06 Oct, 2019
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
17 Jun, 2019
How do I find a UK surrogate and do I need a surrogacy agreement?
How do I find a surrogate in the UK? Surrogacy is legal in the UK but the law prohibits third parties from matching for profit and stops individuals advertising for
06 Jun, 2019
Law Commission recommends U.K. surrogacy law reform
The Law Commisions of England and Wales and Scotland have today launched their public consultation on U.K. surrogacy law reform, with provisional recommendations as to how the law should be
29 Jan, 2019
I’m a single parent through surrogacy – should I apply for a parental order?
Following our last blog about the law change for law change for single parents through surrogacy, we’ve been talking to single mums and dads considering applying for parental orders.
28 Jul, 2018
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. It
14 May, 2018
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
11 May, 2018
Travelling home with your baby after surrogacy abroad – the options
Your most pressing concern if you have a baby born through international surrogacy may be how quickly you can get home after he or she is born. This is often
09 Apr, 2018
Why do I need a will for a surrogacy arrangement?
Putting a will in place is on many of our to-do lists. With busy lives and various responsibilities, making a will usually ends up getting overlooked and becomes as a
06 Feb, 2018
Parents through surrogacy who are splitting up? What does UK law say?
Usually, one of the first things parents think of if they are considering separating is how arrangements for their children will be managed. If your children were born through surrogacy,
13 Oct, 2017
Is it too late to change your mind if you decided against applying for a parental order when your child was born?
In the recently published case of Re B (Foreign Surrogacy) [2016] EWFC 77, High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis made a parental order in respect of a child born following
