Other UK Court cases
- Corbett v. Corbett (otherwise Ashley) — full text of 1970 judgment by Lord Justice Ormrod which has since denied trans citizens of the UK legal recognition in their true gender (Size: 93Kb)
- R v. Tan and others — 1983 Appeals Court ruling which upheld the applicability of Ormrod’s test of sex for a trans woman convicted for engaging in prostitution. Classification as male exposed her to more severe penalties than if she had been recognised as female. (Size: 49Kb)
- R v Registrar General for England and Wales, Ex parte P & G: full text of the 1996 High Court judgment in the case where two trans women unsuccessfully sought judicial review of the Registrar-General’s refusal to alter their birth certificates. (36Kb)
- R v John Matthews: full text of the ruling which confirmed that non-consenting penile penetration of a transsexual woman’s vagina may be prosecuted as rape. Reading Crown Court, October 1996
- Bellinger v Bellinger: full text of the High Court ruling rejecting an application from a trans woman who had married in a registry office for her marriage to be recognised as valid. November 2000
- Bellinger v Bellinger (appeal): Full text of the Appeals Court ruling upholding the refusal of the High Court to recognise as valid the marriage of a trans woman. July 2001 (144Kb)
- Lords of Appeal: Bellinger v Bellinger: full text of the House of Lords ruling upholding the refusal of the lower courts to recognise as valid the marriage of a trans woman. (April 2003)
- Government FAQ on the Bellinger case published following the House of Lords ruling
- W-v-W: full text of the October 2000 High Court ruling rejecting an application to annul the marriage of an intersex woman (130Kb)