United Kingdom uncategorized

Corbett v Corbett (otherwise Ashley)

[1971] P 83; [1970] 2 All ER 33; [1970] 2 WLR 1306

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)

Year1970

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

For the purposes of marriage, a person's sex is fixed at birth by biological criteria (chromosomal, gonadal and genital) and cannot be changed by surgery, so a marriage between a man and a post-operative male-to-female transsexual is void.

Area of Law

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Bellinger v Bellinger [2003] UKHL 21; [2003] 2 AC 467; [2003] 2 WLR 1174; [2003] 2 All ER 593

Davis v Johnson [1979] AC 264; [1978] UKHL 1; [1978] 2 WLR 553; [1978] 1 All ER 1132

Corbett v Corbett (otherwise Ashley) Corbett v Corbett (otherwise Ashley) [1971] P 83; [1970] 2 All ER 33

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