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Crossing borders for surrogacy: the problems for families and policymakers – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week's Bionews about international surrogacy and the legal complexities that arise from legal mismatches in the country of birth and the UK. Many intended parents accessing surrogacy services overseas just don't realise...
We have a new name and a new home!
We are delighted to announce that we have moved and are now nestled in beautiful offices overlooking the New Forest with fabulous countryside around us but close to the mainline station at Salisbury. We have also changed our name to Natalie Gamble Associates and are...
UK High Court warns of dangers of overseas surrogacy
The High Court this week announced its decision to award parenthood to a British couple with a child born through surrogacy in the Ukraine. The child concerned, known only as IJ, was caught in a legal black hole, with no legal parents and no nationality anywhere in...
NGA in the Telegraph – Surrogacy: the brave new world of making babies
Natalie has been quoted in today's Telegraph, as part of it's feature covering the story of Nicole Kidman having had a child through surrogacy. Asked about changing attitudes to commercial surrogacy, she said: Natalie Gamble is one of this country’s leading fertility...
NGA on the Vanessa Feltz show talking about surrogacy
Channel 5's Vanessa show today ran a featue about surrogacy. Appearing together with new mum through surrogacy Fiona, Natalie talked to Vanessa (and celebrity guest Mylene Class) about surrogacy law in the UK.The UK's leading surrogacy lawyers Find out more about how...
After the birth of Elton’s baby, can the UK deliver surrogacy reform? Comment piece by Natalie published in The Guardian
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...
Congratulations to Elton John and David Furnish
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...
Landmark NGA international surrogacy case – legal parenthood should not be denied because of commercial surrogacy
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...
Birth after death: creating life when a parent has died – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Natalie has written an article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about posthumous conception - conceiving a child with stoed eggs, sperm or embryos after someone has died. The article sets out the legal position for surviving mothers and surviving fathers, and...
Fertility tourism: what you need to know about the law – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Natalie has written an article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about the legal issues for parents who go overseas for fertility treatment. Covering egg donation, sperm donation and surrogacy, she urges fertility patients to be well informed about how a move...
Natalie Gamble speaks at Progress Educational Trust Annual Conference: Cross Border Reproductive Care – Who oversees overseas?
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...
Lesbian mums in dispute: fertility law, child maintenance and what makes a parent – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week's Bionews about a recent same-sex parenting case in the family court, in which a non-birth mother was ruled to have no financial responsibility for her child because she was not a legal parent. Highlighting the...
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