Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary
Court of Appeal
“Transient physical symptoms caused by anxiety or stress did not amount either to psychiatric or physical injury and were insufficient to constitute material damage, an essential ingredient of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
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