Question: ‘The House of Lords has stated in the clearest possible terms in White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1999) that the law on nervous shock or psychiatric damage is so illogical that only Parliament can come up with a solution.’
Discuss the above statement.
Answer: The law on nervous shock, or ‘psychiatric damage’ as it is sometimes now called, has developed considerably since the original refusal to impose liability in Victorian Railway Commissioners v Coalthas (1888). It has progressed from allowing recovery where the claimant was......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 70% | Course: Tort Law | Year: 2nd/3rd | Words: 3005 | References: No | Date written: March, 2009 | Date submitted: June 27, 2009 | Coursework ID: 561
