Defendants negligence causing nervous shock or psychiatric injury to plaintiff/claimant: a critical appraisal

• Main Authors: Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: International Organization Center of Academic Research (OCERINT) Publishing 2017
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/55728/1/55728_Defendants%20Negligence%20Causing%20Nervous%20Shock.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/55728/7/55728%20Defendants%20negligence%20causing%20nervous%20shock%20or%20psychiatric%20WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/55728/; http://www.ocerint.org/intcess17_epublication/papers/161.pdf

In the common law jurisdictions including Malaysia, the tort of negligence is based on the existence of a duty of care owed by the defendant to the plaintiff/claimant. The law has developed over time to include many instances where duty of care exists. Psychiatric injury is an aspect of negligence c...