23 Mar, 2018
What happens when fertility clinics get legal parenthood wrong?
If you are an unmarried couple conceiving with donor sperm at a fertility clinic in the UK, then you rely on your clinic both to provide good medical care and
10 Nov, 2017
How can we protect our rights as a lesbian couple conceiving at home with a known sperm donor?
There are various different ways to conceive a family as a lesbian couple, but one which often prompts questions about the law is home insemination with a known sperm donor.
17 Jul, 2017
President of the Family Division gives guidance on sperm donation parentage cases
Sir James Munby, the President of the High Court Family Division, has given important new guidance on how the family court should deal with cases concerning legal parenthood after sperm
25 May, 2017
More High Court decisions following sperm donor clinic errors
Another NGA case has been published recently, and joins the long list of other declaration of parentage cases, nicknamed the “Alphabet” cases which have been heard by the High Court.
20 Sep, 2016
Planning for death when you’re making life – why you should make a will if you’re conceiving through assisted reproduction
The ugly fallout which results from the lack of a Will was made public earlier this year following the dispute between Prince’s surviving siblings after it was discovered that he
16 Sep, 2016
Continuing problems with legal parentage for couples having donor sperm treatment at UK fertility clinics
Further to our blog last September about administrative errors made by IVF clinic there have been another run of declaration of parentage cases, nicknamed the “Alphabet” cases, before the President
27 Apr, 2016
Prevention is better than cure
Suzi has written an article published in this month’s The Review magazine (published by Resolution for accredited Family Lawyers in the UK) about the benefits of mediation for modern families.
18 Oct, 2013
Natalie writes for Infertility Network UK magazine: Sperm donors given rights of contact – surely not?
Natalie writes a regular article for the magazine published for UK fertility patients by leading charity Infertility Network UK. Natalie’s article this quarter discusses sperm donation and the legal rights donors have
20 Nov, 2012
Natalie on Woman’s Hour talking about known sperm donors
Natalie was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on Thursday on the topic of private sperm donation. The programme feature NGA client Mark Langridge (the donor who has been
29 Oct, 2012
Gay sperm donor pays maintenance for ‘his’ children
The Guardian has reported the case of NGA client Mark Langridge, who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple who conceived two children in 1998 and 2000. More than a
