[15] Kay Wheat (2003) Proximity and Nervous Shock Common Law World Review 32 4 (313). According to the facts of this case, the claimants (Robertson and Rough) and the primary victim (George Smith) used to work together with the defendants (Forth Road Bridge Board). Two of the claimants found their relatives or friend severely injured whereby one of them had his relative who escaped unhurt. Cited Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock and Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound No 1) PC 18-Jan-1961 Foreseeability Standard to Establish NegligenceComplaint was made that oil had been discharged into Sydney Harbour causing damage. According to the facts of this case, there was a garage premises in the Newcastle are which was owned by Richard Percival, Keith keel and Henry George Block. If the claimant was a rescuer who went to the aid of others involved in an accident, they will only be defined as a primary victim if they were, or reasonably believed themselves to be, in danger. [41] Kay Wheat (2003) Proximity and Nervous Shock Common Law World Review 32 4 (313). Page -v- Smith [1995] 2 All ER 736 at 759, 761 per Lord Lloyd. Although the boy arrived home eventually but his mother suffered from a nervous shock[45]. IMPORTANT:This site reports and summarizes cases. The new chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has shared her "incredible pride" at leading the force. In relation to employer/employee relationship and duty of care the courts did not uphold the principles of the above cases. He had returned to work, but again, did . . . The victims were taken to the nearest hospital by that neighbour. Primary victims are victims who are imperilled or reasonably believe themselves to be imperilled by the defendants negligence.Lord Steyn said: the law on the recovery of compensation for pure psychiatric harm is a patchwork quilt of distinctions which are difficult to justify. Then she went to see another child and found him unconscious. v The Chief Constable Of South Yorkshire Police ( [1997]1 All E R.540), their Lordships holding by a majority of 3 to 2 that the claims of the police officers had been rightly dismissed by the trial judge . Pages 14 Course Hero uses AI to attempt to automatically extract content from documents to surface to you and others so you can study better, e.g., in search results, to enrich docs, and more. In reality there are no refined analytical tools which will enable the courts to draw lines by way of compromise solution in a way that is coherent and morally defensible. QB 335; [1995] 2 WLR 173; [1995] 1 All ER 833 , CA Entick v Carrington (1765) 2 Wils KB 275 Frost v Chief . Close ties of love and affection was assumed in relation to parent- child and spouse relationships. However, after couple of hours he received a phone call from someone and learnt that both his brothers got killed at the disaster. Personal Injury, Police, Damages, Negligence, Updated: 11 November 2021; Ref: scu.158976. Cited Best v Samuel Fox and Co Ltd 1952 The court considered liability for injury to secondary victims. Having studied this case, I feel it is significant for a number of reasons. Although, Rough was driving another van but he came across the accident. They were police officers who had been subject to unsuccessful proceedings following a shooting of a member of the public by their force. Genearlly, the defendants are not liable to the claimants for causing psychiatric injury by means of self inflicted physical injuries. In that case, as long as the claimants can establish that there is a kind of close tie of love with the injured person and because of having such a relationship the claimant is mentally disturbed or shocked when the loved one suffers serious physical peril or injury. The present law in this area seems to be very rigid and restrictive for the secondary victims. The question was whether, having regard to the fact that she had suffered sorrow and grief it would not be to . However, in this case, their Lordship took the similar opinion that, the issue of proximity of relationship should be decided on a case by case basis. A person will be considered as secondary victim if he was present at the scene of the horrifying event and subsequently sustained a psychiatric injury due to witnessing the accident or event in which other person was involved, although he himself was out of the range of foreseeable physical injury[10]. The claimants eight year old son was very close to the near side door of the car and was playing there. In other words psychiatric shock was to be treated as direct personal injury. Appeal from White, Frost and others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire and others HL 3-Dec-1998 No damages for Psychiatric Harm Alone The House considered claims by police officers who had suffered psychiatric injury after tending the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy. Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 AC 310. The Plaintiff had a pre-existing chronic fatigue syndrome, which manifested itself from time . Subsequently, breaking news in relation to the disaster was broadcasted over the television as well as radio time to time. Interestingly, in this instance, the courts decided that it was not necessary for the plaintiff to actually witness the incident. You would be correct that rescuers are generally an excluded category of primary victim, as seen in cases like White v CC of South Yorkshire Police (if family cannot claim, rescuers should not be allowed to) . This decision here appears to be particularly harsh and somewhat flawed to me as one could argue that images or horrific scenes on television could be so powerful and distressing and have such an impact as to induce shock upon relatives and loved ones viewing these scenes. Traditionally, the category of close relationship indicates the familial relationship, such as the relationship between the spouses, parents and children, brothers and sisters etc. Case Summary Before discussing the above cases, it is essential to give a brief outline of the term nervous shock and its history. Only full case reports are accepted in court. Both the judgements given by Stephenson and Griffith LJ was appreciated and therefore agreed by Cumming-Bruce LJ. 0 Precedent rules out this course and, in any event, there are cogent policy considerations against such a bold innovation. To satisfy physical proximity to the accident or its immediate aftermath might be considered as another major obstacle for the secondary victims where there is an issue of establishing a claim for the psychiatric illness. Moreover, Denning LJ[55] took the view that, the defendant was under a duty of care to the boy where there was a breach of that duty of care, but as far as the claimants nervous shock was concerned, it was not reasonably foreseeable by the defendant that the claimant could be suffered from a nervous shock as a result of the accident. The married mother-of-one began her policing career in 1998 with Humberside Police and joined South Yorkshire Police in 2017 as Assistant Chief Constable. Interestingly, in White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police the plaintiffs ( police officers ) relied on cases such as Dooley v Cammell Laird [1951] 1 Lloyds Rep 271, Galt v British Railways Board [1983] 113 NLJ 870, Wiggs v British Railways Board. In this case, the defendants servant negligently left a motor lorry on a street with the engine running. Acknowledging the acute difficultis particular to the evidence in such cases, the House of Lords, in Fairchild. The English law of negligence in relation to nervous shock or psychiatric illness is often considered as unfair and unsatisfactory by the defendants, claimants and even by the judges. The Facts. It was the case of Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, [11] where Lord Oliver for the first time drew the attention to the distinction between the primary and secondary victims. endstream endobj 165 0 obj <> endobj 166 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 594.72 841.68]/Parent 162 0 R/Resources<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]>>/Rotate 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 167 0 obj <>stream Furthermore, the issue of measurability was a concern. In Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1999] AC 455 at 507H-508A, Lord Hoffman described Lord Oliver's explanation of these 'unwilling participant' cases as "an ex post facto rationalisation" and as "an elegant, not to say ingenious, explanation, which owes nothing to the. His Lordship continued that, the court will not interfere with the decision given by Salmon LJ and accept that the defendant was liable for the boys accident which resulted in a psychiatric injury to the claimant. In the case of Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [5], . The requirement of establishing proximity of relationship with the primary victims is one of the criteria. Cited Alcock and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police HL 28-Nov-1991 The plaintiffs sought damages for nervous shock. In the case of Mcloughlin v O Brian[18], Lord Wilberforce[19] took the view that, the reasonable foreseeability should be the only criteria to determine the defendants liability towards the class of person to whom the duty of care might be owed not to inflict any psychiatric injury through nervous shock sustained by reason of physical injury or peril to another. Hall v gwent healthcare nhs trust 2004 qb c hall was. During a major football match in the Hillsborough ground, one part of the football stadium was crashed because the South Yorkshire police allowed an excessively large number of spectators in that part of the stadium which was already full. The secondary victims are required by the existing law to satisfy or establish additional criteria before they can bring a claim for psychiatric injury against the negligent defendant which has been discussed elaborately in the later chapters. The House considered claims by police officers who had suffered psychiatric injury after tending the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy. In Kelly v Hennessy [1995] 3IR.253 CJ Hamilton laid down criteria, which have become the standard test for nervous shock. The distinction normally made between primary and secondary victims claiming damages for shock in witnessing a terrible event does not apply to employees who were obliged by their contract to be present. To export a reference to this article please select a referencing stye below: UK law covers the laws and legislation of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Essays, case summaries, problem questions and dissertations here are relevant to law students from the United Kingdom and Great Britain, as well as students wishing to learn more about the UK legal system from overseas. The defendant argued that, there was no negligence on his part as far as the claimants psychiatric illness was concerned. All of the aforementioned cases demonstrate clearly that claims relating to nervous shock are indeed highly complex and, in my opinion, some of the outcomes seriously flawed. In the present case, despite of being present at the stadium during the football match the claimants whose action had been rejected by the House of Lords are as follows[25]: Brian Harrison was one of the appellants. The issue before the court was whether any person is entitled to establish a claim for psychiatric illness which has been sustained through the fear or apprehension of physical injury to others. Firstly the court held that despite the fact that the plaintiff was approximately two miles away from the incident and did not arrive at the hospital until one hour after the incident; the scene at the hospital (all victims were still covered in mud and oil) was such to render her proximate to the accident. But that would be contrary to precedent and, in any event, highly controversial. Also the plaintiff had to establish that the nervous shock caused by the accident, resulted from her fear for her own safety. No plagiarism, guaranteed! It is of paramount importance that the law enforcement As far as the claims for psychiatric illness is concerned, it was the case of Hambrook v Stokes Bros[16], where the English courts for the first time recognized a claim for psychiatric illness by the secondary victims. The claim was rejected by the House of Lords on the basis that none of the claimants could be considered "primary . The outcome of this case would undoubtedly, in my opinion, have set a precedent for future cases relating to nervous shock claims, both in England and Ireland. They had watched on television, as their relatives and friends, 96 in all, died at a football match, for the safety of which the defendants were responsible. However, to satisfy the proximity of relationship with the primary victims might be considered a major obstacle for the secondary victims when there is an issue of establishing a claim for the psychiatric illness. In the case of Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police[5], the court considered the post traumatic disorder to be a recognizable psychiatric injury. Hamrook v Stokes Bros (1925) 1 K.B. 182 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<86982BFA68EE9E4388F223A8853489C3><2512F63CFFE58F428782346685734F90>]/Index[164 60]/Info 163 0 R/Length 98/Prev 536609/Root 165 0 R/Size 224/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream The defendant relied on the decision of the case in Bourhill v Young[48] with a view to support his arguement and stated that the psychiatric injury to the mother was not reasonably foreseeable as she was not within the range of reasonable anticipation. hb```R !1CFAFCFAAA KP`L%T98;00`8A$B*oAjb In the present case, the claimants family members including her husband and three children had a severe road accident. Irish courts do not use space / time or relationship as limiting factors as applied in some of the previous English cases , but rather these factors are taken into account, although the position in relation to the latter may be changing as evident in Cuddy v May. Rough was also driving another van from a few feet behind the Robersons van. Since they were not endangered in the discharge of their service or in rescuing, as employees and/or rescuers, the police officers were only secondary victims. The boy sustained a very minor injury and the damage to his tricycle was nothing serious. 164 0 obj <> endobj There are a number of cases where the Courts continued to maintain that, in order to make a successful recovery of damage for psychiatric injury the secondary victims must satisfy proximity of relationship or close tie of love and affection with the primary victims. . Whether a person is to be regarded as a rescuer will be a question of fact to be decided on the . This case raised two principal questions. Employment > Health and safety; In Page v Smith this distinction was further developed. The test of reasonable foreseeability was applied and issues of space, time and relationship were considerations in determining the degree of foreseeability of psychiatric illness. White v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police was a 1998 case in English tort law in which police officers who were present in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster sued for post traumatic stress disorder. The second issue was- whether the defendant owes a duty of care to the claimant not to inflict any kind of physical injury or harm to himself. The relationship between the claimants and the deceased was described by the court as- Robertson was a person of fifty six years old who had known Smith for ages. [29] As per Lord Oliver [1992] 1 AC 310 at page 417. The claimant must show that his / her injury was reasonably foreseeable, although Lord Wilberforce did state that foreseeability does not of itself automatically lead to a duty of care. Initially Lord Bridges viewpoint held but Lord Wilberforce argument gathered credence,as evident in the following case. He successfully adduced evidence that there was a very close and intimate relationship between him and his half brothers[34]. [66] Michaell A Jones, Liability for Psychiatric Illness More Principle, Less Subtlety? [1995] 4 Web JCLI. Principle of Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1998) police officers who were present in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster sued for post traumatic stress disorder. However, the decision in the case of Dooley V Cammen Laird preserved the distinction between primary and secondary victim. Cited Malcolm v Broadhurst QBD 1970 The principle of foreseeability of psychiatric injury is subject to the qualification that, where the psychiatric injury suffered by the plaintiff is consequential upon physical injury for which the defendant is responsible in law, the defendant . As a result of the tragic death of his workmate he was so upset and mentally distressed. Therefore the claimants appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. However, the defendants appeal was allowed by the Court of Appeal and on the other hand it did not allow the unsuccessful claimants appeal. Held: The definition of the work expected of him did not justify the demand placed upon him. Marital or parental relationship between plaintiff and . Introduction If so, the question arose whether Robertson and Rough had proximity of relationship or close tie of love and affection with Smith. [50] As per McNair J. [26] Davie M (1992) Negligently Inflicted Psychiatric Illness; The Hillsborough Case in the House of Lords 43 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 237. The floodgates argument may be a possible reason for this. [1953] 1 All ER 617 at page 621. [50] stated that the present case is not a margianl one. So, it is the secondary victims who are required to prove the fact that he has sustained a psychiatric injury because the person with whom he is in a close relationship has in fact suffered from a severe physical injury. While backing his car out of the garage, the defendant ran over the feet of the little boy which caused him injuries. hbbd```b`` (dWHI` L`5U e=d} & d"o L@v10?SM 4 However, unlike the Alcock case, it was the case of McCarthy v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police[33]where the claimant (secondary victims) was successful in bringing an action for psychiatric illness against the defendants (Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police). .Cited French and others v Chief Constable of Sussex Police CA 28-Mar-2006 The claimants sought damages for psychiatric injury. The outcome of the Frost v Chief Constable Of South Yorkshire Police case, in which the House of Lords decided that the plaintiffs ( police officers) who, as a result of assisting the victims of the Hillsborough disaster ,which had been caused by negligence,( for which the Chief Constable was liable) , were not entitled to damages for nervous shock , either because their employment relationship gave rise to duties which were not owed to strangers, nor as rescuers , I feel gives credence to this statement by Lord Steyn . But, it has been seen from some of the above case decisions that, even after satisfying the requirement of proximity of relationship, the court still did not allow the secondary victims claim for psychiatric injury. According to the facts and circumstances of the present case, the clamant was not close to the place of the accident who was informed by someone of that after two hours. At the trial, Branson J. took the opinion that, the claimant will not be entitled to establish a claim for nervous shock and recover any kind of damages if she had not suffered the shock through the fear of her own safety. The House of Lords, although divided in as to their reasoning, delivered a judgment in favour of the plaintiff. Free resources to assist you with your university studies! The English courts frequently face claims brought by the secondary victims; as a result great deal of attention has been drawn towards the secondary victims cases[14]. He was not a rescuer, and nor had . Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1997] 3 WLR 1194. According to him it was a matter of common sense that-the defendant while backing his taxicab have not reasonably foreseen any personal injury to the claimant who witnessed an accident and suffered nervous shock from a house some seventy to eighty yards away up a side street. Most importantly, the development of the law in this area has been influenced by policy considerations, that is to say, to restrict the large number of potential claimants. On that occasion the law lords removed any special rights of employees or . A rescuer, not himself exposed to physical risk by being involved in a rescue was a secondary victim, and as such not entitled to claim. In the case of Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1999] Lord Steyn stated that the area of Tort Law relating to psychiatric trauma is rather complex. Having heard this, the claimant ran approximately hundred yards from her place in order to see her son who was eventually died. He claimed damages from the respondent for contributory negligence of other officers in failing to come to his assistance. Others failed the close ties of love and affection . Kearns J [2003] stated the category of relationships entitled to successfully claim damages for nervous shock should be tightly restricted.. In order for the claimant to successfully recover compensation the court needs to consider an amalgam of rules and exceptions as . Due to the accident, the claimants husband suffered from bruising and the other children suffered from severe physical injuries and shock. Free resources to assist you with your legal studies! [1] Nicolas N (2002), A Remedy for Nervous Shock or Psychiatric Harm- Who Pays?-Volume 9, Number 4. The court did not allow any damages to the claimant for her psychiatric injury. After the disaster took place, the match was abandoned and he started looking for his brothers but couldnt find them out. White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire. .Cited Zurich Insurance Plc UK Branch v International Energy Group Ltd SC 20-May-2015 A claim had been made for mesothelioma following exposure to asbestos, but the claim arose in Guernsey. Download Citation | Frost (or White) v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1999] 2 AC 455 | Essential Cases: Tort Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. So, finally, the House of Lord dismissed the appeal made by the claimant. The document also included supporting commentary from author Craig Purshouse. .Cited Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Co Ltd and Another CA 26-Jan-2006 Each claimant sought damages after being exposed to asbestos dust. [24] Cases and Commentary on Tort, by Barbara Harvey & John Marston, 5th Edition. These standard criteria have made it more difficult to claim damages in Irish courts. [17] took the view that, the mother suffered nervous shock by her own unaided realization of what she had seen with her own eyes, not because of what she learnt from a bystander. See para 1.5 n 14 below. He took the view that, there was no negligence on the part of Keith Keel but the defedant was negligent and committed a breach of his duty of care. ( as what happened in this particular case ) . *You can also browse our support articles here >. Info: 9733 words (39 pages) Dissertation Criticised Page v Smith HL 12-May-1995 The plaintiff was driving his car when the defendant turned into his path. Despite of establishing a close tie of love where the secondary victims fails to satisfy the requirement of proximity in time and place with the accident, the court will not entilte them to recover damages for psychiatric illness. We do not provide advice. [7] Again, Hoffman L.J in the case of Page v Smith[8] defined psychiatric illness as a mental trauma. This essay aims to provide a critical evaluation of the common law duty of care for negligently inflicted nervous shock in the context of the above statement by Lord Steyn. It is an important matter of discussion what is actually meant by psychiatric illness or if there is any specific definition of psychiatric illness under the English law of tort. In the case of bystanders, it is not generally foreseeable by the defendants that such a person would suffer from psychiatric injury. It was argued that the defendants had failed to take adequate precautions to protect the plaintiff. Open Document. [60] As per Ormerod LJ [1964] 1 W.L.R CA 1317 at page 1320. Held: If a police officer owes a duty of care to . Although, according to the guidelines of television broadcasting, none of the television channels highlighted any scenes that relate to the dying or suffering of the spectators in that disaster[24]. Having heard the scream of the boy, his mother looked out of the window from about seventy to eighty yeard away of the place where the accident took place. In Alcock v. Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 A.C. 310, claims were brought by those who had suffered psychiatric injury as a result of the Hillsborough disaster. In order for the claimant to successfully recover compensation the court needs to consider an amalgam of rules and exceptions as well as different categories of claimants, which . In this case, the court was concerned whether the claimants fall into the category of secondary victims and therefore entitled to bring an action against the defendants. Disclaimer: This work was produced by one of our expert legal writers, as a learning aid to help law students with their studies. Alcock and ors v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 A.C. 310 As is well known, the case of Alcock involved claims by those who witnessed the death of their loved ones in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989. The claimant was a fire officer who attended the tragic accident being informed in the course of his employment. Again, in the case of Fenn v City of Peterborough[64], the claimant arived home couple of minutes after a gas explosion in which he lost his three children. Held: Where an accident is of a particular . Lord Oliver[30] thought that, Mr. Brians action failed not only because he could not provide with evidence of close tie of love and affection but also because the perception of the shocking event was gradual as opposed to the sudden appreciation by sight or sound of a horrifying event. Having witnessed the tragic death of Smith, both his workmates-Robertson and Rough suffered nervous shock. Held: The claim failed: these claimants have no . Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1991] UKHL 5, [1992] 1 AC 310 is a leading English tort law case on liability for nervous shock (psychiatric injury). That none of the criteria care to match was abandoned and he started looking for his got! 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