working conditions lead to a recognised psychiatric injury.

It highlights the need to prove employer negligence, including that the risk of harm was reasonably foreseeable and that the employer failed to take appropriate steps to prevent it, often requiring detailed medical and factual evidence.

The guide also summarises relevant legislation, including health and safety duties, equality laws and harassment provisions, while emphasising the complexity of such claims and the importance of experienced legal support in establishing liability and securing appropriate compensation.

This booklet provides a clear overview of the legal framework governing workplace accidents, explaining employers’ duty to ensure the health and safety of their workers and the circumstances in which compensation claims may arise.

It outlines how claims are assessed, including the requirement to prove employer negligence, causation of injury, and adherence to strict time limits, while also addressing claims for work-related diseases.

The guide details the types of compensation available - covering pain and suffering, financial losses, and future care needs - and highlights the importance of early reporting, strong evidence, and expert legal support in securing a successful outcome.

This booklet provides an overview of strain injuries, including repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and work-related upper limb disorders, explaining how they arise from repetitive tasks, poor posture, or prolonged static work.

It outlines common symptoms, risk factors and the types of occupations most affected, while emphasising employers’ legal duties to assess risks, implement preventative measures and protect workers’ health under health and safety legislation.

The guide also highlights the importance of early reporting, appropriate workplace adjustments and medical support, as well as the potential to pursue compensation where employer negligence has contributed to the condition.

This booklet explains how Thompsons Solicitors Scotland advises clients on two trust structures designed to protect assets and preserve financial security: Personal Injury Trusts and Discretionary Lifetime Trusts.

It outlines that trusts allow assets to be managed by trustees for the benefit of beneficiaries, and emphasises their practical value in safeguarding compensation payments, protecting inheritances, and managing exposure to risks such as divorce, bankruptcy, care fees, and financial vulnerability.

The booklet highlights that a Personal Injury Trust may help preserve entitlement to means-tested benefits and local authority support by ring-fencing compensation, while a Discretionary Lifetime Trust offers flexibility over when and how beneficiaries receive assets, helping to protect those who are young, vulnerable, financially inexperienced, or at risk of outside influence. Overall, the booklet presents trusts as a strategic legal tool for estate planning, asset protection, and long-term family support, with tailored legal advice available to suit individual circumstances

This booklet provides a clear overview of occupational asthma as a workplace-related lung condition caused or aggravated by exposure to dust, fumes, vapours, chemicals and other hazardous substances. It explains who may be at risk, the common symptoms and causes, and the practical steps both employers and workers should take to reduce exposure and respond promptly to warning signs. The booklet also highlights the legal duties placed on employers under health and safety legislation, the potential entitlement to benefits in some cases, and the importance of acting quickly given the three-year time limit that generally applies to raising a compensation claim.

This booklet provides an overview of asbestosis as a serious occupational lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of asbestos fibres, often many years before symptoms appear. It explains who may be at risk, the typical symptoms, how the condition is diagnosed medically and assessed legally, and the steps employers and workers should take to prevent or respond to exposure. The booklet also highlights important legal and practical considerations, including employers’ duties under health and safety and asbestos legislation, the potential availability of compensation and state benefits, and the need to seek legal advice promptly because claims are generally subject to a three-year time limit from diagnosis or date of knowledge.

This booklet explains pleural plaques as a non-cancerous condition affecting the lining of the lungs that arises from past asbestos exposure, often many years after contact in the workplace. It outlines who may be affected, how the condition develops, and why a diagnosis can still carry important legal significance even where there are no physical symptoms. The booklet also highlights employers’ duties to protect workers from asbestos exposure and stresses the need to obtain advice promptly, as claims in Scotland are generally subject to a three-year time limit. Importantly, it notes that pleural plaques are recognised in Scotland as actionable harm under the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009, meaning affected individuals may be entitled to pursue compensation.

This booklet provides an overview of mesothelioma as a serious and often life-limiting cancer caused by asbestos exposure, usually many years after contact in the workplace. It explains who may be at risk, how the disease develops, the common symptoms, and the steps affected individuals should take, including seeking urgent medical and legal advice. The booklet also highlights key legal issues in Scotland, including employers’ duties to prevent exposure, the right to pursue substantial compensation, the ability of families and estates to bring claims in certain circumstances, and the importance of acting quickly because claims are generally subject to a three-year time limit from diagnosis or awareness.