Natalie has written a comment piece published in today's Guardian. Responding to the birth of Elton John's son, through surrogacy in California, and hot on the heels of our recent High Court decision granting parenthood to a British couple who had entered into a...
Many congratulations to Elton John and David Furnish on the arrival of their son Zachary, born through a surrogacy arrangement in California on Christmas Day. Important changes to the law were passed in 2008 giving equal treatment to same sex parents who conceive a...
NGA Law has won a legal parenthood order for British parents who conceived a baby through a commercial surrogacy arrangement entered into lawfully in Illinois, USA. The judge (Mr Justice Hedley), sitting in the High Court Family Division, has ruled that the child’s...
Natalie Gamble was delighted to address the Progress Educational Trust’s Annual Conference on 24 November 2010, speaking to an eminent audience about the legal issues for patients having fertility treatment overseas, including donor conception and international...
Gay rights charity Stonewall has published the first ever Guide for Gay Dads, giving legal and practical help for gay men wanting to start a family. We are proud to have contributed to the guide as expert advisers and authors of the legal sections on surrogacy, donor...
Last week’s episode of BBC’s Holby City included a storyline involving a surrogate mother who gave birth to a baby prematurely at 27 weeks. We were delighted to advise the programme’s producers on the legal accuracy of the story and to help settle the script, and are...
From The Independent, Thursday 20 May 2010 At 37, Lulu le Vay found herself single, infertile and craving a child. She decided to try surrogacy – but discovered that only stable couples need apply One evening last September I was sitting in my consultant’s office...
By Denis Campbell, health correspondent. Published in the Guardian, Monday 5 April 2010 Childless couples who acquire a baby using a surrogate mother abroad risk not being recognised as its parents in Britain if they flout British law by paying fees, fertility lawyers...
The last piece of the government’s flagship Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 came into force today, completing the first major overhaul of the UK’s fertility laws in twenty years. The HFE Bill is a major piece of government legislation which has updated the...
By Robin McKie, science editor, The Observer, Sunday 28 March 2010 Changes to legislation will recognise growing trend for same-sex couples to become parents, say campaigners. Gay male couples will be able to use a fast-track route to become the legal parents of...