Vernon v Bosley [1997]
Vernon v Bosley [1997] 1 All ER 577, CA Medically recognised mental harm In August 1982 the plaintiff’s two young daughters were being driven in a car by their nanny,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Hicks v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992] All ER 65 House of Lords
Fear is not a medically recognised condition and does not qualify for compensation for psychiatric harm. 19 years old Sarah and 15 years old Victoria Hicks were sisters who were… Read more »
L’Estrange v Graucob (1934): What makes a contract binding ?
Signing a contractual document binds you even if you have not read it. The claimant owned a café and bought a cigarette vending machine for it. The order form which… Read more »
Chadwick v British Railways Board [1967] 1 WLR 912
A rescuer can be compensated for psychiatric harm. Mr Chadwick (the plaintiff) lived 200 yards from the train crash site in Lewisham in which 90 people died and many more… Read more »