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Who's afraid of imaginary claims? common misunderstandings of the origin of the action for pure psychiatric injury in negligence 1888-1943

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Discusses, with reference to case law, common misconceptions surrounding the origins and development of the negligence action for pure psychiatric injury between 1888 and 1943, and argues that fear of imaginary or fraudulent claims was not a characteristic of early rulings.
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University of Oxford
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SSD
Department:
Law
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University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
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Law
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Publisher:
Sweet and Maxwell
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Law Quarterly Review More from this journal
Volume:
138
Issue:
Jan
Pages:
58-78
Publication date:
2021-11-25
Acceptance date:
2020-11-17
ISSN:
0023-933X


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1145890
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