R (Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

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gptkbp:instanceOf UK Supreme Court case
gptkbp:category LGBT rights case
UK constitutional law case
Human rights law case
gptkbp:citation [2021] UKSC 56
gptkbp:claimedBy Christie Elan-Cane
gptkbp:date 15 December 2021
gptkbp:followedBy No further appeal in the UK
gptkbp:fullName R (on the application of Christie Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label R (Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:legalIssue interpretation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights
right to a gender-neutral passport
gptkbp:plotSummary The Supreme Court held that the UK government was not required to provide a gender-neutral passport option.
gptkbp:precededBy Court of Appeal decision [2020] EWCA Civ 363
gptkbp:response gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department
gptkbp:result appeal dismissed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baroness_Hale
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom_cases
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8