Media coverage
High Court rules it cannot grant birth certificates to single dads through surrogacy
In a High Court decision today, the President of the Family Division has ruled that UK law cannot be stretched to recognise children born to single parents through surrogacy. Denying a parental order to a British single father being represented by the NGA team,...
NGA quoted in the Guardian: Unregistered surrogate-born children creating legal timebomb, warns judge
Today's Guardian has reported comments made by High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis at a conference last week about her concerns for children born through international surrogacy whose parents have not applied to properly resolve their legal status in the UK. ...
NGA featured in today’s Times – ‘It’s about changing lives – and the law’
The Times published a full page feature yesterday about us, covering the ground-breaking legal cases we have handled over the last 6 years, our forward-thinking approach to practising law, and our sister organisation Brilliant Beginnings which is creating a model for...
High Court awards care of baby girl to gay couple – NGA leading case and media coverage
NGA has been in the news this week, having represented a same-sex couple awarded main care of their baby daughter after a 15 month High Court battle. In H v S (Surrogacy Agreement) 2015, Ms Justice Russell decided that it was in the girl’s best interests to live with...
NGA quoted in today’s Telegraph – how to have a baby by surrogate in the UK
Today's Telegraph includes a feature about surrogacy in the UK entitled 'How to have a baby by surrogate in the UK' following an interview with Natalie to answer various questions, including: Is surrogacy right for you? There are lots of reasons why a couple would use...
NGA quoted in the Telegraph – How a father became the brother of his son
NGA has been quoted in today's Telegraph, on the case of Kyle Casson, the single dad through surrogacy who was granted an adoption order to secure his legal parenthood. Natalie was quoted about the law's failure to allow single parents to apply for parental orders....
NGA on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour reflecting on 30 years of UK surrogacy
NGA has been interviewed by today's BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, reflecting on 30 years since the birth of baby Cotton, the UK's first well-known surrogacy baby. The media storm around the 1985 case involving Kim Cotton led to the rushing through Parliament of the...
NGA part of BBC Radio 4 programme: Same-sex parents
Natalie was delighted to be part of a half hour special feature on BBC Radio 4 about the different ways same-sex couples are choosing to have children - and the legal issues. Radio 4 describes the programme as follows: Mary Smeeth, herself a mother of 2 boys brought...
Baby Gammy case sparks media debate about surrogacy – NGA in the Guardian, BBC News, the Telegraph, the Sunday Times and more
We have been busy over the last few weeks speaking to the media about the baby Gammy case and why surrogacy law needs to be brought up to date. Amidst a storm of media discussion about the law and ethics of international surrogacy, we were interviewed by the...
NGA in the Telegraph – British baby passport row
The Telegraph has today reported the case of NGA clients Viral and Tulsi Patel, whose son was born through surrogacy in India but who has still - months after his birth - not been issued with a British passport to be able to come home. Natalie Gamble, the...
NGA quoted in The Independent – NHS fertility treatments allow two-mum families to reach record levels
We are delighted to see the news, reported today, about new HFEA figures showing record numbers of two-mum families being created through fertility treatment. The article quotes Natalie, saying: "Natalie Gamble, a leading fertility lawyer, said: “The law used to say...
Yotam Ottolenghi speaks out on becoming a gay dad through surrogacy
Hoorah for NGA client Yotam Ottolenghi and his wonderfully heartfelt piece in Saturday’s Guardian: Why I’m coming out as a gay father. In a brave and personal editorial, the renowned TV chef and restarauter has spoken out about his long journey to fatherhood as a gay...
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