Kelly speaks to Rainbow Sisters LBT+ group

by Franklyn | Dec 10, 2021 | Donor conception, LGBT+ family building

Kelly was delighted to speak to Rainbow Sisters LBT group to discuss building families. “Rainbow Sisters is a supportive, welcoming and confidential group open to lesbian, bisexual and trans women, and non-binary people seeking asylum.” The Rainbow Sisters group comes...

High Court rules both same-sex parents are legal parents after fertility clinic error – important new NGA case on legal parenthood

by Franklyn | Aug 23, 2021 | Donor conception, LGBT+ family building

NGA Law has secured a judgment from the High Court Family Division confirming that our clients, a same-sex couple with a child born through sperm donation in the UK, are the legal parents of their son. The decision comes as a huge relief to the two mums, who relied on...

Parental responsibility granted in a disputed lesbian parenting case – Article published in The Review

by Franklyn | Jun 4, 2021 | Donor conception, LGBT+ family building

We have written an article, published in The Review, about an important recent decision on same-sex parenting where the High Court ruled in favour of a non-birth lesbian mother seeking parental responsibility despite her lack of legal parenthood. Read the article in...

Training for Resolution (national association of family lawyers) on LGBT law and modern families

by Franklyn | Aug 13, 2020 | Donor conception, Gender identity, LGBT+ family building, Surrogacy

In her role as chair of the UK and Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute, Natalie Gamble was delighted to be invited to give some training to Resolution (the association of English family lawyers) recently, together with fellow FLI member Andrew Spearman from Laytons LLP....

Streamlining declarations of parentage after sperm donation – Article published in The Review

by Natalie | Oct 22, 2018 | Donor conception, LGBT+ family building

We have written an article, published in The Review, the journal for English family lawyers, about the recent NGA case of AD to AH (2017) and what it means for parents through sperm donation. The case is the latest in a string of cases in which errors at fertility...