在Newquay的彭哈洛酒店火災,致三人死亡，2007年8月被因違反消防安全法規罰款 8萬英鎊，並責令支付六萬二千英鎊訴訟成本。
彭哈洛酒店的擁有人:Holdsworth, O & C Ltd 2005年時在特魯羅刑事法庭承認以下兩項罪行:
1.未進行適當和足夠的火災風險評估;
2.未有適當的裝備與探測器和報警確保酒店安全。
法院判決的角度是希望發出一個非常明確的信息:
酒店和休閒行業，是提供住宿地方很重要性的地方，應該是需要高度優先確保消防安全的防火措施及管理的地方.
彭哈洛酒店公司(Penhallow Hotel )火災損失審判中認罪 -2011年3月24日
2007年8月彭哈洛飯店火災致三人死死亡,該公司已承認違反消防安全法規。
O & C Holdsworth 承認犯下兩項罪行（消防安全）,包含未進行適當且足夠的火災危險性評估;及未能確保飯店內之探測器和報警設備之性能。該公司負責人僅承認因公司的制度而導致的過失,並非個人的疏失
火災調查報告顯示，嚴重的火災發生在於未進行火災風險評估,致火災預防措施未落實。
這次起訴的成功將成為一個示範案例,顯示酒店和休閒行業此類提供住宿地方，消防安全的適法性和管理是十分重要性，此也是確保防火措施當務之急的事。
蘇格蘭政府意識到第三方認證的優點 2011年3月11日
蘇格蘭政府現在於Fire (Scotland) Act 2005增加建築物的負責人之職責，並透過第三方認證提供更好的防火安全產品和服務。2004年Rosepark Care Home in Lanarkshire 14人死亡案例，讓蘇格蘭政府認為建築物負責人應該增加其職責,並由第三方認證單位提出計畫及其效益。
Scottish Government recognises the benefits of third party certification
11 March 2011
In a departure from previous practice, the Scottish Government have now incorporated advice to duty holders, on whom duties are imposed under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, on the benefits of using companies with third party certification for the provision of fire protection products and services.
Until now, guidance to duty holders made no reference to third party certification schemes or their benefits. This is also true of the technical handbooks that support the Building (Scotland) Regulations, and is in distinct contrast to the recommendations and advice regarding such schemes contained in the equivalent guides in England and Wales.
However, last year during the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of 14 residents of the Rosepark Care Home in Lanarkshire in 2004, an expert witness for the Crown, Colin Todd, recommended that Scottish Government guidance should make duty holders aware of the existence of third party certification schemes and their benefits. During cross examination, the Advocate for Scottish Government confirmed to the FAI that this recommendation would be considered.
In an apparent consequence of this assurance, the Scottish Government website that provides guidance to duty holders on the Scottish fire safety legislation (www.firelawscotland.org) has recently been updated to include a new FAQ, which makes reference to third party certification schemes for fire protection products and services. In an answer to an FAQ about how a duty holder can be sure about the quality of a fire protection product or service, the Scottish Government advice is:
“Contractors should be competent and fire protection products should be fit for their purpose and properly installed and maintained. Third party certification is one method of providing a reasonable assurance of quality.
“Third-party certification or assurance for products and services involves a certification body independently checking competencies and processes and that standards are being met. If the certification body is reputable, this can be an effective means of providing assurance.
“Products and services that are not third-party approved are not necessarily less reliable, but third-party quality assurance can offer the comfort that products and services are fit for purpose.”
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