Psychiatric Damage

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Psychiatric Damage

Define psych damage

Primary or secondary victim

Primary

Directly involved + anticipated

injury – Page v Smith

Rescuer – Chadwick

Not just in official category

Secondary

Alcock’s case

Close tie of love and affection

Bourhill v Young

Proximity in space and time

McLoughlin v O’Brien

Perceived by C’s own senses

Sudden shock, not growing

realisation

Sion

Waters

Reasonable fortitude

Objective test

Primary victim owes no duty of

care to secondary victim

Greatorex v Greatorex