Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:area	negligence tort law
gptkbp:citation	[1991] 3 WLR 1057 [1991] 4 All ER 907 [1991] UKHL 5 [1992] 1 AC 310
gptkbp:claimantType	secondary victim
gptkbp:claimedBy	relatives of Hillsborough disaster victims
gptkbp:country	gptkb:England
gptkbp:date	1991
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Chief_Constable_of_South_Yorkshire_Police
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
gptkbp:impact	set precedent for psychiatric injury claims
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Lord_Ackner gptkb:Lord_Keith_of_Kinkel gptkb:Lord_Lowry gptkb:House_of_Lords gptkb:Lord_Jauncey_of_Tullichettle gptkb:Lord_Oliver_of_Aylmerton
gptkbp:jurisdiction	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableFor	establishing control mechanisms for psychiatric harm restricting claims for nervous shock
gptkbp:principle	proximity foreseeability control mechanisms secondary victims
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Hillsborough_disaster
gptkbp:result	claims dismissed
gptkbp:subject	nervous shock psychiatric injury
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:McLoughlin_v_O'Brian
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8