Tort Liability for Psychiatric Damage

Psychiatric damage has become a significant legal issue in tort over recent years, driven in part by a wave of disaster litigation. This analysis draws on the common law in a number of Commonwealth jurisdictions and has deliberately not been restricted to the law of any given country.

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This work fully explores the issue of nervous shock, one of the most interesting but, so far, neglected areas of torts. Adopting an international perspective that draws on case law from all the leading common law jurisdictions, it answers key questions such as, for what kinds of mental damage will a claim lie? Who may claim? And in what circumstances? * Draws together developments on a neglected issue * International perspective * Supplies practical answers to legal questions