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New Foreign Office guidance for parents planning international surrogacy
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has today published updated guidance for parents planning international surrogacy arrangements. We have been working with the FCO on this new guidance as part of our campaigning and policy work and are proud to have helped with...
More time needed to decide whether to harvest sperm from man in a coma, court rules
The High Court has suspended an emergency order authorising sperm to be collected from a man in a coma. The man unexpectedly suffered a cardiac arrest late last year, which put him in a vegetative state from which he was unlikely to recover. An application was made...
Same-sex marriage in England and Wales
Hot on the heels of the government announcing last week that the first same sex marriage ceremonies in England and Wales will take place from 29 March 2014, The Review (journal published by Resolution, the association of UK family lawyers) has published an article...
NGA’s autumn of public speaking
It has been a busy few months for our whole team speaking at events and seminars across the UK and abroad. AAARTA (the American Academy of Assisted Reproduction Attorneys) hosted a conference on assisted reproduction law in Charleston, USA on 10-12 November, bringing...
High Court rules in favour of parents through surrogacy, despite irregularities in the US
In a High Court decision published last week Mrs Justice Theis warned intended parents of the importance of ensuring appropriate legal advice is obtained in the particular foreign destination, as well as at home. This reflects the reality that there is no...
NGA on BBC News – UK parents expecting four ‘twiblings’ through surrogacy in India
The BBC has reported a surrogacy case involving a British couple who are anticipating the birth of four babies through surrogacy – two sets of twins being carried simultaneously by two Indian surrogate mothers. Natalie was interviewed for the piece, by Poonam...
NGA recognised as a leading law firm by Legal 500 and Chambers
NGA is delighted to have been included in both Legal 500 2013 and Chambers 2014. Published annually each autumn, the two directories conduct independent research before ranking the leading lawyers in the UK. Legal 500 (2013), listing us among the UK’s top family law...
Lesbian parents and sperm donors – Article published in Family Law Journal
We have written an article for Family Law about the landmark decision in same-sex parenting case Re G and Re Z (2013) from earlier this year. The case involved a lesbian couple (represented by NGA) who had conceived a son through an arrangement with a known donor. ...
Health professionals and surrogacy agencies – last chance to contribute to Hague Conference’s work on surrogacy
We recently wrote for our blog about our evidence to the Hague Conference about whether international surrogacy should be regulated globally. The Hague has now asked us to help them make a final appeal for information, targeting health professionals and surrogacy...
Sperm donors given rights of contact – surely not? – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
We have written an article for Fertility Network UK about the court ruling in the case of Re G and Re Z, in which two sperm donors were given permission by the court to make an application for rights of contact. Natalie's article sets out the significance of the case...
Natalie speaks at the Modern Families conference in Jersey
Natalie was delighted to be invited to speak at the Modern Families conference in St Helier, Jersey on Friday 4 October. A gathering of leading lawyers, practitioners and academics, the conference (organised by the Association of Lawyers for Children and Hanson...
New HFEA rules on surrogacy come into force today
The HFEA’s new Code of Practice, which comes into force today, contains new guidance for UK fertility clinics dealing with surrogacy cases. The changes affect how clinics deal with the forms which allocate legal parenthood in surrogacy cases. Cases where the...
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