We all have a duty of care for each other

COVID-19 has highlighted the vulnerability we all face in terms of our health and professional lives. A perusal of the headlines this past week has heralded the beginning of a period of what is likely to be significant economic downturn.

It is a mark of a heeding of the lessons of the past that in recent days there has been much focus on the likely impact of the recent and current events on the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians. As we know, the legal profession is far from immune from having its own susceptibility to mental health distress, and it is timely that we carefully consider how easily we, as a community, will respond to the times before us. The Law Society is particularly mindful of the need to provide best practice and relevant mental health and support services to all practitioners. Continue reading >