Natalie speaks at the Fertility Show 2025
Natalie was delighted to speak at the Fertility Show at Olympia in London on Saturday 17 May 2025. She was asked to join host Seetal Savla for a Q&A panel on surrogacy together with Kreena Dhiman, a parent through independent UK surrogacy, podcaster and founder of...
Government confirms that surrogacy law reform will not move forward – at the moment
The government has confirmed, in a letter from Minister Baroness Merron to the Law Commission, that it does not currently plan to take forward the proposals for surrogacy law reform – for now. Although of course disappointed, we are encouraged by the...
Cracking the Register open – what does the legal change mean for donor-conceived people?
In 2005, UK law changed to require any donors donating their eggs or sperm (gametes) in UK licensed clinics to be ‘ID-release’. This was a significant pivot from the law pre-2005, under which gamete donors were anonymous. (Pre-2005 donors remain anonymous to this day,...
Three High Court judgments warn of risky surrogacy practices in Cyprus and urge intended parents to exercise caution
Surrogacy is a lifeline for families unable to conceive on their own. For some queer and same-sex couples, single parents and people with fertility issues, it may be their only realistic pathway to parenthood. Surrogacy restrictions at home drive many to look...
Our letter to the Times re their article on surrogacy
Dear Editor of the Times We are writing in response to your article ‘Loophole allows Britons to ‘buy babies’ abroad, campaigners warn’ by Sanchez Manning, published on Sunday 30 March 2025. As the founders of the law firm which has represented many of the families in...
Does it breach inter-country adoption laws to adopt a non-biological child born through overseas surrogacy? – new NGA reported case
The High Court has granted an adoption order to the British parents of a child born through surrogacy in the USA, in the new reported case of C & Anor v E (international surrogacy and domestic adoption) (2025). NGA Law and Jessica Lee of 1GC represented the...
Natalie speaks at Progress Educational Trust event: The fertility landscape for LGBTQ+ communities
Natalie was delighted to join a panel of expert speakers for an event attended by more than 100 people last week to discuss barriers to family building for the LGBTQ+ community. Natalie spoke about the evolution of the law and where it is still lagging behind,...
New academic book – Future Directions in Surrogacy Law
Natalie is delighted to have contributed a chapter for a soon-to-be published book by Bristol University Press, Future Directions in Surrogacy Law. Natalie’s chapter, ‘Why UK parents go overseas: the challenges, and what it means for UK law reform’ focuses on...