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The Court of Appeal allowed Ms Young’s appeal in a psychiatric injury claim arising from the Hyde Park bombing, rejecting a new appreciation requirement.
Young v Downey [2025] EWCA Civ 177 (28 February 2025)
The Court of Appeal allowed Ms Young’s appeal, holding that the trial judge wrongly rejected expert evidence and imposed an extra requirement for secondary-victim proximity.
Paul & Ors v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2022] EWCA Civ 12 (13 January 2022)
Court of Appeal held that secondary victim claims in these clinical negligence cases failed because the shocking event was separated in time from the negligence.
The Court of Appeal addressed when secondary victims can recover psychiatric injury after clinical negligence. It held Novo binds the court and bars these claims.
The High Court refused to strike out parents’ secondary victim psychiatric injury claims after their daughter’s collapse and death, and granted permission to appeal.
Paul & Anor v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1415 (QB) (04 June 2020)
The High Court allowed an appeal in a secondary victim psychiatric injury claim arising from alleged negligent misdiagnosis, holding the claims were not bound to fail.
Paul & Anor v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1415 (QB) (04 June 2020)
The High Court allowed an appeal in a secondary victim psychiatric injury claim, holding that a heart attack and death could be a relevant event.
Paul v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Rev 1) [2019] EWHC 2893 (QB) (04 November 2019)
The High Court struck out two children’s secondary victim claims in a clinical negligence case, holding that their father’s later death was not the relevant event for proximity.
The High Court struck out two children’s secondary victim claims arising from their father’s death, holding the death was not the relevant event for proximity.
Paul v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Rev 1) [2019] EWHC 2893 (QB) (04 November 2019)
The High Court struck out two children’s secondary victim claims arising from their father’s death, holding the death itself was not the relevant event for proximity.
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