Psychiatric injury- COMPLETE Flashcards
What is the case that defines psychiatric injury?
Riley V Merseyside RHA
What have those who can claim been split into?
-Primary and secondary victims
Riley V Merseyside RHA
-greater than grief and shock.
-‘beyond normal human emotions’
What case outlines what is a primary victim?
Dulieu V White.
What case outlines that psychiatric injury must be supported by medical evidence?
-Frost V South Yorkshire police.
Dulieu V White?
-‘zone of danger’
-Injured by the incident or at risk of injury.
-‘arising from a reasonable fear for ones safety’
Who is not classed as a primary victim?
-Bystanders.
-Professionals who do not put themselves at risk.
What is case law for rescuers (at risk)
Chadwick V BRB
Chadwick V BRB
-public at risk to rescue others- held to be a primary victim did not want to discourage others
What is the case for professionals at risk?
-Hale V London underground
Hale V London underground?
-If not at physical risk- they are secondary victims.
What is the case for bystanders?
Mcfarlane V Caledonia
Mcfarlane V Caledonia?
-merely a witness of explosion
-did not help in the rescue.
What needs to be referred to in terms of secondary victims?
The Alcock criteria. (Hillsborough football disaster)
What is meant by a secondary victim?
-Suffer a mental injury due to what they saw/ saw at the immediate aftermath.
