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Psychiatric harm, economic loss and occupiers

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  1. Hugo, in a hospital waiting room, sees on the television a live broadcast of a stadium disaster in which his son dies. He suffers a recognised psychiatric illness. Applying Alcock, why might his claim…
  2. A claimant is directly involved in an accident and suffers psychiatric injury, where physical injury was foreseeable. Applying Page v Smith, what must be shown?
  3. A surveyor negligently values a house for a lender. The buyer, who relied on the valuation, suffers pure economic loss. Which authority supports liability for negligent misstatement?
  4. A contractor negligently cuts an electricity cable, shutting down a factory. The factory owner claims for lost profit during the outage, but his own property was undamaged. What is the likely result (…
  5. A shopper slips on spilt liquid in a supermarket. Which statute governs the supermarket's duty to a lawful visitor?
  6. A trespasser who ignored a prominent warning sign falls through a rotten floor in a derelict warehouse. The occupier knew of the weakness and knew trespassers frequently entered. Under the Occupiers'…
  7. Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957, how are children treated?
  8. A builder, working at a house as a contractor, is injured when a ladder given by the occupier collapses because of the builder's own poor work. What does the 1957 Act say?

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