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Bonne vacances!

18 July 2019 / Elizabeth Rimmer
Issue: 7849 / Categories: Features , Profession , Mental health
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Trust, acceptance & planning can help ensure better holidays & a proper break, says Elizabeth Rimmer

  • Trust your colleagues to handle things in your absence.
  • Let clients know as early as possible that you are taking some time off, when you will be away and who they should ask for in your absence.
  • LawCare provides emotional support to anyone working the legal profession through their helpline, peer support network and at www.lawcare.org.uk.
  • You can contact the helpline on 0800 279 8888.

The holiday season is here, giving us all the opportunity for a well-deserved break. Lawyers who call us have often been working evenings and weekends for months at a time and are in desperate need of some time off—sleep, good food, fresh air, time with our families, time to relax are all crucial for our wellbeing. We have long encouraged lawyers to take their entire holiday leave annually. A stressed lawyer is not a good lawyer, and mistakes are more likely to be made when someone

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