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Coronial law [2023] NICoroner 18

Doherty & Anor, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Re Ruling on Anonymity and Screening Applications - PW7)

Doherty & Anor, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Re Ruling on Anonymity and Screening Applications - PW7) [2023] NICoroner 18 (27 November 2023)

The Coroner’s Court in Northern Ireland granted PW7 anonymity and screening when giving inquest evidence, citing real security risk and medical evidence of PTSD.

  • Anonymity of witnesses
  • Screening of witnesses
  • Security risk
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Special measures for witnesses
  • Witness-anonymity
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Tort law [2019] NIMaster 6

RT v ST

RT v ST [2019] NIMaster 6 (03 May 2019)

Assessment of damages after default judgment for assault, sexual assault, false imprisonment and rape. The court awarded ÂŁ75,000, reflecting aggravating features and ongoing psychiatric harm.

  • Assault
  • Battery
  • Sexual assault
  • False imprisonment
  • Aggravated damages
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Employment law [2009] NICA 37

McClurg & Ors v Royal Ulster Constabulary

McClurg & Ors v Royal Ulster Constabulary [2009] NICA 37 (25 June 2009)

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland considered liability for psychiatric injury claims by RUC and PSNI officers, including resources, treatment, and training duties.

  • Employer's duty of care
  • Psychiatric injury
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Resource allocation
  • Non-delegable duty
  • Causation
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Tort law [2007] NIQB 77

McClurg & Ors v Royal Ulster Constabulary

McClurg & Ors v Royal Ulster Constabulary [2007] NIQB 77 (3 July 2007)

Police officer PTSD claim dismissed after the court found no recognisable psychiatric injury from pre-1997 trauma and held later illness was linked to domestic stressors.

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Employer's duty of care
  • Personal injury
  • Psychiatric injury
  • Police employment
  • Psychiatric-injury
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Tort law [2007] NIQB 78

McClurg & Ors v Royal Ulster Constabulary

McClurg & Ors v Royal Ulster Constabulary [2007] NIQB 78 (3 July 2007)

High Court of Northern Ireland case on a police officer’s PTSD claim, turned largely on credibility, symptom exaggeration, and causation.

  • Psychiatric injury
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Employer's liability
  • Credibility of claimant
  • Occupational health procedures
  • Psychiatric-injury
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Northern Ireland decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.

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