Putting a will in place is on many of our to-do lists. With busy lives and various responsibilities, making a will usually ends up getting overlooked and becomes as a task we ‘should do’ but just haven’t got round to sorting. It is a good idea for anyone with...
Surrogacy
Single parent surrogacy – the government must heed Parliament’s warning – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews supporting Parliament’s criticism of the government ‘remedial order’ which will enable single parents, like couples, to apply for a parental order if they conceive a child through surrogacy. Although the...
Surrogacy law reform for single parents brings children out of legal limbo – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has, together with our counsel in the case of Re Z Elizabeth Isaacs QC and Adem Muzaffer, written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews explaining the significant of the High Court's ruling in the case, which looks set to change the law for single parents...
NGA quoted in the Independent – Outdated surrogacy laws being overhauled
NGA has been quoted in a long piece in today's Independent about the Law Commission's announcement that it plans to review UK surrogacy law. Highlighting the many problems with the existing laws, and the consensus across surrogacy organisations and MPs that reform is...
Single parent surrogacy – remedial order goes to Parliament
We are thrilled to announce that the government has, this morning, sent a draft remedial order to Parliament to change the law on surrogacy for single parents. If passed, it will enable single mothers and fathers to apply for secure legal status for their families in...
Top 5 UK surrogacy myths – Article published in Fertility Road
We were asked to write an article for Fertility Road magazine about surrogacy law in the UK. It corrects our top 5 surrogacy myths: 1. Your surrogate might keep the baby 2. Going overseas for surrogacy is better because you will be the legal parents from birth 3. It's...
Is it too late to change your mind if you decided against applying for a parental order when your child was born? Article published in Lexis Nexis
We have written an article for Lexis Nexis online about the case of Re B (Foreign Surrogacy) [2016] EWFC 77, in which the High Court allowed parents through surrogacy in India to apply for a parental order six years after the application deadline of six months had...
NGA quoted in the Evening Standard – Why surrogate pregnancies are on the rise
The Evening Standard has featured an article about the rise of surrogacy, looking at the options in the UK and overseas and the costs for intended parents. Our director Helen Prosser is quoted extensively throughout the article: According to Helen Prosser, co-owner...
Single parents eagerly await remedial order as another parental order application is stayed pending a change in the law
In 2016 NGA Law represented a single father who had a child through surrogacy in the US in a parental order application, and managed to win a formal declaration from the President of the High Court Family Division that the current law discriminates against single...
Re Z and surrogacy law reform – Article published in International Family Law
We have written an article published in International Family Law, about the case of Re Z (no. 2) and the High Court having made a declaration of incompatibility ruling that UK surrogacy law discriminates against single parents. Explaining the case background and what...