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Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992] 1 AC 310. NEGLIGENCE – PSYCHIATRIC DAMAGE – TRAUMATIC EVENT WITNESSED INDIRECTLY – DISTINCTION BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VICTIMS. Facts. A joined action was brought by Alcock (C) and several other claimants against the head of the South Yorkshire Police.
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire House of Lords Citations: [1992] 1 AC 310; [1991] 3 WLR 1057; [1991] 4 All ER 907; [1992] PIQR P1; (1992) 89(3) LSG 34; (1991) 141 NLJ 166. Facts The claimants were all people who suffered psychological harm as a result of witnessing the Hillsborough disaster.
Nov 28, 1991 · The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire admitted liability in negligence in respect of the deaths and physical injuries. All the plaintiffs claimed damages for nervous shock resulting in psychiatric illness which they alleged was caused by the experiences inflicted on them by the disaster.
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1991] UKHL 5, [1992] 1 AC 310 is a leading English tort law case on liability for nervous shock (psychiatric injury). The case centred upon the liability of the police for the nervous shock suffered in consequence of the events of the Hillsborough disaster .
Alcock & ors v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992] AC 310 House of Lords. This case arose from the disaster that occurred at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield in the FA cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in 1989.
Key point. Lord Wilberforce’s 3 elements of psychiatric injury in McLoughlin must be applied to secondary victims. Facts. Cases were brought by friends and relatives of those caught in the Hillsborough football stadium tragedy: The two brothers of victim Brian Harrison who were at the site and witnessed his death.
Mar 24, 2024 · FACTS. Peter Wright ("Defendant"), responsible for policing a football match, faced legal action after 95 individuals died and many were injured due to overcrowding in the stadium.
