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References to and/or interpretations of Health and Safety Regulations - Sanders - v - University of Hull

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
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In the opening paragraph of the Judgment on the 8th November 1999, HH Judge Cracknell says:

She complains of a breach of statutory duty under the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 and on simple common law negligence. Those allegations are denied by the University.

On page 3 of the Judgment, HH Judge Cracknell says:

The University, as I find, was astute to comply with the Regulations and its obligations at common law. Indeed my assessment of the staff who were called to give evidence on behalf of the University was that they were profoundly conscientious to a degree that I have not ever previously encountered before in many years of trying this sort of case. They were both acutely aware of the Regulations and aware of the risk that the law is designed to minimise and avoid by the imposition of these Regulations. That being the case however as a general observation if it appears that they have fallen short of those standards required in this particular case then that general approach would not excuse them.

I find that the Defendants did instruct the Claimant and others in her position about the Regulations and the risks that they were intended to avoid. In about November of 1993 there was a class training course involving information and watching the video which gave the staff, and the Claimant in particular, general guidance on the Regulations and the methods by which potential sources of stress could be recognised and avoided.

Towards the end of the Judgment, HH Judge Cracknell says:

I acquit the University of any negligence or breach of the Regulations. It seems to me that what they did was adequate and proper within the Rules and Regulations and that their approach to them was faultless.

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