Stress at Work in UK Law
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Barber v Somerset County Council
... ... after the claimant had had to stop working for them owing to stress-induced psychiatric illness. Two of the claimants were teachers in ... that his employee might suffer psychiatric illness through stress at work (paras 23–31), and the circumstances in which a court may find an ... ...
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Hatton v Sutherland; Barber v Somerset County Council
... ... of liability for an employee's psychiatric illness caused by stress at work. Two of the employees were teachers in public sector comprehensive ... ...
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White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and Others
... ... post-traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D.), I need say no more on this subject ... 37 (2) ... a duty to take reasonable care for the safety of his employee at work (see, e.g., Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd. v. English [1938] A.C. 57 ... ...
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R v Trevor McCandless, Stephen Anthony Johnston, Paul James Johnston, Samuel Anderson, Kenneth John Scott
... ... sense), such as by prolonged and eventually unsupportable stress; or (d) the case involved an overreaction in self-defence; or (e) ... He complained at times of stress at work and of anxiety and feelings of anger, stress and irritability. In ... ...
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Hartman v South Essex Mental Health and Community Care NHS Trust
... ... involving claims for damages for psychiatric injury arising out of stress at work. Four are defendant's appeals; two are claimant's appeals. There ... ...
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Majrowski v Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust
... ... She was excessively critical of his time-keeping and work. She imposed unrealistic performance targets for him and threatened him ... would increase very considerably the volume of claims based on stress, anxiety or other emotional problems at work. The courts would be unable ... ...
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Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Company
... ... 227). There he introduced the phrase "their work in conducting litigation" (p. 231). He made this more explicit when he ... characteristic of a barrister's work upon which the greatest stress is laid by their Lordships was that he does not owe a duty only to his ... ...
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French and Others v Chief Constable of Sussex
... ... The first alleged a failure to manage the claimants' return to work once they had been cleared of charges against them, resulting in l stress. The respondent has accepted that this head of claim is arguable, and no ... ...
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City of York Council v P J Grosset
... ... He was unable to absorb the increased pressure of work by working in his own time, by reason of the time-consuming exercise ... ; his health suffered badly; and that in turn increased the level of stress, as he became worried not only about not coping at work but also that his ... ...
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Johnson v Unisys Ltd
... ... In the 10th edition of the same work Sir Guenter Treitel QC, remained of the same view and was able to cite ... Over the years he suffered from work-related stress and the employers were aware of his particular psychological ... ...
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