Wilkinson v Downton

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Wilkinson v Downton

Hearings

England & Wales

08 May 1897 [1897] EWHC 1 (QB); [1897] 2 QB 57, QBD

Subject Matter

TORT — Action — Cause of — Nervous Shock — Practical Joke causing — Remoteness of Damage

[1897] EWHC 1 (QB); [1897] 2 QB 57, QBD

Commentary

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