Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey: 1970

The court considered how progress is made in developing the law of liability for damages for psychiatric injury, saying ‘The field is one in which the common law is still in course of development. Courts must therefore act in company and not alone. Analogies in other courts, and persuasive precedents as well as authoritative pronouncements, must be regarded.’

Judges:

Windeyer J

Citations:

(1970) 125 CLR 383

Jurisdiction:

Australia

Cited by:

CitedWhite, Frost and others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire and others HL 3-Dec-1998
No damages for Psychiatric Harm Alone
The House considered claims by police officers who had suffered psychiatric injury after tending the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy.
Held: The general rules restricting the recovery of damages for pure psychiatric harm applied to the . .
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Negligence

Updated: 01 December 2022; Ref: scu.184753