INTRODUCTION
The thesis of this article is that the time has come whereby the tort in Wilkinson v Downton, promulgated by Wright J in 1897 and judicially tweaked since, should be reformed in English law – whether judicially or statutorily – to constitute the following cause of action (Revised Wilkinson Tort): ‘The intentional infliction upon C of physical (bodily) injury, or serious emotional distress, which is caused by D’s statements directed to C’. Presently, the tort (Current Wilkinson Tort) stands for the following cause of action …
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Rachel Mulheron, ‘Modernising the tort of Wilkinson v Downton’, [2023] Journal of Personal Injury Law (1) 13-35.
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