Mullany and Handford's tort liability for psychiatric damage / by Peter R. Handford, Nicholas Mullany, Philip Mitchell.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Thomson Lawbook Co., 2006.

2nd ed.

25846

Liability (Law) -- Australia.

Torts -- Australia.

Liability for emotional distress -- Australia.

Personal injuries -- Australia.

Stress (Psychology) -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. Recognisable psychiatric damage

3. A medical perspective

4. Mere mental or emotional distress

5. Fundamentals of liability in negligence

6. Primary and secondary victims

7. Relationship to accident victim

8. Proximity of time and space

9. Means of communication

10. Sudden shock

11. Ordinary fortitude

12. Other relationship issues

13. Secondary victims - variations on the traditional theme

14. Defences

15. Assessment of damages

16. Statutory schemes

17. Where the tortfeasor is the primary victim

18. Primary victims within the zone of danger

19. Rescuers

20. Involuntary participants

21. Employer and employee

22. Work stress

23. Professional and other relationships

24. Carriage by air

25. Damage to property

26. Bad news

27. Fear for the future

28. Tort liability: Wilkinson v Downton

29. Criminal injuries compensation

30. Conclusion.

Previous edition entitled "Tort liability for psychiatric damage : the law of nervous shock".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tort liability for psychiatric damage

0455222940

xcvi, 761 p.