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When fathers are mothers: the absurdity of UK law for trans parents – Article published in Family Law
Natalie and Kelly have written an article, published by Resolution in The Review, about Re TT (2019) and the absurdity of modern family law which does not provide for trans parents. The recent ruling in Re TT [2019] EWHC 2384, which forced transgender man Fred...
The Fertility Podcast interviews Natalie Gamble
Natalie was pleased to speak to The Fertility Podcast recently about her work and experience. You can listen to the full 45 minute programme here. Here is what The Fertility Podcast had to say about it Meet Natalie Gamble: her firm NGA Law has just celebrated 10 years...
Storage periods for gametes and embryos and its challenges – Article published in the British Infertility Counselling Association journal
The British Infertility Counselling Association Winter 2019 journal includes an article by Natalie about the law around storing eggs, sperm and embryos. The basic storage period set by UK law is ten years, but since there are also options to export or to extend...
What is the difference between parental responsibility and legal parenthood?
Parental responsibility and legal parenthood are legal terms which relate to the rights and responsibilities which parents and other adults have in relation to children. Both are possible at once but also individually without the other. Below, we look at the nuances...
NGA speaks at the Resolution Child and Family Training Day
Natalie was delighted to speak at Resolution’s Child and Family Day in London today. Representing the U.K. and Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute, which she chairs, Natalie spoke together with fellow FLI member Andrew Spearman from Layton’s solicitors. Natalie and...
Surrogacy law reform- Article published in Fertility Road
We were asked to write an article for Fertility Road magazine about the Law Commission's surrogacy law reform provisional proposals. Setting out what the proposals say, what we think, we urge any intended parents interested in surrogacy to respond to the...
Transgender parent case – UK High Court rules that man who gives birth cannot be registered as his child’s ‘father’.
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane (the most senior first-instance family court judge in England and Wales) has ruled in the case of Re TT on the rights of transgender parents and their children under UK law. The case involved an application by...
Our views on the Law Commission surrogacy reform proposals
The Law Commission’s surrogacy reform consultation is a once-in-a-generation chance to get surrogacy law right. We have spent the last few months carefully considering our response, drawing on our legal and practical experience of over 1,000 surrogacy cases, as well...
Natalie and Helen speak at the Law Commission Surrogacy Symposium, 12 September 2019
The NGA and BB teams were delighted to attend the Law Commission Surrogacy Symposium in London on Thursday which proved to be an insightful and truly fascinating afternoon of discussions. We were in good company too and it was wonderful to see and, hear from so many...
Do the proposals to reform UK surrogacy law go far enough? – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for today's Bionews with our response to the Law Commission's surrogacy law reform provisional proposals. Noting some of the positive proposed steps forward, she also highlights where further reform is needed. Read the full article...
Helping you respond to the Law Commission surrogacy consultation
The Law Commission is, until 11 October, consulting on surrogacy law reform. Its provisional proposals are positive and, if passed, will enable intended parents to be legal parents from birth in many surrogacy cases. But the detail is complex, with different legal...
Legal issues for transgender and gender diverse patients – Article published in British Infertility Counselling Association journal
Natalie has written an article for counsellors at UK fertility clinics published in the British Infertility Counselling Association journal. It covers what counsellors need to know about the law when treating transgender and gender diverse fertility patients,...
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