Webinar Recording – Secondary Victim Claims: the “patchwork quilt of distinctions”

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19/06/2020

In yesterday’s webinar, Edward Bishop QC and Laura Johnson discussed the challenges of secondary victim cases.

They considered the application of the control mechanisms set out in the case of Alcock v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, and the appeal decision in the case of Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which considers the question of what is meant by the requirement that the secondary victim be proximate in time and space to the “event”.

If you missed it, you can view it here

 

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