Index card R (West Coast Railway Co Ltd) v Office of Rail and Road

R (West Coast Railway Co Ltd) v Office of Rail and Road

Hearings

England & Wales

22 Dec 2023 [2023] EWHC 3338 (Admin); [2024] 4 WLR 12; [2024] WLR(D) 3, KBD (Thornton J)

Subject Matter

HEALTH AND SAFETY — Railways — Rolling stock — Claimant operating heritage train tours — Claimant applying to safety regulator for certificate granting exemption from regulatory requirement for central door looking system on rolling stock so as to permit claimant to run trains with “secondary door locking” system — Regulator refusing to grant certificate — Whether regulator misinterpreting regulatory requirements — Whether regulator’s decision in breach of Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt II, art 1 — Railway Safety Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2244), regs 5, 6

[2023] EWHC 3338 (Admin); [2024] 4 WLR 12; [2024] WLR(D) 3, KBD

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