Thompsons Solicitors, Scotland’s leading employment law specialists, have always been at the fore-front of defending the employment rights of men and women across the country. Often working in tandem with the trade union movement Thompsons have an unsurpassed record in holding bosses to account and making sure that employees rights are upheld. An excellent example of this is the recent case of Alan Blue who needed Thompsons help after he was dismissed by the Food Standards Agency.

Michael Briggs, Alan’s lawyer at Thompsons, stood right behind him and made sure he won his case for unfair dismissal and helped him secure an award of 30,000 for being wrongfully sacked. Here Alan tells his story to The Herald Newspaper……..

£30,000 payout for food worker sacked over a Facebook 'like' - The Herald Scotland, 24th September 2014