How does a secondary victim of psychiatric injury get damages in tort law?

Описание: In this video I explain how a secondary victim of psychiatric harm can establish a claim for damages in tort under English law.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
01:04 What type of psychiatric injury will the court recognise? Are stress and grief recognised? Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992] ion v Hampstead Health Authority [1994],, McLoughlin v O’Brian [1983], Attia v British Gas [1988], McFarlane v EE Caledonia [1994]

02:42 Who is a secondary victim? What is pure psychiatric harm? Control mechanisms from Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992]

03:55 The first control mechanism- proximity of relationship. Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992], McCarthy v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1996]

05:22 The second control mechanism- proximity in time and space. The immediate aftermath principle. McLoughlin v O'Brian [1983]

07:39 The third control mechanism-proximity of perception. Palmer v Tees Health Authority [2000] Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992]

08:35 Summary- What do we tell our client?


Cases discussed include the following:
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992]
McFarlane v EE Caledonia [1994]
Sion v Hampstead Health Authority [1994]
McCarthy v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1996]
McLoughlin v O’Brian [1983]
Palmer v Tees Health Authority [2000]

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Keywords
psychiatric harm, psychiatric injury, secondary victims, primary and secondary victims, tort law

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