AP v JP

Subject Matter

MARRIAGE — Validity — Declaration of nullity — Female-born applicant transitioning to male but not obtaining formal gender recognition certificate — Applicant entering into marriage with woman at time when same-sex marriage not legally recognised — Applicant “remarrying” after obtaining gender recognition certificate — Whether decree of nullity available in respect of original void marriage — Whether inability to obtain decree of nullity breaching Convention rights — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973(c 18), s 11(c) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), ss 3, 4, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 12, 14

[2024] EWHC 1197 (Fam); [2024] 4 WLR 57; [2024] WLR(D) 280, Fam D

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s 11(c)

Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), ss 3, 4, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 12, 14

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: AP v JP [2024] EWHC 1197 (Fam); [2024] 4 WLR 57; [2024] WLR(D) 280, Fam D