Jaensch v Coffey
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judgment Date | 1984 |
| Neutral Citation | [1984] HCA 52,1984-0820 HCA E |
| Date | 1984 |
| Year | 1984 |
| Court | High Court |
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...for support on passages contained in a judgment of Brennan J. (as he then was) in the Australian High Court case of Jaensh v. Coffey (1984) 155 C.L.R. 549 in which that learned judge said as follows:- " A plaintiff may recover only if the psychiatric illness is the result of physical injury......
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Sticks, Stones and Words: Emotional Harm and the English Criminal Law
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...2013) [17.55]. 9 Kelly v Hennessy [1993] ILRM 530, 532. 10 ibid. 11 ibid. at 531. 12 Kelly v Hennessy (n 5) [24]. 13 Jaensch v Coffey [1984] HCA 52; Kelly v Hennessy (n 5) [25-44]. 14 ibid. 15 ibid [62], [113-114]. 16 ibid [60]. 17 This seems to be largely in line with the control mechanism......
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NEGLIGENCE LIABILITY TO PRIMARY VICTIMS OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS
...110. 14 Supra Note 15. 15 Supra Note 7 at 420. 16 Supra Note 1 at 104. 17 Supra Note 17. 18 Per Mr Justice Brennan in Jaensch v Coffey(1984) 54 A.L.R. 417 at 431. 19 Per Lord Lloyd in Page v Smith at 110. 20 See McLoughlin v O’Brian and Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police. 21......