Thompsons Solicitors LLP is known for its work on behalf of trade unions, and regularly takes on claims for union members. The firm’s clinical negligence team is led jointly by managing partner Suzanne Humphries and Clare Jones, who works on a range of matters including spine and brain injuries and delayed cancer diagnosis claims. Gemma Crompton is also key. Negligent gynaecological surgery claims are one of the chief areas of strength for the practice.
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Work highlights
- Obtained a settlement in the case a widow and her two children against the family GP for failure to refer her husband for urgent hospital treatment when a bacterial infection was misdiagnosed as viral.
- Obtained a settlement for the claimant in a gynaecological claim involving substandard surgical repair of a vaginal fistula, resulting in PTSD, pain and agoraphobia.
- Achieved a settlement for the claimant in a case where negligent gynaecological mesh surgery resulted in widespread chronic pain.
Lawyers
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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Clare Jones, Suzanne Humphries