Palmer v Tees Health Authority [1999] EWCA Civ 1533

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” …

Continue reading "Nervous Shock: Secondary victims of clinical negligence"

This post is only available to members.

Psychiatric Injury: ‘Nervous shock’ – where are we now?

Andrew Hogarth QC analyses the recent approach of the courts to compensate primary and secondary victims ‘The acceptance by courts that some unmeritorious primary victims can succeed has led inevitably to a desire to ensure that secondary victims who are considered by the trial judge to be meritorious will succeed.’ Most would agree that the …

Continue reading "Psychiatric Injury: ‘Nervous shock’ – where are we now?"

This post is only available to members.

Clinical Negligence: Case review

Janet Sayers discusses the most significant cases of the last year Coroners may well be asked to make a finding of ‘real and immediate’ risk in verdicts of suicide of mental health patients, in anticipation of a future claim. This last year or so has seen a number of significant case law developments in the …

Continue reading "Clinical Negligence: Case review"

This post is only available to members.