The Claimant was the daughter of a British soldier, and as a
child, heard the Hyde Park bomb detonate from her nursery. She
witnessed the injured soldiers returning, knowing that her father
had been one of the parties targeted.
In 2017 she issued a claim against the Defendant, who was
identified as being a part of the attack in 2014 during criminal
proceedings, which subsequently collapsed. The Claimant is seeking
damages for psychiatric harm and consequential loss in addition to
aggravated and exemplary damages. The Defendant did not
attend.
Mrs Justice Yip was asked to deal with the primary issue of the
validity of the claim. The claim was held to be valid with
damages to be dealt with at a later date.
