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...
LGBT+ family building
High Court rules both same-sex parents are legal parents after fertility clinic error – important new NGA case on legal parenthood
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
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...
LBT Women’s Health Week: Webinar with Natalie Gamble
Natalie was pleased to support LBT Women’s Health Week this year with a talk to leading national charity Fertility Network UK about the options lesbian, bisexual and transgender women have for starting a family. Watch the recorded webinar It includes discussion of...
British Infertility Association (BICA) training – the law for transgender fertility patients
We were delighted to give some training to infertility counsellors with the British Infertility Counselling Association last week about the law on parenthood and fertility for transgender patients. Invited by BICA to address their regular training seminar, NGA...
Chambers and Partners podcast interviews Natalie Gamble for LGBT History Month
Natalie Gamble recently spoke to the Chambers Inspire LGBT+ Committee for their podcast. You can listen to Natalie’s interview in full on Spotify, in which she reflects on a range of topics, including her career as an out LGBT lawyer, how NGA Law and Brilliant...
NGA Law celebrates Trans Awareness Week – a quick guide to trans rights under UK law
To celebrate Transgender Awareness Week and commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance, we have summarised the current legal landscape for trans people changing their legal gender in the UK and how we need to continue to campaign for more positive reform. A brief...
Natalie speaks at Progress Educational Trust event on known donation
Natalie Gamble was part of the panel of speakers discussing known donation at the Progress Educational Trust’s event: ‘Known unknowns: the pros, cons and consequences of known donation’. The event, attended by more than 200 people and covered in a feature on Woman’s...
Training for Resolution (national association of family lawyers) on LGBT law and modern families
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....
COVID-19, child arrangements and the Family Court: A guide for modern families
COVID-19 has impacted all of our personal and family lives in different ways, but the current coronavirus restrictions have created some very particular concerns for separated, LGBT+ and multi-parent families. To put the problem simply: if you are being told to stay...