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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...
European Court of Justice – should mothers through surrogacy have a right to maternity leave?
The European Court of Justice has given conflicting opinions in two cases concerning whether European mothers through surrogacy should be entitled to maternity leave. In the first case, the Advocate General (adviser to the court) said that a UK mother should be given...
Hague Convention to regulate international surrogacy?
The Hague Conference on Private International Law is considering a new global convention on international surrogacy. This follows previous international Hague Conventions regulating inter-country adoption and international child abduction, and marks a response to the...
NGA at the Alternative Parenting Show 2013
Our team had a great day exhibiting at this year’s Alternative Parenting Show on Saturday. The popular show – which has been running for 3 years – is held in central London and is often a first port of call for parents looking for information about building families...
NGA hosts House of Commons reception to celebrate the grant of maternity leave rights for surrogacy
We were thrilled to host a reception at the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday evening to celebrate the change to UK law giving parents through surrogacy rights to maternity leave and pay. NGA co-hosted the reception with John Healey MP, and it was attended by the...
NGA launches surrogacy and egg donation agency, Brilliant Beginnings
This is a précis of a longer piece Helen and Natalie have written for Bionews, which you can read in full here. We at Natalie Gamble Associates have been pressing for a better framework for UK surrogacy for some time. We live in a globalised world in which commercial...
The Brilliant Beginnings of surrogacy reform – Article published in Bionews
To mark the launch of Brilliant Beginnings - the UK's first surrogacy organisation to offer a fully-managed professional surrogacy pathway - Natalie and Helen were asked to write a comment piece for this week's Bionews, covering how they see the future of surrogacy in...
UK woman conceives with dead husband’s sperm abroad
The press has reported the case of a UK woman who has won permission from the HFEA to have her deceased husband’s sperm exported abroad for IVF treatment after his death. You can read more about the story here. How does UK law work on post-death use of sperm? The...
High Court decision in three new international surrogacy cases
The High Court’s main surrogacy judge, Mrs Justice Theis, has made her decisions in three new international surrogacy cases public, something she only does if she is considering a new issue (to give guidance) or if she wants to draw attention to something which is in...
Equal Marriage (of sorts) – Gay Marriage becomes legal in England and Wales
Following our blog earlier in the year where we reported on the progress of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill we are delighted that the Bill has now received royal assent. After much debate and somewhat of a furore, this means that same sex marriage is now law,...
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