1 page) Ask a question Michael and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police and another [2015] UKSC 2 (28 January 2015) Toggle Table of Contents Table of Contents. Rescuers are now to be given no favourable treatment. Two of the plaintiffs were spectators in the ground, but not in the pens where the disaster occurred, the remainder of the plaintiffs learned of the disaster through radio or television broadcasts. 3. It may only be for a period of two hours (see McLoughlin v O'Brian (1982)) or a longer period, dependent on the facts (see N Glamorgan NHS Trust v Walters (2002)). This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Frost (or White) v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1999] 2 AC 455. The case centred upon the liability of the police for the nervous shock suffered in consequence of the events of the Hillsborough disaster A horse and cart crashed into the pub. Lord Steyn in White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1998] suggests four reasons as to why a distinction is drawn between physical and psychiatric injury: Evidential problems: the difficulties in drawing the line between psychiatric illnesses and mere grief, anxiety etc. The document also included supporting commentary from author Craig Purshouse. See Reeves v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2001] 1 AC 360 and the observations of Schiemann LJ in Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police [2001] EWCA Civ 1249, at paras [13] to [16]. Tim has to meet the primary or secondary victim requirements in order for his claim to be successful. He is deeply traumatised and develops post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Neither are employees: White & Ors v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1998] 3 WLR 1509 Case summary . Early development. Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales [2015] UKSC 2. 4 policeman (Ps) sued R (chief officer responsible at Hillsborough) for causing them nervous shock through his negligence in allowing the accident to occur. The Court of Appeal White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police 1999. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION. ON APPEAL FROM ORDER OF MR JUSTICE WALLER. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE. I agree that for the reasons they give these appeals should be allowed and the actions dismissed. In Alcock v. Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 A.C. 310, claims were brought by those who had suffered psychiatric injury as a result of the Hillsborough disaster. Whether the degree of love and affection is such that defendant should have forseen shock and harm to the loved one of the victim. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2018] UKSC 4. If the claimant was a rescuer who went to the aid of others involved in an accident, they will only be defined as a primary victim if they were, or reasonably believed themselves to be, in danger. Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1998] Gamerco v ICM/Fair Warning Agency [1995] Gammon v A-G for Hong Kong [1985, Privy Council] Geary v JD Weatherspoon [2011] George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds [1983] Gibson v Manchester City Council [1978] Gibson v Orr [1999] Gillan v UK [2010] Gillett v Holt [2001] Gillingham DC v Medway Docks [1993] Glasgow Corp v Muir [1943] … It is not possible to effectively legislate on the Law Commission's recommendations. The claimant was not physically injured but feared for her safety and suffered shock. Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire 1) closeness of relationship 2) proximity in time and space 3) Suddenness of shock (and means of it) CLOSENESS of relationship - Requirement 1 for Secondary Victim. Teachers Toolkit; The Map » White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire The English Tort case involved claims of psychiatric injury from police officers who were on duty on the day of the Hillsborough Disaster and present during the aftermath. HL dismissed … Judgement for the case White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire. Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1988] 2 WLR 1049; Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2015] UKSC 2; Osman v Ferguson [1993] 4 All ER 344; Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2000] 1 AC 360; Rigby v Chief Constable of Northampton [1985] 2 All ER 986 ; Smith v Chief Constable of Sussex [2008] EWCA Civ 39; Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria … Lord Hoffman in White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire A father standing on the pavement witnesses, from a position of safety, but at very close quarters, a terrible car accident, causing horrific injuries and death to his child. 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