A Practical Guide to Psychiatric Claims in Personal Injury - 2nd Edition
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The law relating to claims for psychiatric injury is complex, varied, and hard to grapple with and can often appear labyrinthian. This is a practical guide for dealing with personal injury claims involving psychiatric injuries and is aimed to assist both the newcomer and the experienced practitioner alike.As our understanding and acceptance of the nature of psychiatric injury has grown over the last two decades, so has the regularity of such claims appearing in practice as well as the varied ways in which they arise, be it a straightforward psychiatric reaction to injury or a complex stress at work claim.This work breaks the topic down into practical and easily assimilable components to assist practitioners and supplement their knowledge through a combination of detailed discussion of the law, coupled with practical suggestions for practise.This Second Edition is updated and expanded particularly in the areas stress at work and the latest developments in secondary victim claims.ABOUT THE AUTHORLiam Ryan Studied Law at St Aidans College, Durham University and completed a LLM at Nottingham University specialising in Commercial law, Criminal law and Human Rights.Liam has a civil practice specialising in medium to high value personal injury actions and commercial litigation. He has a noted specialism in stress at work and psychiatric injury claims. Liam accepts instructions privately, on a Conditional Fee basis and through Direct Access. Liam is a member of PIBA.CONTENTSChapter One - IntroductionChapter Two - DiagnosisChapter Three - Primary Victims: Cases Involving Physical InjuryChapter Four - Primary Victims, Rescuers and Involuntary ParticipantsChapter Five - Primary Victims: Cases Where There Is No Physical Injury: Nervous ShockChapter Six - Secondary VictimsChapter Seven - Secondary Victims and Emerging AreasChapter Eight - Stress at Work Claims: OverviewChapter Nine - The Hatton GuidelinesChapter Ten - Stress at Work Claims and Foreseeable HarmChapter Eleve
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