| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 335 (Nov) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2001] EWCA Civ 1743 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Brooke, Hale LJJ and David Steel J |
| Representation | David Wilby QC (instructed by Jones Maidment Wilson) for the claimant. |
| Christopher Gibson QC and Nicholas Brown (instructed by James Chapman & Co) for the defendants. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 22 November 2001 |
Catchwords
Negligence - Duty to take care - Foreseeable harm - Claimant suffering psychiatric illness - Whether claimant's illness reasonably foreseeable - Whether judge applying correct test.
The Case
In a claim for damages for personal injury, the judge applied the wrong test in deciding the preliminary issue whether the claimant's psychiatric illness was reasonably foreseeable.
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