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Hambrook v Stokes Brothers

[1925] 1 KB 141 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (England and Wales)

Year1925

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A claimant may recover for nervous shock caused by reasonable fear for the safety of close family members, not only fear for one's own safety, provided the shock arose from what was perceived with one's own senses.

Area of Law

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