Imogen Goold (University of Oxford - Faculty of Law) & Catherine Kelly (University of Bristol) have posted Who’s Afraid of Imaginary Claims? Common Misunderstandings of the Origin of the Action for Pure Psychiatric Injury in Negligence 1888-1943 (Law Quarterly Review. 2022 ; Vol. 138. pp. 58-78) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Discusses, with reference to case law, common misconceptions surrounding the origins and development of the negligence action for pure psychiatric injury between 1888 and 1943, and argues that fear of imaginary or fraudulent claims was not a characteristic of early rulings.
