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Taylor v A Novo (UK) Ltd

[2013] EWCA Civ 194; [2014] QB 150; [2013] 3 WLR 989
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (England and Wales), Civil Division
Year2013
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A secondary victim must be proximate in time and space to the negligent event (or its immediate aftermath) that caused the primary victim's injury, not merely to a later consequential death.

Area of Law

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