Spotlight on BDLS Committee Members

Spotlight on BDLS Committee Members

Emily with her dog, Blue!

This month, we would like to introduce Emily Thompson.

Emily works for Trethowans LLP, based at their Poole Office. Her areas of expertise are personal injury and clinical negligence. She deals with all aspects of personal injury and clinical negligence claims, including, but not limited to, road traffic accidents, employers’ liability claims, public liability claims, delay in diagnosis claims, birth injuries and claims involving incorrect/ substandard treatment.

She loves working in the law and the challenges it brings and has a particular desire to help those in need.

Emily has been on the BDLS Committee for a year now and enjoys being involved in the local legal community and interacting with likeminded professionals.

If Emily could change one law, it would be the law on bereavement damages as there are restrictions on those that can benefit from bereavement damages. Such as illegitimate fathers, parents of a child over eighteen, cohabitees of less than two years or children who lose a parent.

A lot of people won’t know that she is a PADI qualified scuba diver! She also tells us that she is a keen netballer and enjoys anything to do with the beach, including walking her dog Blue there in her downtime!