A TOP lawyer who “sobbed uncontrollably” over work stress could win millions after launching a legal bid over her “intolerable workload”. Barrister Joanna Torode, 46, c…
Ropes and Gray also claim that she cried at Christmas because she was passed over while other colleagues moved up the career ladder.
Mr Hyam claims that this left her as the only English-qualified lawyer in the team, so that overnight she was faced with a "substantially increased workload and responsibility.” "By late November and into early December 2017 the claimant was feeling exhausted and she was showing the incipient signs of major depression with her mood worsening."Mr Hyam said that she was “visibly upset” after being told that she would not be promoted while two other colleagues would.
Ms Torode went off sick in April 2018 after being informed that she would face a disciplinary hearing after speaking to a journalist regarding a client. "The claimant...now suffers from a major depressive disorder, recurrent, treatment resistant, and moderately severe without psychotic features with moderate to severe anxious distress.
"It is specifically denied that the claimant’s workload, either in relation to the amount of work or the complexity of the work, was in any way excessive or unreasonable for a senior lawyer who was being paid a substantial salary and bonuses in a City firm.
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