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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 3
Sandie Peggie Wins 13-Point Appeal Hearing for 2027 Tribunal Challenge
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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 3

Sandie Peggie Wins 13-Point Appeal Hearing for 2027 Tribunal Challenge

3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 3

Summary

  • A full appeal hearing in Sandie Peggie’s employment case is expected in the first half of next year after a judge found reasonable grounds across 13 appeal points.
  • Peggie is challenging the tribunal ruling that upheld her harassment claim against NHS Fife but dismissed her wider discrimination and victimisation allegations over sharing a female changing room with transgender doctor Beth Upton.
  • Her legal team said the appeal also targets a first correction that rewrote a key passage on balancing protected characteristics and a second set of amendments that changed several substantive paragraphs.
  • The original 312-page judgment found for Peggie on four counts, rejected her other claims against NHS Fife and Upton, and said some of her comments to Upton amounted to harassment under the board’s bullying policy.

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