Hogan Lovells has told RollOnFriday that the firm was already reviewing its procedures for helping lawyers with stress and mental health problems when a partner committed suicide earlier this year.
IP partner David Latham threw himself under a train on 15 February, reportedly because he was worried about a mistake he had made at work. At the inquest into his death, which opened at Westminster Coroner's Court last week, it was revealed that Latham told a colleague the day before he died that he planned to kill himself. Fellow IP partner Nicholas Macfarlane said, "it was a flippant comment and unfortunately no one took any notice of it".
Latham's wife told the Coroner that during the couple's Valentine's Day meal the night before, her husband was bombarded with messages from the office. She said that he felt "unsupported" at work, and that the firm should have done more to help him.
A spokesman for Hogan Lovells told RollOnFriday that it was already looking at its support policies before Latham's death. He said that, following best practice, the firm had already launched a review back in January which was ongoing when Latham died and that review would also see if there were any specific points that needed to be addressed in light of what had happened.
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IP partner David Latham threw himself under a train on 15 February, reportedly because he was worried about a mistake he had made at work. At the inquest into his death, which opened at Westminster Coroner's Court last week, it was revealed that Latham told a colleague the day before he died that he planned to kill himself. Fellow IP partner Nicholas Macfarlane said, "it was a flippant comment and unfortunately no one took any notice of it".
Latham's wife told the Coroner that during the couple's Valentine's Day meal the night before, her husband was bombarded with messages from the office. She said that he felt "unsupported" at work, and that the firm should have done more to help him.
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A spokesman for Hogan Lovells told RollOnFriday that it was already looking at its support policies before Latham's death. He said that, following best practice, the firm had already launched a review back in January which was ongoing when Latham died and that review would also see if there were any specific points that needed to be addressed in light of what had happened.
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