(Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, 25 September 2019)
Private Law children – Transgender father – Claimant wishing to be registered as ‘father’.
The Family Division held whilst the person’s gender was ‘male’, their parental status which derived from biological role in giving birth was that of ‘mother’.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWHC 2384 (Fam)
Case No: FD18F00035
FAMILY DIVISION AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 25/09/2019
Before:
Between:
THE QUEEN (on the application of TT)
Claimant
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THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Defendant
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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE [1]
MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND EQUALITIES [2]
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT [3]
YY (A Child) (By his Litigation Friend, CLAIRE BROOKS) [4]
Interested Parties
Interveners
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Hannah Markham QC and Miriam Carrion Benitez (instructed by A City Law Firm) for the Claimant
Sarah Hannett (instructed by Government Legal Service) for the Defendant
Ben Jaffey QC and Sarah Hannett (instructed by Government Legal Service) for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Interested Parties
Michael Mylonas QC, Susanna Rickard and Marisa Allman (instructed by Cambridge Family Law Practice) for the 4th Interested Party
Samantha Broadfoot QC and Andrew Powell (instructed by Pennington Manches Cooper LLP) for the Interveners
Hearing date: 11th – 15th February 2019 and 2nd May 2019
Approved Judgment
I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ANDREW MCFARLANE
Judgments: In the matter of TT and YY [2019] EWHC 2384 (Fam)