The High Court has ruled that it cannot award legal parenthood to the biological parents of twins born through a UK surrogacy arrangement, because the surrogate who carried them has refused to give her permission. Under UK law, surrogacy agreements are unenforceable...
Today's Independent has featured a news piece about problems experienced by parents through UK surrogacy caused by the lack of at-birth legal parenthood, resulting in NHS hospitals forcing surrogates to hand over babies to their parents in hospital car parks rather...
We were asked to write an article for Fertility Road magazine about why we think surrogacy law needs to change - and how it should change. Read the full article here.The UK's leading surrogacy lawyers Find out more about how we support families through surrogacy
Helen and Natalie have written a substantive article for the Journal of Medical Law and Ethics about our experience of modern surrogacy practice for UK parents. They look at how surrogacy works in the UK, as well as what drives parents overseas and surrogacy practice...
Natalie has written a short snappy article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about the recent High Court ruling in our Re Z case (which declared the law incompatible with the rights of single parents) and its significance. Read Natalie’s article 'Surrogacy law is...
The Law Commission (the UK’s independent body which reviews out of date laws and recommends whether and how they should be reformed) is considering whether to review UK surrogacy law as part of its next programme. Following the human rights declaration made in our...
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...
Natalie has been featured in the Law Society Gazette's regular 'My legal life' column. A regular feature which asks prominent lawyers about their journey to their legal specialism and the issues they care about, it's a chance for lawyers to share a bit of personal...
The ugly fallout which results from the lack of a Will was made public earlier this year following the dispute between Prince’s surviving siblings after it was discovered that he did not leave a Will. It is always advisable to make and execute a Will as soon as you...
NGA has been interviewed by the Law Society Gazette about the Law Commission's announcement that it plans to review UK surrogacy law, and our leading role in pushing for law reform. The piece says: Identifying surrogacy as an area of law where reform may be required,...