[4][5][6][7] The High Court of Australia ruled in April 2014 that it was in the power of the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was 'non-specific'.

[10] Norrie moved to Sydney, New South Wales in the early 1990s, after a highly publicised court case in Perth.

[13] The New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages initially recognized Norrie as being neither male nor female, with a registered details certificate stating "not specified" in 2010.

In response, Norrie filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and to the Court of Appeal.

In April 2014, the High Court ruled that it was within the Registrar's power to record in the register that the sex of Norrie was 'not specific'.