"Wembridge Claimants” and others v Winter and another [2013] EWHC 2331 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 04 (Aug)
Properly construed, under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, the “health and safety regulations” could amend a duty under existing statutory provisions and, thus, breach of health and safety regulations would be actionable, save where the contrary was expressly excluded. Fire and rescue services had not been expressly excluded from the Act. Further, there was no necessary implication that no civil liability arose, either at common law or by the imposition of regulation, because the Act contained “target duties” only.
