This is your opportunity to lead, shape, and elevate a specialist Clinical Negligence team within a firm where purpose genuinely matters.
We’re looking for an accomplished Clinical Negligence Lawyer to step into a senior leadership role — whether you’re already operating at this level or you’re ready to take the next step in your career. This role offers the chance to lead, mentor, and supervise a talented team while working on high‑quality, high‑value cases that make a real difference to clients’ lives.
Our flexible working policy means the successful candidate can be based anywhere in the UK,
As Principal Lawyer, you will lead by example —running high value, complex litigation; providing strategic and operational direction for junior team members; and ensuring exceptional client care at every stage of the journey.
Alongside managing your own caseload, you will work with senior management to drive the financial and operational success of the team and be a key contributor to business development. You’ll nurture and grow relationships with Trade Unions, members, and private clients while raising the team’s profile and helping shape its long‑term success. You also will work with senior colleagues within the National Clinical Negligence team to help meet the strategic goals of the firm.
You’re a confident, commercially aware lawyer with strong clinical negligence expertise and a genuine passion for developing people. You will bring:
- Experience of running complex clinical negligence litigation
- Strong supervisory, mentoring, and leadership capability
- A desire to maximise team performance and continuous improvement
- Confidence in billing, forecasting, and cost recovery
- Relevant accreditation (Law Society, AVMA, or equivalent) is beneficial
Whether you’re an established leader or looking to step up into a senior leadership role, we’re waiting to hear from you.
We’re committed to creating a workplace where you feel supported, valued, and able to thrive. Our culture is built on collaboration, wellbeing, and helping you grow—professionally and personally. As part of our team, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Financial & Lifestyle Benefits
- £5,500 annual car allowance
- Generous contributory pension scheme to help you plan for the future
- Life assurance for peace of mind
- Permanent health insurance offering long-term security
- Annual travel and parking loans
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Subsidised sports and social club to help you stay active and connected
- Health & Wellbeing
- Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash) for everyday medical costs
- Employee Assistance Programme providing 24/7 confidential support
- A genuinely supportive, people-first working environment that prioritises teamwork and work-life balance
- Time Off & Family Support
- 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- An additional 5 days’ leave over Christmas
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, supporting you and your family when it matters most
Ready to lead with purpose and make a lasting impact?
Apply now or contact
Steven King at
[email protected] for a confidential conversation.
For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.
Thompsons ran:
- the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937
- the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972
- the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)
- the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016
- hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).
Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.
Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.
We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won’t let up in its quest for fairness.
Visit www.thompsons.law or call 0800 0 224 224
Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLP.
