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Female nurses who won 'landmark' trans case launch claim for legal costs

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Seven Darlington nurses who won a landmark discrimination case against NHS bosses are now seeking to recover £400,000 in legal costs. The nurses, called the "Magnificent Seven" and the "Angels of the North", brought a claim after being made to share changing rooms with a transgender colleague. An employment tribunal heard yesterday that the group had applied to recover 90 per cent of their lawyers' fees. In January, NHS managers were found guilty of "violating" the nurses' dignity. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say A specialist judge previously rule the women had been discriminated against and harassed by managers at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The case centred on Rose Henderson, a trans woman colleague who was permitted to use the women's changing facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital. The trust had unlawfully required them to share female-only changing rooms with a biological male. However, the judgment made clear that Rose Henderson had not personally hara

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