The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 47
Court of Appeal
Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Polmear and another v Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust
Purchase v Ahmed
[2022] EWCA Civ 12
2021 Dec 14, 15; 2022 Jan 13
Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Underhill, Nicola Davies LJJ
Negligence— Foreseeability of consequential injury— Nervous shock— Defendant allegedly failing to diagnose primary victim’s life-threatening condition— Close relative suffering psychiatric injury after witnessing primary victim’s death or its immediate aftermath— Whether sufficient proximity for defendant to be liable for consequential injury to close relative as secondary victim