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Nervous Shock: Secondary victims of clinical negligence
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” …
Cases Referenced
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- Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1991] UKHL 5
- Atkinson v Seghal [2003] EWCA Civ 697
- Lexi-Rae Spiers v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust (2015) Lawtel 9/1/2015
- McLoughlin v O'Brian [1982] UKHL 3
- Palmer v Tees Health Authority [1999] EWCA Civ 1533
- Shorter v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 614 (QB)
- Sion v Hampstead HA [1994] EWCA Civ 26
- Taylor v A Novo (UK) Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 194
- Taylor v Somerset HA [1993] PIQR P262
- Taylorson v Shieldness Produce Ltd [1994] EWCA Civ 16
- Tredget v Bexley Health Authority [1994] 5 Med LR 178
- Walters v North Glamorgan NHS Trust [2002] EWCA Civ 1792
- Ward v Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust [2004] EWHC 2106 (QB)
- Wild v Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2014] EWHC 4053