[Peachy]

Originally Posted by ade

i think that under british law the only thing that matters is what a person is known as. pretty loose, i know but, since there are many people who use aliases and nicknames, the law tends to follow the names a person goes by, or is known by, rather than what is on their birth certificate.
the thing to do is set a precedent early on. once you are known by whatever name you choose, that name then has a legal and non-legal standing in any other uses.
i think that's how it goes, anyway.

My passport actually has a field "religious name / pseudonym". So I'd still have to use my legal name, even if the entire world knows me under my artists' name. So "Elton John" would still be "Reginald Kenneth Dwight" as far as his legal name is concerned.

Peachy