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                  Jonathan Wheeler writes for Solicitors Journal, 2 February 2019

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                  Jonathan Wheeler, Managing Partner at Bolt Burdon Kemp, resumes his regular monthly column in the Solicitors Journal.  This month, he addresses how lawyers dealing with traumatic cases, such as abuse claims, can be vulnerable to secondary stress.

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