Primary Victims; the End of the Road?

This article is a discussion of oneaspect of the troubled area of negligencedealing with psychiatric damage. Theidentification of the category of 'primaryvictim' by the House of Lords has given rise toconsiderable doctrinal confusion and theelevation of this category of victim to aprivileged status. The occupational stress andnegligent information cases have addedcomplexity to the matrix and the article is arequest for doctrinal simplification.