Darlington nurses win their employment tribunal

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https://christianconcern.com/ccpressreleases/victory-for-darlington-nurses-as-judge-rules-policy-that-allows-men-into-womens-changing-rooms-is-unlawful-harassment-and-discrimination/

Brilliant news!

Brilliant! Get in there!

up yours NHS, Scottish government, labour fuckwits, GLP, stonewall, sandy kemp, bloody BBC

To think, I could have lived in a time where I saw the Beatles perform live, or thr first performance of the Rite of Spring, or the sealing of the Magna Carta...

And I instead live in a time when hospitals need Supreme Courts and tribunals to tell them men aren't women.

I could weep.

Excellent news. Now to get the Sandie Peggie ruling overturned on appeal and make this eminently sensible position binding.

Which bit of the peggie tribunal needs over ruling? I thought she won her case?

Fantastic news and makes me so hopeful that the tide is turning, slowly but surely. Well done to all those involved. I was amazed that the BBC referred to the Dr in question as a biological male identifying as a female.

Sad times 😉

Purely by coincidence tuned into r4news.

Female reporter explaining that BC the tribunal was using "they" and "rose" so as not to pre. Judge the case, so are they. I wish they would be this transparent in general

Discussion here:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5472628-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-following-employment-tribunal-judgment-thread-61

The tribunal found that NHS Fife had cocked up the investigation into the incident and had treated SP unfairly in this aspect, but not that it was inherently unfair to allow men to use the women's changing rooms. It was a partial win but it is being appealed. See the SP threads if you want (lots and lots) more detail and analysis 😄

Oh I am a bit bloody weepy, that's brilliant news. Brave brave women. Shame on those NHS managers who caused this and the HR bod who sent the women off to do 'be kind’ training.

Come on, Wes and Brigitte, it’s your turn now...

Judge Kemp: here's some CPD reading for you. Perhaps you'd like a refresher session in accurate legal research as well?

Did I hear the correspondent on World at One saying "biological trans woman"?

Thank goodness.

In the great scheme of things I think it could actually be beneficial that Rose wasn't found to have harassed the nurses himself. It takes away any shred of doubt that it's the whole policy which is discriminatory against women and creates a hostile environment, not the bad behaviour of individuals who benefit from the policy.

Brilliant brave women 💪

I don't think the nurses took Rose to court as it wasn't aimed at him

Wonderful news! Thank you Darlington Nurses for taking this on so bravely.

He was a named respondent in the case

I don't know but I don't think so. It is the Supreme Court (not the EHRC) that authoritatively determines the law.

So, once the Supreme Court rules on something then that is the law.

The EHRC’s role is to provide guidance to assist people to understand and comply with their rights and obligations under the Equality Act 2010; its role is not to determine the law or to interpret the Equality Act.

This is laid out in the Equality Act 2006.

It was also referenced in a 2018 case, City of York Council v Grosset [2018] EWCA Civ 1105 at [42] and [68], .

Yes I heard that. She sounded a bit nervous and fluffed it up I suspect.

He also applied for anonymity which was refused.

Fantastic news!

Or better yet, Kermit could READ THE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT which deals with this very question clearly & definitively.

But for some reason, actually knowing the answer would spoil Kermit’s game.

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Wonderful news! Well done to all those brave nurses. Makes me angry all over again for Sandie Peggie though, I hope she takes heart from this judgement and it will hopefully help her with her appeal x

Fantastic news!