Psychiatric Injury

• Introduction

  Reilly

  • Must be recognised psychiatric illness resulting from the incident and having long term effects
  • Sion - Must be caused by traumatic event
• Primary Victim


  • Reasonably fears for their own safety or within the zone of danger
  • Page: PV does not have to show PI foreseeable, just that personal injury was foreseeable, PV does not have to be of normal fortitude (Thin Skull)
• Secondary Victim


  • Witness to accident or immediate aftermath
  • Personal of normal fortitude would suffer the same injury

  Alcock control mechanisms

  • Close ties of love and affection (McLoughin)
  • Must witness accident or immediate aftermath (McLoughin)
  • C suffered shock through their unaided senses
• Rescuers


  Those who put themselves in danger can claim

  • Chadwick - In public interest to allow R to claim, danger and injury foreseeable for those who try to help and recue