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CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 35

Mental harm—damages

    (1)     Damages must not be awarded for pure mental harm to a person resulting from negligence unless the harm consists of a recognised psychiatric illness.

    (2)     Damages must not be awarded for economic loss for consequential mental harm to a person resulting from negligence unless the harm consists of a recognised psychiatric illness.



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