Psychiatric Damage: Problems for claimants

1 Chancery Lane | Personal Injury Law Journal | February 2016 #142
Edward Bishop QC sets out cases that demonstrate the instances in which a secondary victim claim might be successful ‘Claimants advisers must be alert to the need for psychiatric experts to attribute recognised illness to the shock of seeing a horrific event, rather than other factors.’Claims for damages for psychiatric illness suffered by those who …

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Nervous Shock: Secondary victims of clinical negligence

7 Bedford Row | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2015 #138
Julian Matthews looks at the recent case law on psychiatric injury for nervous shock, where there appears to have been a tightening of the relevant control mechanisms ‘Cases of clinical negligence present particularly difficult problems. The factual background of cases can be very different and often quite complex. The nature and timing of the “event” …

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