Military Accidents News

23rd September 2011
Thompsons Solicitors celebrates 90 years fighting for justice for injured people
Thompsons Solicitors, the most experienced personal injury law firm in the UK, is celebrating 90 years since being established in September 1921.

1st September 2011
Statutory services for brain injury military claims
David Robinson, a Solicitor specialising in brain injury compensation claims and military claims at national firm Thompsons Solicitors, comments upon the shortfall in statutory services following discharge.

7th July 2011
RAF Corporal wins groundbreaking court decision after being exposed to toxins by the MoD
An RAF Corporal who was left with a devastating degenerative neurological condition after he was exposed to dangerous toxins while working in 'Victorian conditions' has won a groundbreaking decision after the Court of Appeal dismissed the Ministry of Defence's case.

4th July 2011
MOD pay compensation to family of man killed by asbestos in RAF housing
The family of a dad who died after he was exposed to asbestos as a child in his family home on an RAF base has received a substantial six figure sum in compensation from the Ministry of Defence.

24th March 2011
RAF Corporal fights MoD appeal after developing degenerative condition
An RAF Corporal who was left with a devastating degenerative neurological condition after he was exposed to dangerous toxins while working in ‘Victorian conditions’ is being forced to again defend his case for compensation this time in the Court of Appeal.

17th May 2010
RAF Corporal to receive compensation for Victorian working conditions
An RAF Corporal who was left with a devastating degenerative neurological condition after he was exposed to dangerous toxins while working in ‘Victorian conditions’ has won his 17-year battle for compensation.

9th March 2010
Army officer compensated for cold injuries
A promising army recruit who was discharged after developing a non-freezing cold injury because he was not supplied with the right equipment has received £160,000 in compensation.

9th November 2009
Army Captain receives£150,000 after car crash
Thompsons Solicitors has won £150,000 in compensation for an army officer who was seriously injured in a car crash within hours of returning from Iraq

4th April 2008
Carlisle stores worker wins compensation after MoD ignored her injury
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) Stores Assistant who suffered a serious back injury due to continuous heavy lifting and whose employer then failed to shift her to lighter work has received £60,000 in compensation.

4th December 2007
RAF fighter technician wins compensation following aircraft injury
An aircraft technician who was injured whilst working on a fighter jet has been awarded compensation by his former employer, the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) at RAF St Athan in South Wales.

5th November 2007
MoD and Devonport Royal Dockyard to pay £12,000 damages to injured Ship’s Rigger from Plymouth
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd are to pay £12,000 damages to a Ship’s Rigger from Devon who was injured on the stern of HMS Somerset.

11th October 2007
Thompsons Solicitors reaction to MoD announcement
Thompsons Solicitors, the UK's leading personal injury law firm and specialist in military injury compensation claims today welcomed the Ministry of Defence announcement of more money for injured troops, but called for further action.

20th November 2006
Ford and the MoD forced to pay compensation as former London plumber dies from asbestos cancer mesothelioma
Lawyers acting for a man from Eltham, London, who worked as a plumber for Ford and the Ministry of Defence and died of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma, have secured over £50,000 in compensation.

8th November 2006
Deadly asbestos cancer finds new younger victims
A 45 year old woman is dying from mesothelioma following exposure to her grandfather’s work clothing