Sandie Peggie: Employment Tribunal, associated legal claims, and related matters - thread #67

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Sandie Peggie, a nurse at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy (VH), brought claims in the employment tribunal against her employer; Fife Health Board (the Board) and another employee, Dr B Upton. Ms Peggie’s claims were of sexual harassment, harassment related to a protected belief, indirect discrimination and victimisation. Dr Upton claimed to be a transwoman, that is observed as male at birth but asserting a female gender identity.

The Employment Tribunal hearing started on Monday 3 February 2025 and after a prolonged process judgment was handed down on 8 December 2025. That judgment is being appealed and an appeal hearing is expected to take place in 2027.

A second Employment Tribunal, Sandie Peggie vs Royal College of Nursing, has just been heard. The hearing started on Wednesday 23 September 2026 and ended on Thursday 1 October 2026. It is possible that a decision will be handed down before Christmas of this year.

Additional legal claims have been raised. Sandie Peggie is taking action against three senior managers who were witnesses in the first Employment Tribunal - Dr Kate Searle, Dr Maggie Currer and Esther Davidson, against Carol Potter, the chief executive of NHS Fife, for victimisation, against NHS Fife for discrimination, and against its director of people and culture David Miller for harassment. In addition, Sandie Peggie is being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over fitness to practice.

The past proceedings were live tweeted by www.x.com/tribunaltweets. Tribunal Tweets are likely to be providing coverage in future proceedings. There's additional information on Tribunal Tweets' substack: www.tribunaltweets.substack.com/.

Links to previous threads #1 to #60 can be found in this thread: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5379717-sandie-peggie-list-of-threads-covering-employment-tribunal-and-afterwards

Thread 61: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5472628-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-following-employment-tribunal-judgment-thread-61 8 January 2026 to 3 August 2026

Thread 62: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5562302-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-following-employment-tribunal-judgment-thread-62 3 August 2026 to 24 September 2026

Thread 63: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5581909-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-63 24 September 2026 to 27 September 2026

Thread 64: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5583133-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-64 27 September 2026 to 29 September 2026

Thread 65: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5583663-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-65 29 September 2026 to 30 September 2026

Thread 66: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5584074-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-66 30 September 2026 to 1 October 2026

I don't think it should be left uncorrected here as it contributes to widespread misinformation about the law.

Where were you when Stonewall was telling us all what the law was - or in practice, what they thought the law should be?

It’s just a pure DARVO. I said that first.

You are deliberately derailing this thread when you know that a specific thread has been created for discussion of the Supreme Court ruling. I have reported your post.

Quite shocked that @Lacksie is having a problem with respecting boundaries and using the correct space.

@Peregrina @Ereshkigalangcleg @NotAtMyAge
Please respond on the other thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5584765-interpretation-of-the-supreme-court-ruling-biological-sex

I wonder what the work atmosphere is at the RCN today. I hope that whatever the outcome of the tribunal, it has an impact on their working practices.

I'm just catching up, thank you for posting this. I haven't been able to follow this tribunal that closely, so Nick's summaries are always extremely informative.

Quite. I think I was reasonable in my suggestion.

Really?
I’m not shocked at all. Neither am I surprised.

I was thinking about Naomi and the message she is giving which that there is an off ramp. It’s clever. It’s basically saying to the captured people at the captured unions and other organisations that they have a way out. Stonewall lied to them and misrepresented the law. Many other organisations and “trainers“ are still doing so. Not necessarily your fault - you took it in good faith.

Although it will be on you now, if you carry on.

Yes I agree, Nick’s summaries are brilliant. I was thinking to send all of them to someone not familiar with the case, as they are quite accessible but still pretty jaw dropping in places. I hope he’s started writing the book that will become a hit TV series.

I'm not trying to convince you of my legal credentials, I'm just sharing factually accurate information about what the courts have said in their judgements- along with the relevant citations. Welcome to read or not!
It's very relevant to have an accurate understanding for following SP's tribunals I think.

STOP RESPONDING. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT.

They're all nicely presented on his blog, a book leading to a TV series would be a treat
genderblog.net/author/nwallis/

Do you think they took the flag down?

No chance!

I think Nick has a book about the Post Office scandal coming out soon.

He does seem to take a really in depth approach to miscarriages of justice and follow them through. I definitely think a book on this subject may result from his hard work.

🙏🏻

Anyone able to take a look? 20 Cavendish Square, London, just out the back of John Lewis. It's been there since May and I guess unless someone follows up on the lack of planning permission they wont take it down.

The flag? It’s bizarre.

Thank you for Nicks latest. I must say he's been absolutely brilliant this week.

If they took the flag down, it would be proof of their hidden transphobia finally being revealed.

Cough cough.

Surely they will have replaced it with a suffragette flag by now?

Do you think Ms Marquis will be suffering a pile on from the TRAs? Finally getting a taste of the same medicine as Sandie Peggie?

Ooh, I've got a pre-op round the corner from there next week. Will try and pop a card through the door for Jennifer Melle.

I've been reading the threads on this tribunal but as someone involved is a close friend of a close friend didn't want to say anything at the time in case I said something I shouldn't but I am very grateful to the C&P team (plus TT and NW).

I was amused that the present interruptatron told our learned prh47bridge to "Think about it" and was not disappointed to read the succinct replies that demonstrated that he already had.....

For me the really hard bit was the treatment of JM but I think that the lack of support for her is so compelling - here was a nurse having a private conversation with a doctor about a urology case where the sex of the patient was essential who was then horribly abused with the n word and other filth and two officers were required to restrain her and yet the RCN dragged its heels and told her to reflect on her values. DH's only option really was to try and depict her as an over emotional hyperbolic and unreliable witness as the facts of her situation are so shocking. I will be writing to her as she has been so brave to put herself through this and her cross and DH's subs were pretty awful to read.