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Clyde and Co sees rapid rise in work-related stress claims

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Work-related stress claims, which are covered under employers’ liability policies, have risen sharply in recent years, Clyde and Co partner Barbara Goddard has told Post.

Goddard is a partner in the law firm’s London disease team. Commenting on the number of claims she is routinely dealing with, she highlighted the Covid pandemic as a watershed.

“Before the pandemic, I

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