Tag archives for psychiatric harm
Pure psychiatric harm: who is a primary victim?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Psychiatric harm - Negligence Main arguments in this case: Who is a primary victim in psychiatric harm? In terms of psychiatric harm, a…
Pure psychiatric harm: who is a secondary victim?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care - Negligence - psychiatric harm Main arguments in this case: Who is a secondary victim in psychiatric harm? Before we…
Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police (1999)
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care - Negligence - Psychiatric harm. Main arguments in this case: In some circumstances it is possible that the police owe…
Bourhill v Young (1943): foreseeability and duty of care.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Negligence - Foreseeability - Psychiatric harm Main arguments in this case: A defendant can only be liable if the rule of foreseeability is…
Pure psychiatric harm: what is it?
A pure psychiatric harm is a special form of negligence which causes a person to suffer mental anguish, or has the potential to inflict such mental harm without causing any…