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NGA quoted in the Guardian: Unregistered surrogate-born children creating legal timebomb, warns judge
Today's Guardian has reported comments made by High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis at a conference last week about her concerns for children born through international surrogacy whose parents have not applied to properly resolve their legal status in the UK. ...
NGA featured in today’s Times – ‘It’s about changing lives – and the law’
The Times published a full page feature yesterday about us, covering the ground-breaking legal cases we have handled over the last 6 years, our forward-thinking approach to practising law, and our sister organisation Brilliant Beginnings which is creating a model for...
High Court awards care of baby girl to gay couple – NGA leading case and media coverage
NGA has been in the news this week, having represented a same-sex couple awarded main care of their baby daughter after a 15 month High Court battle. In H v S (Surrogacy Agreement) 2015, Ms Justice Russell decided that it was in the girl’s best interests to live with...
NGA addresses judicial conference on international surrogacy alongside High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis
Natalie was delighted to speak at the Future Directions in Surrogacy Law conference at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London on 30 November.
NGA quoted in today’s Telegraph – how to have a baby by surrogate in the UK
Today's Telegraph includes a feature about surrogacy in the UK entitled 'How to have a baby by surrogate in the UK' following an interview with Natalie to answer various questions, including: Is surrogacy right for you? There are lots of reasons why a couple would use...
‘Maternity leave’ for surrogacy starts today
From today, parents in the UK expecting a child through surrogacy have the same rights to time off work as other new parents. Reforms under the Children and Families Act 2014 come into force on 5 April and extend adoption leave to surrogacy, so that gay dads and...
NGA quoted in the Telegraph – How a father became the brother of his son
NGA has been quoted in today's Telegraph, on the case of Kyle Casson, the single dad through surrogacy who was granted an adoption order to secure his legal parenthood. Natalie was quoted about the law's failure to allow single parents to apply for parental orders....
Single Dad through surrogacy granted adoption order in legal first
The UK High Court has awarded an adoption order to a single dad through surrogacy, in the first case of its kind in the UK. Describing the law as a ‘minefield’, Mrs Justice Theis said she was satisfied that an adoption order was in the best interests of the baby. The...
Parliament votes to allow ‘three person’ IVF to eradicate mitochondrial disease
The UK Parliament decided yesterday to change the law to allow a new kind of fertility treatment, which involves ground-breaking scientific techniques to prevent mitochondrial disease. The decision marks the culmination of world-leading research and a careful and...
Becoming legal parents after surrogacy – it may not be too late
Nicola has written an article for Gay Star News about the implications of the recent High Court ruling allowing late parental order applications. For gay dads (and other parents) who already have a child through surrogacy but missed the boat for applying for a...
NGA on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour reflecting on 30 years of UK surrogacy
NGA has been interviewed by today's BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, reflecting on 30 years since the birth of baby Cotton, the UK's first well-known surrogacy baby. The media storm around the 1985 case involving Kim Cotton led to the rushing through Parliament of the...
Court unlocks ‘nonsensical’ law for surrogacy parents who miss six month deadline to secure parental status
Until now, intended parents could only apply to become legal parents within six months of the birth of their child. But in a key ruling today, the President of the High Court Family Division, Sir Justice Munby, has said that even though the law states that an...
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