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In an echo of the story reported on the Thompsons website on 7 August 2009, a shop assistant from Dumbarton who claimed she was fired for being pregnant, was yesterday awarded £8600 compensation at an employment tribunal.
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Thompsons Solicitors won recognition as Scotland’s top legal firm in the prestigious Law Awards of Scotland 2009, organised by The Firm legal magazine.
Thompsons won the Law Firm of the Year title, the top award in the profession’s...- Details
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FBU’s lawyers’ Thompsons Solicitors won recognition as Scotland’s top legal firm in the prestigious Law Awards of Scotland 2009, organised by The Firm legal magazine.
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City Building (Glasgow) a limited liability partnership set up by Glasgow City Council has been fined £20,000 after an apprentice fell through a hole in the floor on a building site and broke his neck.
Apprentice joiner Steven Brown was working on...- Details
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Thompsons Solicitors Managing Partner in Aberdeen, Chris Gordon has backed a call by the Health and Safety Executive for more focus on safety standards in the North Sea.
Steve Walker head of the Health and Safety Executive’s offshore division...- Details
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A football tournament sponsored by Thompsons Personal Injury Solicitors has been hailed as ‘life changing’ by Peter McNestry Chair of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
The CRT organised the tri-nations Home International 5-aside tournament...- Details
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The death of a 34-year old farm worker in Fife is a stark reminder of how dangerous working on the land can be.
Figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that in the last ten years 455 agricultural workers went out in the morning and...- Details
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A 68-year old man has become the first person in the UK to win compensation for injuries suffered from sitting on a so called ‘toxic sofa’.
Maurice Heminsley, 68, from the West Midlands received a four-figure compensation payout after his...- Details
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A teacher who was attacked by a pupil, on several occasions, at the school were she taught has sued her employers and been awarded compensation.
The pupil punched, kicked, scratched and pulled the hair of Teresa McCarthy on a number of occasions...
