Liability for Psychiatric Damage

Litigating Psychiatric Injury Claims is a practical guide to dealing with the complex legal issues arising from psychiatric injury. It deals with the development of law and practice over the last ten years, particularly in the area of 'stress at work' and the growing role of rehabilitation.

-Liability and compensation for psychiatric injury: an overview

-Primary, victims of negligence: shock cases

-Primary victims of negligence: non-shock cases

-Secondary victims of negligence

-Intentional acts and other liability

-The illness

-Compensation

-Practical steps

-Capacity

-The Future

Litigating Psychiatric Injury Claims provides clear guidance to the complexities of establishing liability, as well as practical assistance on running psychiatric claims. As such it is an essential book for solicitors and barristers acting for defendants and claimants in personal, injury cases as well as for medical experts and witnesses.

David Marshall is a solicitor and partner with London firm Anthony Gold. He is a former President of APIL, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Jenny Kennedy is a solicitor and partner with London firm Anthony Gold
Rehana Azib is a barrister practising at 2 Temple Gardens
Martin Baggeley is a consultant psychiatrist (contributes the chapter on `The illness')
District Judge Elizabeth Batten is a judge at the Court of Protection (contributes the chapter on `Capacity')