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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 29 July 2014

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Thompsons Client Lee-Anne Gerry talks about her case against a private crematorium after her daughters ashes were improperly disposed of.

She is interviewed in the Glasgow Evening Times about how her wishes were ignored by Craigton Crematorium in...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 15 July 2014

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Thompsons are at the forefront of campaigning to reform the Fatal Accident Inquiry System in Scotland. Over the years we have represented many families whose loved ones have lost their lives through accidents at their work or elsewhere. We are...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 19 June 2014

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The legal team representing hundreds of dental patients in Ayrshire has revealed that the dentist at the centre of a HIV scare re-used gloves with multiple patients and didn’t bother cleaning instruments from one patient to the next. Using a...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 12 June 2014

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Families in Aberdeen affected by the baby ashes scandal have reacted with horror after learning of very serious allegations regarding practices at the city’s Hazelhead crematorium.

A statement from chief executive Angela Scott makes clear that...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 10 June 2014

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John Morgan,  a law graduate who has recently completed an internship at the Scottish Parliament has won the inaugural Frank Maguire Memorial Award.  The award was set up in the memory of Frank, who was senior partner at Thompsons Solicitors and...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 09 June 2014

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Kerry Johnson whose mother Joy Robson was killed in last year’s Snowman Rally in Inverness has called on the Crown office to act now and set up Fatal Accident Inquiries into her mother’s accident and the recent deaths at the Jim Clark Rally in...

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Asbestos News

Created: 28 May 2014

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A story appeared on BBC news recently which highlights the failings of companies to properly recognise the dangers of asbestos.  Angus Group Ltd, an asbestos removal firm, was fined £109,000 when it failed to adequately carry out the proper risk...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 20 May 2014

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A jury has decided that the bus operator Bluebird Buses Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Stagecoach, must pay substantial damages to a former school pupil injured in a bus crash in October 2010.

Cheryl Forbes was injured when the double-decker bus...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 23 April 2014

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Dame Elish Angiolini submitted her investigation into the cremation of babies at the council-run Mortonhall facility in Edinburgh last week but it has been revealed the council failed to tell the families involved. The crematorium buried or...

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Thompsons Press Releases

Created: 03 April 2014

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People across Ayrshire have reacted with horror after receiving letters from their health board about a breach of infection control at a local dental practice.   

NHS Ayrshire and Arran say there is a risk of infection for patients of the...

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