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Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
CourtHouse of Lords
Decided28 December 1991
Citation[1992] 1 AC 310
Transcripttranscript at BAILII[1]
Court membership
Judges sittingLord Keith of Kinkel
Lord Ackner
Lord Oliver of Aylmerton
Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle
Lord Lowry
Keywords
Negligence, nervous shock, primary and secondary victims

Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1991] UKHL 5, [1992] 1 AC 310 is a leading English tort law case on liability for nervous shock (psychiatric injury). The case centred upon the liability of the police for the nervous shock suffered in consequence of the events of the Hillsborough disaster.

  1. ^ "Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1991] UKHL 5 (28 November 1991)". bailii.org. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

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