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What’s in a name?

Appeal judges recognise child’s choice

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Joshua Rozenberg
Dec 19, 2024
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Appeal judges have allowed a child aged 15, referred to in court only as “C”, to adopt a “completely conventional gender-neutral forename” in place of one normally used only by boys or men.

C, who identifies as non-binary, has been using the name since leaving primary school and wanted it to be changed as a matter of law. That could have been done very e…

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