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Psychiatric injury: Primary rules
Is a claimant for psychiatric injuries associated with their child’s birth a primary or secondary victim? Suzanne Lambert discusses ‘Where the claimant is a primary victim (who is involved in an accident, for example), as opposed to a secondary victim (who may be a mere witness to an accident), there should be no distinction made …
Cases Referenced
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- Froggatt & ors v Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust [2002] All ER (D) 218
- Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Ronayne [2015] EWCA Civ 588
- Owers & anor v Medway NHS Foundation Trust & anor [2015] EWHC 2363 (QB)
- Page v Smith [1995] UKHL 7
- RE & ors v Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 824 (QB)
- Shorter v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 614 (QB)
- Wells & anor v University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 2376 (QB)
- Wild & anor v Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2014] EWHC 4053 (QB)
- YAH v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 2964 (QB)