Provides guidance to the complexities of establishing liability, as well
as assistance on running psychiatric claims. Such cases are technically
challenging with regard to establishing liability and causation. The
authors provide an essential route map through the 'patchwork quilt' of
the current law.
This edition deals with the development of law and practice since the
first edition, in particular:
- The Grenfell Tower disaster - revisiting primary and secondary victim
categories and how the legal framework established following the
Hillsborough disaster has been tested in a different social media age.
- The change in attitude towards mental health since 2012 (eg the Royal
Family campaign, NHS initiatives, young male suicide rate campaign).
- Discussion of Marsh v Ministry of Justice [2017] EWHC 1040 (QB)
- Analysis of cases involving secondary victim claims, including Re (a
Minor) and Others -v- Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
[2017] EWHC 824; Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -v-
Ronayne [2015] EWCA Civ 588; Paul & Others -v- Royal Wolverhampton
NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 2893 (QB); and YAH -v- Medway NHS Foundation
Trust [2018] EWHC 2964 (QB).
- Updates on material contribution - BAE System (Operations) Ltd -v-
Marion Konczak [2017] EWCA Civ 1188
- Updates on any changes to the classification of psychiatric injury
and how these are litigated, for eg HHJ Gore QC in Liverpool Women's
hospital case rejecting diagnosis of PTSD but finding 'a frank
psychiatric illness'.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Personal Injury Law
online service.
