Chadwick v British Railways Board

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division
Year1967
Date1967

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38 cases
  • White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 3 December 1998
    ...impact on his mind of the suffering he witnessed in his rescue attempt, and not because of any fear for his own safety, see Chadwick v. British Railways Board [1967] 1 W.L.R. 912. What rescuer ever thinks of his own safety? It seems to me that it would be a very artificial and unnecessary ......
  • Page v Smith
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 11 May 1995
    ...out, at p.433, that the legal profession well understood that acute emotional trauma could well cause a psychiatric illness. In Chadwick v. British Railways Board [1967] 1 W.L.R. 912 a volunteer rescuer at the scene of the Lewisham railway disaster witnessed horrific scenes during the cours......
  • The Bodo Community and Others v The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 20 June 2014
    ...son scream and ran to assist. He suffered shock and the Court of Appeal upheld the trial court's award of damages. In Chadwick v British Railway Board (1967) 1 WLR 912 the plaintiff who took part in rescue work after a railway collision due to the defendant's fault suffered shock as a resul......
  • McLoughlin v O'Brian
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 6 May 1982
    ...man who came upon a serious accident involving numerous people immediately thereafter and acted as a rescuer of those involved (Chadwick v. British Railways Board [1967] 1 W.L.R. 912). "Shock" was caused neither by fear for himself nor fear or horror on account of a near relative. The prin......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Torts. Sixth Edition
    • 25 June 2020
    .............................................................................................. 326 Chadwick v British Transport Commission, [1967] 1 WLR 912, [1967] 2 All ER 945 (QB) ............................................................................... 94 Chamberland v Fleming (1984)......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
    • 21 June 2014
    ...31 CPC 97 (HCJ) .................................................. 349 Table of Cases 553 Chadwick v British Transport Commission, [1967] 2 All ER 945, [1967] 1 WLR 912, 111 Sol Jo 562 ..................................................410 Chan v Erin Mills Town Centre Corp, [2005] OTC 986, ......
  • Remoteness of Damages
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
    • 21 June 2014
    ...such as education. 69 Videan v British Transport Commission , [1963] 2 QB 650 (CA); Chadwick v British Transport Commission , [1967] 2 All ER 945 (QBD). 70 Parsons , above note 20. See also Michaluk , above note 61. 71 In Larsen v Wilson , 2007 BCSC 943, the plaintiff was injured in a motor......
  • Negligence: Basic Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Torts. Sixth Edition
    • 25 June 2020
    ...of Lords in Alcock v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police , [1992] 1 AC 310 (HL). 199 Chadwick v British Transport Commission , [1967] 1 WLR 912 (QB). The House of Lords in White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire , [1998] 3 WLR 1509 sought to restrict Chadwick to situations wher......