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secondary victimsimmediate aftermathproximity
Lee Wah v Lok Wai Wa
[2015] HKEC 1323
Key Principle
A secondary victim may recover for psychiatric injury (nervous shock) where there are close ties of love and affection with the primary victim, sufficient proximity in time and space to the accident or its immediate aftermath, and the shock was caused by direct perception; the 'immediate aftermath' is construed flexibly.
Area of Law
Tort & Negligence
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