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Nervous shock: Analysing duty of care
Rushmi Sethi considers the interrelationship between duty of care and secondary victims in nervous shock claims in clinical negligence cases ‘The second claimant had a good arguable case that he had been in close proximity in space and time to the relevant event at the bridge, or its immediate aftermath.’ The High Court case of …
Cases Referenced
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- Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1991] UKHL 5
- Werb (suing personally and as Executor of the estate of George Werb (deceased)) & anor v Solent NHS Trust & anor (2017) unreported QBD Master Roberts 15 March