diff --git a/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php b/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php
index 553de10..f245166 100755
--- a/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php
+++ b/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php
@@ -600,8 +600,10 @@ class UserDefinedForm_Controller extends Page_Controller {
 		
 		if($this->Fields()) {
 			foreach($this->Fields() as $field) {
-				$messages[$field->Name] = $field->getErrorMessage()->HTML();
-	
+				if (!in_array($field->ClassName, array('EditableEmailField', 'EditableNumericField'))) {
+					$messages[$field->Name] = $field->getErrorMessage()->HTML();
+				}
+
 				if($field->Required) {
 					$rules[$field->Name] = array_merge(array('required' => true), $field->getValidation());
 					$required->addRequiredField($field->Name);
diff --git a/code/model/formfields/EditableEmailField.php b/code/model/formfields/EditableEmailField.php
index 2f1ffe3..7976f6b 100755
--- a/code/model/formfields/EditableEmailField.php
+++ b/code/model/formfields/EditableEmailField.php
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ class EditableEmailField extends EditableFormField {
 	private static $plural_name = 'Email Fields';
 	
 	public function getFormField() {
+		if ($this->Required) {
+			//  Required and Email validation can conflict so add the Required validation messages
+			// as input attributes
+			$errorMessage = $this->getErrorMessage()->HTML();
+			$field =  new EmailField($this->Name, $this->Title);
+			$field->setAttribute('data-rule-required','true');
+			$field->setAttribute('data-msg-required',$errorMessage);
+			return $field;
+		}
 		return new EmailField($this->Name, $this->Title);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/code/model/formfields/EditableFormField.php b/code/model/formfields/EditableFormField.php
index 1b15c06..efa99ba 100755
--- a/code/model/formfields/EditableFormField.php
+++ b/code/model/formfields/EditableFormField.php
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ class EditableFormField extends DataObject {
 		$title = strip_tags("'". ($this->Title ? $this->Title : $this->Name) . "'");
 		$standard = sprintf(_t('Form.FIELDISREQUIRED', '%s is required').'.', $title);
 		
-		$errorMessage = ($this->CustomErrorMessage) ? $this->CustomErrorMessage : $standard;
+		// only use CustomErrorMessage if it has a non empty value
+		$errorMessage = (!empty($this->CustomErrorMessage)) ? $this->CustomErrorMessage : $standard;
 		
 		return DBField::create_field('Varchar', $errorMessage);
 	}
diff --git a/code/model/formfields/EditableNumericField.php b/code/model/formfields/EditableNumericField.php
index 1a33fde..85ff6e0 100755
--- a/code/model/formfields/EditableNumericField.php
+++ b/code/model/formfields/EditableNumericField.php
@@ -22,12 +22,18 @@ class EditableNumericField extends EditableTextField {
 			$taf = new NumericField($this->Name, $this->Title);
 			$taf->setRows($this->getSetting('Rows'));
 			$taf->addExtraClass('number');
-			return $taf;
 		}
 		else {
 			$taf = new NumericField($this->Name, $this->Title, null, $this->getSetting('MaxLength'));
 			$taf->addExtraClass('number');
-			return $taf;
 		}
+		if ($this->Required) {
+			//  Required and numeric validation can conflict so add the Required validation messages
+			// as input attributes
+			$errorMessage = $this->getErrorMessage()->HTML();
+			$taf->setAttribute('data-rule-required','true');
+			$taf->setAttribute('data-msg-required',$errorMessage);
+		}
+		return $taf;
 	}
 }