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Planning for death when you’re making life – why you should make a will if you’re conceiving through assisted reproduction
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...
High Court resolves legal parentage for couples having donor sperm treatment at UK fertility clinics
Further to our blog last September about administrative errors made by IVF clinic there have been another run of declaration of parentage cases, nicknamed the “Alphabet” cases, before the President of the Family Division. Following a national audit of fertility...
NGA in the Law Society Gazette on the Law Commission’s surrogacy law reform project
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,...
It’s time to review UK surrogacy law – Article published in Family Law
Natalie has written a short article for Family Law about the urgent need for surrogacy law reform, and how we think the law should change. We hope it will encourage UK family lawyers to get on board with our campaign for surrogacy law reform. Read the full article...
High Court rules baby should stay with surrogate after ‘Facebook’ surrogacy arrangement ends in bitter dispute
High Court judge Ms Justice Russell has ruled that a baby boy should remain living with the gestational surrogate who carried him, after a UK surrogacy arrangement went badly wrong. The case is a cautionary tale of the risks for all sides where informal surrogacy...
NGA case reported in the Telegraph – Gay couple who paid surrogate mothers declared legal parents
The decision of the High Court in the leading NGA case of Re A, B and C (2016) has been reported in today's Daily Telegraph. The case involved a gay couple who engaged in three different surrogacy arrangements via a UK surrogacy Facebook group, and misled the family...
Media coverage of our Re M Court of Appeal victory
The national (and international) media has been covering the Court of Appeal ruling in NGA case Re M. BBC News (reported as the 2nd item on the main national news, 30 June 2016): A woman who wants to use her dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own...
Court of Appeal victory in our Re M posthumous conception case
We are delighted to report that the Court of Appeal has granted our clients' appeal in the case of Re M today, allowing Mr and Mrs M to export the eggs of their late daughter in order to honour her wishes and try to conceive a child after her death. With a storm of...
Legal issues for transgender parents – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Natalie has written an article for transgender parents conceiving children, published in the Fertility Network UK magazine. It covers legal rights in relation to eggs and sperm in storage, as well as legal parenthood, with two case studies showing how the law works in...
NGA wins Solicitors’ Journal award
We were thrilled to win recognition at the Solicitors’ Journal Awards last week, at a black tie ceremony hosted by Andrew Marr in Covent Garden. The awards recognised the year’s leading UK law firms working in different areas of practice. We were nominated as Family...
Media coverage of the landmark human rights ruling in our single dad surrogacy case
We have had a flurry of media coverage in response to the ruling in our single dad surrogacy case declaring the law incompatible with human rights. The Times (21 May 2016) - Single father wins legal right to bring up surrogate child: "Natalie Gamble, solicitor for the...
Victory in our single dad surrogacy case – President of the High Court Family Division makes declaration of incompatibility
We are thrilled to report victory in our long-running case which has sought to challenge the discrimination against single parents in UK surrogacy law. Sir James Munby, the President of the High Court Family Division, has today made a formal declaration that UK law...
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