Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
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Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1991] UKHL 5, [1992] 1 AC 310 is a leading English tort law case on liability for nervous shock (psychiatric injury). The case centred upon the liability of the police for the nervous shock suffered in consequence of the events of the Hillsborough disaster.
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Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police | |
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Court | House of Lords |
Decided | 28 December 1991 |
Citation(s) | [1992] 1 AC 310 |
Transcript(s) | transcript at BAILII[1] |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Lord Keith of Kinkel Lord Ackner Lord Oliver of Aylmerton Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle Lord Lowry |
Keywords | |
Negligence, nervous shock, primary and secondary victims |
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