White v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police [1999] 2 AC 455
Facts:
Issue:
Ratio:
- Police officers suffered shock following their involvement in the rescue and aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.
Issue:
- Whether an employer owed a duty of care to protect their employees from psychiatric injuries they may incur in the course of their employment?
- To be determined whether they were primary victims or not?
Ratio:
- Claim failed.
- HoL founds that they were not primary victims, and they also were not secondary victims under the Alcock criteria.
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