Rethinking the requirement for a ‘recognisable psychiatric illness' in the law of negligence

Canadian Supreme Court decision in Saadati v Moorhead – removal of requirement that the claimant prove a "recognisable psychiatric illness" in a case of negligently inflicted psychiatric injury – law in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand – argument that rather than removing the...

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Main Authors: Hafeez-Baig, MJ, English, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Thomson Reuters 2017
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