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Psychiatric harm

Doctrine in Tort. 5 cases, with the principle each one established. By lanbuk.com.

  • Attia v British Gas plc

    Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1988

    Principle established: Psychiatric harm caused by witnessing damage to property may be actionable.

  • Brice v Brown

    Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1984

    Principle established: The eggshell rule applies to psychiatric harm.

  • Dulieu v White & Sons

    Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1901

    Principle established: Nervous shock is recoverable where it arises from a reasonable fear of immediate personal injury; Kennedy J also stated the thin skull rule.

  • Hambrook v Stokes Bros

    Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1925

    Principle established: Shock from fear for close family, perceived with one's own senses, can be recoverable.

  • McLoughlin v O'Brian

    Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1983

    Principle established: Lord Wilberforce: consider the class of claimant (close ties), proximity in time and space, and the means by which the shock was caused.