Index card Wilkinson v Downton

Hearings

08 May 1897 [1897] EWHC 1 (QB); [1897] 2 QB 57, QBD

Subject Matter

TORT — Action — Cause of — Nervous Shock — Practical Joke causing — Remoteness of Damage

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Wilkinson v Downton [1897] EWHC 1 (QB); [1897] 2 QB 57, QBD

Applied in ABC v West Heath 2000 Ltd [2015] EWHC 2687 (QB), QBD

Distinguished in O (A Child) v Rhodes [2015] UKSC 32; [2016] AC 219; [2015] 2 WLR 1373; [2015] 4 All ER 1; [2015] WLR (D) 227; Case details, SC(E)

Distinguished in Wainwright v Home Office [2003] UKHL 53; [2004] 2 AC 406; [2003] 3 WLR 1137; [2003] 4 All ER 969, HL(E)

Considered in Wainwright v Home Office [2001] EWCA Civ 2081; [2002] QB 1334; [2002] 3 WLR 405; [2003] 3 All ER 943, CA

Approved in Janvier v Sweeney [1919] 2 KB 316, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: Wilkinson v Downton [1897] EWHC 1 (QB); [1897] 2 QB 57, QBD

A v Hoare [2006] EWCA Civ 395; [2006] 1 WLR 2320; [2006] 2 FLR 727, CA

A v Hoare (Iorworth) : H v Suffolk County Council & Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Intervenor) : (1) X (2) Y v London Borough of Wandsworth [2006] EWCA Civ 395, CA

Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 331; [2023] Fam 287; [2023] 3 WLR 575; [2023] 4 All ER 116; [2023] 2 FLR 1267; [2023] WLR(D) 166, CA

Al-Kandari v J R Brown & Co [1987] QB 514; [1987] 2 WLR 469; [1987] 2 All ER 302, QBD

Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 AC 310; [1991] 3 WLR 1057; [1991] 3 All ER 88; The Times, 6 May 1991, CA

Ang v Reliantco Investments Ltd [2019] EWHC 879 (Comm); [2020] QB 582; [2019] 3 WLR 161; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 958; [2019] WLR (D) 248, QBD

Associated British Ports v Transport and General Workers’ Union [1989] 1 WLR 939; [1989] ICR 557; [1989] 3 All ER 822, HL(E)

BVC v EWF [2019] EWHC 2506 (QB), QBD

Banks v Ablex Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 173; [2005] ICR 819, CA

Brayshaw v Partners of Apsley Surgery [2018] EWHC 3286 (QB); [2019] 2 All ER 997, QBD

C v (1) D (2) SBA [2006] EWHC 166 (QB), QBD

D v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1978] AC 171; [1976] 3 WLR 124; [1976] 2 All ER 993, CA

Dunnage v Randall [2015] EWCA Civ 673; [2016] QB 639; [2016] 2 WLR 839; [2015] WLR (D) 287, CA

Essa v Laing Ltd [2004] EWCA Civ 2; [2004] ICR 746, CA

GKE v Gunning [2023] EWHC 332 (KB), KBD

George v Cannell [2024] UKSC 19; [2024] 3 WLR 153; [2024] 4 All ER 431; The Times, 12 August 2024; Press summary, SC(E)

Glen v Korean Airlines Co Ltd [2003] EWHC 643 (QB); [2003] QB 1386; [2003] 3 WLR 273; [2003] 3 All ER 621, QBD

Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd [1997] AC 655; [1997] 2 WLR 684; [1997] 2 All ER 426; [1997] 2 FLR 342, HL(E)

In re Organ Retention Group Litigation [2004] EWHC 644 (QB); [2005] QB 506; [2005] 2 WLR 358; [2004] 2 FLR 365, QBD

Khorasandjian v Bush [1993] QB 727; [1993] 3 WLR 476; [1993] 3 All ER 669, CA

MXX v A Secondary School [2022] EWHC 2207 (QB), QBD

MXX v A Secondary School [2023] EWCA Civ 996, CA

Mafo v Adams [1970] 1 QB 548; [1970] 2 WLR 72; [1969] 3 All ER 1404, CA

Mbasogo v Logo Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1370; [2007] QB 846; [2007] 2 WLR 1062, CA

McLoughlin (Martin) v Grovers [2001] EWCA Civ 1743, CA

McLoughlin v Jones [2001] EWCA Civ 1743; [2002] QB 1312; [2002] 2 WLR 1279, CA

Nadeem v Shell UK (2014 [2014] EWHC 4664 (QB), QBD

O (A Child) v Rhodes [2015] UKSC 32; [2016] AC 219; [2015] 2 WLR 1373; [2015] 4 All ER 1; [2015] WLR (D) 227; Case details, SC(E)

OPO v MLA [2014] EWHC 2468 (QB), QBD

Page v Smith [1996] AC 155; [1995] 2 WLR 644; [1995] 2 All ER 736; [1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep 95; [1995] RTR 210, HL(E)

Piepenbrock v London School of Economics and Political Science [2022] EWHC 2421 (KB), KBD

Shalson v Russo (Mimran, Part 20 claimants) [2004] EWHC 1637 (Ch); [2005] Ch 281; [2005] 2 WLR 1213, Ch D

The Home Office v Wainwright and Anr [2001] EWCA Civ 2081, CA

Tickle v Griffiths (Rights of Women intervening) [2021] EWCA Civ 1882; [2022] 2 FCR 126; Press summary, CA

Wainwright v Home Office [2001] EWCA Civ 2081; [2002] QB 1334; [2002] 3 WLR 405; [2003] 3 All ER 943, CA

Wainwright v Home Office [2003] UKHL 53; [2004] 2 AC 406; [2003] 3 WLR 1137; [2003] 4 All ER 969, HL(E)

Watkins v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 966; [2005] QB 883; [2005] 2 WLR 1538; [2004] 4 All ER 1158, CA

Wong v Parkside Health NHS Trust [2001] EWCA Civ 1721; [2003] 3 All ER 932, CA

Wong v Parkside Health NHS Trust [2001] EWCA Civ 1721, CA

ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2022] UKSC 5; [2022] AC 1158; [2022] 2 WLR 424; [2022] 3 All ER 1; [2022] 2 Cr App R 2; [2022] WLR(D) 96; The Times, 3 March 2022, SC(E)

Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn v HM Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón [2023] EWHC 2478 (KB), KBD

Commentary

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