The tribunal ruled that the firm could have offered more support A tribunal has ruled that Freeths discriminated against a "burnt out" senior partner who had been diagnosed as "disabled" with mental health issues. Mike Taplin was managing partner of the firm's Derby office, and had a run of being the firm's top billing equity partner for several years. He frequently racked up 2,600 chargeable hours a year, along with additional hours slogging on business development. In 2016, a psychologist diagnosed Taplin as being disabled, due to a mixture of anxiety and depression, and said he was "b...