Court cases

The Bellinger case: Mrs Bellinger asks the court to declare her 20-year-old marriage valid:
- Test case on status of ’male bride’: trans woman asks court to declare her marriage valid (The Guardian 2000-10-18)
- Transsexual ’wedding’ ruled invalid: High Court rejects Mrs Bellinger’s claim (Evening Standard 2000-11-02)
- Transwoman’s Marriage Invalidated: report of High Court decision on the Bellinger case (Planet Out 2000-11-02)
- Marriage of transsexual outside law, says judge: High Court refuses application (The Guardian 2000-11-03)
- See also July 2001: Appeals Court rejects appeal by majority of 2-1
Pension rights: woman seeks right for her partner, a trans man, to inherit her NHS pension:
- European court to rule on rights of transsexuals: NHS pensions/marriage case referred to European Court of Justice (The Guardian 2000-10-05)
- Transsexual pension fight for EU court (Daily Telegraph 2000-10-05)
- Transsexuals seek marriage rights: NHS pensions case referred to European Court of Justice (The Independent 1999-10-05)

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