Thompsons Solicitors Scotland

The employment rights unit acts for employees and trade union members, not employers. Matters listed include unfair and constructive dismissal, redundancy, protective awards, discrimination, equal pay, settlement agreements, TUPE, unlawful deductions from wages and representation before professional regulators. Fees may be on a no win no fee basis or covered by legal expenses insurance. The firm states it does not take cases below a set monthly pay level and points those clients elsewhere.

• Dedicated employment team page listing matters handled for employees
• Team led by partner David Martyn, who has practised employment law since 2009
• David Martyn is a member of the Scottish Employment Lawyers Association, per his profile

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Personal injury is the firm's main practice and it acts only for claimants. Separate teams handle serious and fatal injuries, lung disease and asbestos claims, road traffic accidents, workplace accidents, abuse and criminal injury claims, and group litigation. Several partners are solicitor advocates able to appear in the Court of Session. Claims are run on a no win no fee basis, with a free initial consultation and a Glasgow specific information page.

• Head office in Glasgow city centre at 70 Wellington Street
• Dedicated teams for serious and fatal injury, lung disease and workplace claims
• Partners Patrick McGuire and Laura Blane are solicitor advocates according to the firm site
• Listed in the Chambers UK Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant (Scotland) ranking table

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A private client team prepares wills, living wills, powers of attorney and trusts for individuals and families, and also handles guardianship and intervention orders for adults who have lost capacity. The service is presented as open to the general public rather than union members only. No fee figures are published and the team members are not named on the service pages.

• Dedicated wills and private client pages on the firm site
• Covers powers of attorney, trusts and guardianship as well as wills

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The private client team administers estates for executors and families after a death, dealing with the paperwork and steps needed to wind up an estate. It sits alongside the firm's wills and powers of attorney work. The pages are aimed at individuals and do not publish fees or name the solicitors responsible.

• Executry service listed with its own page in the private client section
• Part of a private client team that also handles wills and trusts

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The firm acts for patients in claims involving misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis, surgical mistakes, errors in pregnancy and childbirth, medication errors and failures to refer. Related pages cover faulty medical products such as mesh and hip implants, hospital acquired infections and infected blood. Medical negligence sits within a combined medical and product liability team rather than as a standalone department. Claims are offered on a no win no fee basis with a free first consultation.

• Dedicated medical negligence service page listing the claim types handled
• Separate medical product liability pages covering implant and device claims
• Acts only for claimants, according to the firm

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