It is well-recognised that a defendant can be responsible for deliberately inflicting harm on the claimant. In Wilkinson v Downton (1897) 66 LJQB 493 the defendant told the claimant, as a joke, that her husband had been badly injured in an accident. The claimant suffered nervous shock, for which the defendant was held liable. Thus liability can also arise where a defendant [...]and which does in fact achieve that result.
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deliberately acts or makes a statement which is calculated to cause physical harm to the claimant
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It is well-recognised that a defendant can be responsible for deliberately inflicting harm on the claimant. In Wilkinson v Downton (1897) 66 LJQB 493 the defendant told the claimant, as a joke, that her husband had been badly injured in an accident. The claimant suffered nervous shock, for which the defendant was held liable. Thus liability can also arise where a defendant [...]and which does in fact achieve that result.
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#law #tort #trespass
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It is well-recognised that a defendant can be responsible for deliberately inflicting harm on the claimant. In Wilkinson v Downton (1897) 66 LJQB 493 the defendant told the claimant, as a joke, that her husband had been badly injured in an accident. The claimant suffered nervous shock, for which the defendant was held liable. Thus liability can also arise where a defendant [...]and which does in fact achieve that result.
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deliberately acts or makes a statement which is calculated to cause physical harm to the claimant
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