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Protection from Harassment Act 1997: indirect victim may claim for damages (News, 16 March 2015)

Published on: 16 March 2015

Table of contents

  • Impact of this case
  • Relevant background law
  • The facts and decision of the County Court
  • The Court of Appeal judgment

Article summary

The ability to bring a harassment claim under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 extends beyond the targeted individual to those other persons who are foreseeably, and directly, harmed by the course of targeted conduct of which complaint is made, to the extent that they can properly be described as victims of it. Court of Appeal: (1) Levi (2) Levi v (1) Bates (2) Leeds Utd FC Ltd (3) Yorkshire Radio.

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