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03379aam a2200373 i 4500 001 D5FAF1DAF1E611E78A18091E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180105010221 008 130124t20122012enka b 000 0ceng c 020 $a 0850366380 020 $a 9780850366389 035 $a (OCoLC)827955183 040 $a CDX $b eng $e rda $c CDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d NDL $d CGU $d OCLCQ $d IaU-L $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-uk 050 4 $a KD630 $b .A55 2012 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/K 082 04 $a 346.410323 100 1 $a Allen, Steve $c (Solicitor), $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013075423 245 10 $a Thompsons : $b a personal history of the firm and its founder / $c Steve Allen. 246 3 $a Thompsons Solicitors 264 1 $a London : $b Merlin Press, $c [2012] 300 $a xvi, 470 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Thompsons Solicitors have been working for the TUC and fighting for workers' rights since their inception. They are the biggest trade union law firm specialising in claims for compensation in cases involving workplace injuries and disputes. The firm has branches all over the UK and employs over 1000 people. This book presents stories, events and campaigns: for compensation, for workers' entitlements and political cases: the Poplar Borough Council case, the Meerut Trials of 1929, and others from the 1920s and '30s, many involving members of the Labour and Communist parties. It chronicles the development of the firm into the present and witnesses to Thompsons' involvement with the Labour Research Department and the NCCL--now Liberty"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-464). 505 0 $a Thompsons today -- The veins of greatness -- Birth and background -- Conscience and convictions -- Joan Beauchamp -- Biscuits and scary reds -- The first major case : Poplar Borough Council -- More scary reds -- Early organisation and some family memories -- Thinking has a colossal future -- Mother Earth and Father Land -- The tree of liberty -- Dying for work -- Harry Thompson, the man : life and death -- The King is dead : long live the king -- People and offices in London -- The opening of regional offices -- Collective action : legal battles -- Everyday life in the offices -- The demise of W.H. Thompson -- The new firms -- Industrial disputes : back to the future -- A national firm -- Personal Injury campaigns and test cases -- Employment law starts to bite -- Preparing for life after Robin and Brian -- From 1996 : change, challenge and campaigns -- More test cases -- Thompsons Scotland and Northern Ireland -- Robin and Brian Thompson -- My story. 610 20 $a Thompsons Solicitors. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2008004606 600 10 $a Thompson, W. H. $q (William Henry) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb98012723 650 0 $a Law firms $z Great Britain $x History. 650 0 $a Labor lawyers $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Practice of law $z Great Britain. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109917 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105025029.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D5FAF1DAF1E611E78A18091E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search