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Work-related stress symptoms may be behind looming recruitment crisis

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Feb 25, 2025
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More than three-quarters of judges in England and Wales have suffered from work-related stress symptoms, the latest judicial attitude survey has revealed. This may be one of the factors leading to what researchers describe as a looming retention and recruitment crisis in the judiciary.

The most prevalent stress symptoms were sleep disturbances (77%), irr…

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