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Legal profession running on empty

04 September 2008
Issue: 7335 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Profession

Three-quarters of the legal profession admit to feeling run down and exhausted because of work — the highest of any occupation surveyed, according to research conducted by Benenden Healthcare. At the other end of the scale, just over 50% retail workers said they suffer from exhaustion. However only 10% legal professionals became ill due to work—joint lowest with marketing communications professionals.

Overall, nearly two-thirds (65%) of people are run down by their work and nearly a quarter (24%) have been ill as a result of work.
 

Issue: 7335 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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