Stress at work: personal injuries were reasonably forseeable | Practical Law

Stress at work: personal injuries were reasonably forseeable | Practical Law

In Hiles v South Gloucestershire NHS Primary Care Trust the High Court held that Ms Hiles had suffered injury to her health as a result of forseeable stress at work. The High Court awarded Ms Hiles, a health visitor who had worked for her employer for only two and a half years, almost £62,000 in damages. She suffered a complete nervous breakdown after bursting into tears during her performance review.

Stress at work: personal injuries were reasonably forseeable

Practical Law UK Legal Update 2-214-1002 (Approx. 2 pages)

Stress at work: personal injuries were reasonably forseeable

by PLC Employment
Published on 24 Jan 2007 • England, Scotland, Wales
In Hiles v South Gloucestershire NHS Primary Care Trust the High Court held that Ms Hiles had suffered injury to her health as a result of forseeable stress at work. The High Court awarded Ms Hiles, a health visitor who had worked for her employer for only two and a half years, almost £62,000 in damages. She suffered a complete nervous breakdown after bursting into tears during her performance review.
See Hiles v South Gloucestershire NHS Primary Care Trust.