Thompsons' dedicated personal injury claim solicitors are ready to be at your side in the event that you have suffered a serious or catastrophic injury. We can also help bereaved families who have lost loved ones in fatal accidents.

We understand that this is possibly one of the most challenging times in your life and never underestimate the difficulties associated with seeking justice and making a claim for compensation.

The litigation process can be very distressing when you have suffered a serious injury or a bereavement, which is why we are here to offer all the advice and support you need using our expertise and years of experience to settle your claim with care and sensitivity. If you need advice, you can always Talk to Thompsons.

Our Serious and Fatal Injury Solicitors

Hannah Bennett

I have special expertise in representing clients in high-value, serious and catastrophic injury claims.

The most rewarding aspects of my job are helping clients to obtain answers, redress and a just outcome. At Thompsons, I know everyone in the firm is as passionate as I am about what we do and the difference we make. We strive to always put clients at the centre of each case and I know that, as a team, we go above and beyond to fight for justice for our clients.

As a specialist in personal injury and health and safety law, I am experienced in litigating in the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts and I have represented families in fatal accident inquiries .

I am proud to have been involved in various high-profile cases including acting on behalf of victims of the Clutha air disaster and Glasgow bin lorry accident. I also acted in the notable case Susan McLellan v Mitie Group Plc.

Jayne Crawford

Specialising in complex and high-value serious-injury cases, my case handling responsibilities include the management of private case referrals from individuals and other Scottish lawyers, as well as the management of case referrals from National Trade Unions.

I have wide-ranging experience of litigating at the Court of Session, where I have run proofs, jury trials and appeals to the Inner House and in the Sheriff Courts.

My notable cases include:

• Rosemary Cairns v Northern Lighthouse Board and Calypso Marine Ltd (Lord Drummond Young, 7th February 2013)
• David Lyons v WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc (Lord Malcolm 2010)
• Megan Robertson v Horses in Scotland Ltd (Lord McPhail, 22nd March 2007)
• Jury trial of Carmichael v Isola (UK) Ltd (Lord Bracadale and Jury, 19th May 2005) referred to in Civil Jury Trials (2ndEdition) AM Hadjucki QC,2006

The variety of case introducers that I deal with means I handle claims across the whole personal injury spectrum including road traffic collisions, fatal accident cases and serious workplace injuries. I have also dealt with criminal injury claims and industrial disease work.

The challenges of litigation keep me entirely committed to fighting for my clients to ensure they receive the full justice and recompense they are entitled to.

Patrick McGuire

As a personal injury solicitor and campaigner for social justice, I am immensely proud of Thompsons' ability to help change lives in Scotland. We are a firm which only ever represents the injured in accident claims, never big businesses, and we have a notable history of effecting change to legislation including the way workplaces are held to account following failings.

I have served as the Recognised Legal Representative on several notable recent Public Inquiries including:

• the ICL/Stockline Public Inquiry
• the Vale of Leven Hospital Public Inquiry (C-difficile)
• the Penrose Inquiry (infected blood products causing Hepatitis C and HIV)

I work closely with victims' groups to campaign and lobby for the announcement of Public Inquiries and I also serve on the Law Society of Scotland's Access to Justice Committee. 

For individual clients, I understand that each claim for justice is of the utmost personal importance and each case has the ability to change their life for the better following a catastrophic injury. As a personal injury solicitor, I never forget this and remain 100% committed to ensuring Thompsons clients receive the dedicated, committed and expert legal representation that Thompsons has built its reputation upon.

I am dedicated to promoting the rights of victims of accidents and disease at work and one of my professional goals is to dispel the myth of the compensation culture, which serves the insurance industry and encourages employers to ignore their duties to health and safety. As a law firm, we see too many serious injuries to ignore this fact and it is my aim to help create a health and safety culture, wherein employees can attend their work safe in the knowledge that they will return home to their loved ones in the same physical and mental state each night.

Glen Millar

My career at Thompsons has encompassed a wide range of case types including some of the most serious and catastrophic accidents.

I am proud to have worked on many important and notable cases. Including Kerry Donnelly v F A S Products Limited, in which the decision of Lord Brodie on 19th March 2004 upheld the proposition that an amputee may obtain a prosthesis privately and recover the cost from the culpable party even where alternative treatment is available on the NHS.

I also acted for the family of Sundar Vadivel Uthaman in their claim against Whitbread plc following a fatal injury accident at one of their Premier Inn hotels in Edinburgh in 2012. While the settlement achieved was a step toward redress for the family, Thompsons believes the Crown Office was wrong to decide against holding a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the incident.

It this type of treatment of accident victims and their families which spurs us onward in seeking changes to the FAI process, including greater transparency as to why an FAI might be refused.