ABSTRACT
GENDER AND ABILITY TO FORM A RECOGNISED UNION
At the time of marriage the petitioner knew that the respondent had been registered at birth as a male and had undergone a sex-change operation which included the construction of an artificial vagina. He sought a decree of nullity on the grounds that the ‘wife’ was male. The respondent said that the petition should be founded on the husband’s wilful refusal to consummate.
