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    This document summarizes the case of Wilkinson v. Downton, which established nervous shock as a tort. It was the first case where the court awarded compensation for mental trauma alone. The case laid down the foundations for nervous shock as a tort and established the essentials needed for mental or nervous shock to qualify as a tort. It also discusses secondary victims, who suffer nervous shock without being directly exposed to danger, and references subsequent related cases like Hambrook v. Stokes bros., Dulieu v. White, and King v. Phillips.

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    This document summarizes the case of Wilkinson v. Downton, which established nervous shock as a tort. It was the first case where the court awarded compensation for mental trauma alone. The case laid down the foundations for nervous shock as a tort and established the essentials needed for mental or nervous shock to qualify as a tort. It also discusses secondary victims, who suffer nervous shock without being directly exposed to danger, and references subsequent related cases like Hambrook v. Stokes bros., Dulieu v. White, and King v. Phillips.

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    This document summarizes the case of Wilkinson v. Downton, which established nervous shock as a tort. It was the first case where the court awarded compensation for mental trauma alone. The case laid down the foundations for nervous shock as a tort and established the essentials needed for mental or nervous shock to qualify as a tort. It also discusses secondary victims, who suffer nervous shock without being directly exposed to danger, and references subsequent related cases like Hambrook v. Stokes bros., Dulieu v. White, and King v. Phillips.

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    NERVOUS SHOCK

    SUBMITTED BY:
    SUBMITTED TO:
    SUBIYAH HAFEEZ SIDDIQUI
    Dr. SANGEETA TAAK
    17093
    WILKINSON V. DOWNTON

    It was the first case that laid down the


    foundation of nervous shock as a tort.
    Justice Wright also laid the essentials of
    the mental or nervous shock to qualify as
    a tort.

    It was the first time when the court


    awarded compensation for mental trauma.
    CASES

     Hambrook v. Strokes bros.

     Dulieu v. White

     king v. Phillips
    SECONDARY VICTIM
    A secondary victim is a person who
    suffers nervous shock without himself
    being exposed to danger.

     Eg: Chadwick v. British transport


    commission,
    THANK YOU

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