Hevican v Ruane

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1991
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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14 cases
  • Alcock and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 28 November 1991
    ...the law should not compensate shock brought about by communication by a third party. On that basis it is open to serious doubt whether Hevican v. Ruane [1991] 3 All E.R. 65 and Ravenscroft v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic [1991] 3 All E.R. 73 were correctly decided, since in both of th......
  • Pang Koi Fa v Lim Djoe Phing
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 2 July 1993
    ... ... Illustration may be found in two cases, Attia v British Gas plc , and Hevican v Ruane. , In Attia , the Court of Appeal held that damages were recoverable where the plaintiff had suffered a recognizable psychiatric illness ... ...
  • Leonard (Martha Elizabeth Philomena) v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Ministry of Defence
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court (Northern Ireland)
    • 9 September 2016
    ...my noble and learned friend Lord Keith of Kinkel that the validity of each of the recent decisions at first instance of Hevican v Ruane [1991] 3 All ER 65 andRavenscroft v Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic [1991] 3 All ER 73 is open to serious doubt. (3) Mere mental suffering, although reaso......
  • Copoc et al. v. Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police, (1991) 131 N.R. 194 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 28 November 1991
    ...Donoghue v. Stevenson, [1932] A.C. 562, consd. [para. 5]. Jaensch v. Coffey (1984), 54 A.L.R. 417, consd. [para. 7]. Hevican v. Ruane, [1991] 3 All E.R. 65, not apprvd [para. Ravenscroft v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic, [1991] 3 All E.R. 73, not apprvd [para. 7]. Hambrook v. Stokes Bros......
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