Torts - Negligence - Essentials of action for negligence - Duty - Breach of duty - Damage - Sexual abuse - Indecent assault suffered during childhood - When damage arose - Repressed memory - Recognisable psychiatric illness - Nervous shock or mental disorder - Onset of post-traumatic stress disorder - Time when psychiatric injury suffered.
Aust Dig Torts [56 - 57]
Limitation of Actions - Contracts, torts and personal actions - Personal injury cases - Extension of the bar - Accrual of cause of action - When injury suffered - Repressed memory - Time began when psychiatric injury suffered.
Aust Dig Limitation of Actions [28]
Case Details
Citation[1999] TASSC 33
CourtTASSC
JurisdictionTasmania
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