Remedies in Tort Law

Definition of Remedy: “Any of the methods available at law for the enforcement, protection, or
recovery of rights or for obtaining redress of their infringement. A civil remedy may be granted by a
court to a party to a civil action.”1 There are two types of remedies available in Tort – Damages,
which is the Common Law Remedy and Injunctions – Equitable Remedy. General Aim of remedies is
to compensate the victim.
Damages are the most common remedy, and the aim is to put the claimant in the position the
claimant would have been if the Tort would not occurred!
I m choosing to talk about Psychiatric Injuries know as a Nervous Shock between the lawyers,
remedies available in order to resolve this aim and how these remedies enable this area of law to
operate effectively.
“A recognized psychiatric illness such as a post-traumatic stress disorder that is caused by sudden
shock . (...) there is no general duty of care for this psychiatric injury. A distinction is made between
primary and secondary victims (Page v Smith (1995) AC 155 (HL)).…