Pure psychiatric harm: what is it?
A pure psychiatric harm is a special form of negligence which causes a person to suffer mental anguish, or has the potential to inflict such mental harm without causing any… Read more »
Tag: tort law
White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (1998): psychiatric harm and rescuers.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Negligence – Psychiatric harm. Main arguments in this case: Can a rescuer be entitled to claim for psychiatric harm? The fact of the… Read more »
Pure economic loss: Spartan Steel v Martin (1972)
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Negligence – Pure economic loss Main arguments in this case: Not all financial losses are recoverable in tort. Pure economic loss is a… Read more »
Khorasandjian v Bush (1994): Can a lodger bring a case in a private nuisance?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Nuisance – Private nuisance Main argument in this case: A licensee is generally not allowed to bring in a claim in private nuisance…. Read more »
What is a private nuisance? Meaning of nuisance, causes and remedies.
Though in general term a nuisance can be anything that annoys us or causes inconvenience but in legal term a nuisance is a “unlawful interference with a person’s use or… Read more »
Sedleigh Denfield v O’Callaghan (1940): Liability for a nuisance caused by a third party.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Nuisance – Private nuisance. Main arguments in this case: This case illustrates that a person can be liable for a nuisance that was… Read more »
St Helens Smelting Co v Tipping (1865): Nuisance and locality.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Private nuisance – Nuisance: Main arguments in this case: One may need to put up with personal discomfort but not with damage to… Read more »
Tetley v Chitty and Others (1986): authorising nuisance.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Nuisance – Private nuisance. Main arguments in this case: When a landowner can be held responsible for the acts of its tenant. The… Read more »
Sturges v Bridgman (1879): nuisance and defence of prescription.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Nuisance – Defence of prescription: Main arguments in this case: Can a defendant rely on in his defence that the cause of a… Read more »
Gillingham Borough Council v Medway Dock Co (1992): public nuisance.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Nuisance – Public nuisance: Main arguments in this case: The court would take into consideration the characteristics and locality factors of a cause… Read more »