Updated guidance for UK judiciary says it is ‘common courtesy’ to do so in cases involving trans people
Judges have been told that it is a matter of “common courtesy” in cases involving transgender people to use the personal pronoun and name that a person prefers, and that reporting restrictions could be used to prevent a previous name being disclosed.
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