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Surrogacy isn’t about the money, but the law must change – Comment piece by Natalie published in The Guardian
Natalie Gamble has written a comment piece for the Guardian about surrogacy law reform, following her interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme yesterday. Arguing that the law in the UK need to recognise the reality of payments within UK surrogacy, she says this is...
Surrogacy law reform: where are we now? – Article published in the British Infertility Counselling Association journal
We were asked to write an article for the British Infertility Counselling Association's journal about surrogacy law reform, why it's needed and where it's heading now that the Law Commission has started a project to review the law - with proposals awaited. Read the...
Streamlining declarations of parentage after sperm donation – Article published in The Review
We have written an article, published in The Review, the journal for English family lawyers, about the recent NGA case of AD to AH (2017) and what it means for parents through sperm donation. The case is the latest in a string of cases in which errors at fertility...
We can support transgender people and protect women’s rights – Article published in Each Other human rights publication
Natalie took part in a 45 minute discussion on Woman's Hour this week about reform of the Gender Recognition Act. As leading LGBT+ family lawyers, we support a process of self-identification for transgender and non-binary people amending their birth certificates. We...
NGA on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour campaigning for transgender law reform
Natalie took part in a 45 minute discussion on Woman's Hour this week about reform of the Gender Recognition Act. As leading LGBT+ family lawyers, we support a process of self-identification for transgender and non-binary people amending their birth certificates. We...
NGA speaks at British HIV Association national conference
Natalie was delighted to speak to the British HIV Association's national conference in London. She shared the unique challenges faced by HIV+ parents who need to conceive through fertility treatment, and particularly those who need the help of a surrogate. Currently...
Single parent surrogacy reform goes back to Parliament
The draft remedial order which will change the law to allow single parents through surrogacy to apply for parental orders has gone back to Parliament for a second time. When will the law change? It will now be considered by the Parliamentary Committee for its second...
Marking 15 years of the Hague Adoption Convention in the UK
On 1 June 2003, the Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (1993 Hague Convention) came into force in the UK. The purpose of the Convention is to regulate cross-border adoption. Signatory countries must have...
Should transgender parents be free to choose how they are recorded on their children’s birth certificates? The UK High Court is asked to decide
A transgender man who has given birth in the UK, has taken an important case to challenge UK law, arguing that the requirement for him to register as his baby’s ‘mother’ on the birth certificate is incompatible with his Article 8 human right to respect for private and...
First ever UK government guidance on surrogacy – Article published in Family Law
We were asked to write an article for Family Law updating UK family lawyers about the new government guidance for surrogacy which has been published by the Depatment of Health. NGA Law and Brilliant Beginnings were delighted to help write the first ever official...
Surrogacy in the USA – a chance to meet leading experts at the Shard in London
At Brilliant Beginnings and NGA Law we meet intended parents every day whose decision is not whether to pursue surrogacy, but how. Surrogacy in the UK is possible, but for many there are too many legal uncertainties, and they may need to wait longer than they would...
Domicile – what does it mean and why is it important if you are having a baby through surrogacy?
A parental order is the UK legal solution for surrogacy; it is a post-birth court order which makes the intended parents the legal parents of their child and permanently extinguishes the status of the surrogate and her spouse. Parents through surrogacy who want to be...
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