Ms Pereira de Souza brought disability discrimination claims against her former employer, and was awarded # 9,000 for injury to feelings and # 3,000 for
psychiatric injury arising out of the discrimination.
Not exact matches
The employer was held to be in breach of it by the investigating panel, but it was held that this breach could not have been expected to cause
psychiatric injury, so any loss
arising from the breach was too remote to be recoverable.
In Hoare the court rejected the previous approach as per KR v Bryn Alyn Community Holdings (Ltd)[2003] EWCA Civ 85, [2003] All ER (D) 101 (Jun) that knowledge did not
arise until the claimant had seen and been told by a psychiatrist of the link between the abuse and the
psychiatric injury.
Acclaimed for its specialist expertise in catastrophic
injuries, especially those
arising from RTAs and motorcycle accidents, as well as severe
psychiatric injury claims.
Personal
injury claims
arising where stressful working conditions foreseeably cause
psychiatric injury routinely yield compensation payments of six figures or more.
Any treatment which begins during waiting periods except accident related / war / intentional self
injury or attempted suicide / abuse of drugs and alcohol and nicotine addiction / obesity treatment / sleep apnoea / maternity /
psychiatric or mental disorders / congenital diseases / conditions related to or
arising out of HIV / AIDS / etc..
Treatment which starts during waiting period, except accident related / war / intentional self
injury or attempted suicide / abuse of drugs and alcohol and nicotine addiction / treatment of obesity / sleep apnoea / maternity /
psychiatric or mental disorders / congenital diseases / conditions related to or
arising out of HIV / AIDS / etc..