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Congratulations to Elton John and David Furnish
Many congratulations to Elton John and David Furnish on the arrival of their son Zachary, born through a surrogacy arrangement in California on Christmas Day. Important changes to the law were passed in 2008 giving equal treatment to same sex parents who conceive a...
Landmark NGA international surrogacy case – legal parenthood should not be denied because of commercial surrogacy
NGA Law has won a legal parenthood order for British parents who conceived a baby through a commercial surrogacy arrangement entered into lawfully in Illinois, USA. The judge (Mr Justice Hedley), sitting in the High Court Family Division, has ruled that the child’s...
Birth after death: creating life when a parent has died – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Natalie has written an article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about posthumous conception - conceiving a child with stoed eggs, sperm or embryos after someone has died. The article sets out the legal position for surviving mothers and surviving fathers, and...
Fertility tourism: what you need to know about the law – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Natalie has written an article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about the legal issues for parents who go overseas for fertility treatment. Covering egg donation, sperm donation and surrogacy, she urges fertility patients to be well informed about how a move...
Natalie Gamble speaks at Progress Educational Trust Annual Conference: Cross Border Reproductive Care – Who oversees overseas?
Natalie Gamble was delighted to address the Progress Educational Trust’s Annual Conference on 24 November 2010, speaking to an eminent audience about the legal issues for patients having fertility treatment overseas, including donor conception and international...
Lesbian mums in dispute: fertility law, child maintenance and what makes a parent – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week's Bionews about a recent same-sex parenting case in the family court, in which a non-birth mother was ruled to have no financial responsibility for her child because she was not a legal parent. Highlighting the...
Stonewall Gay Dads’ Guide launched – legal info by NGA Law
Gay rights charity Stonewall has published the first ever Guide for Gay Dads, giving legal and practical help for gay men wanting to start a family. We are proud to have contributed to the guide as expert advisers and authors of the legal sections on surrogacy, donor...
Come and see us at the Fertility Show this weekend
The Gamble and Ghevaert team are looking forward to exhibiting at the Fertility Show at London Olympia this Friday and Saturday – do come and see us and say hello! We are also speaking: Saturday 1.45 – 2.30 Single women, lesbian couples and alternative parenting –...
NGA advises BBC Holby City on its surrogacy story
Last week’s episode of BBC’s Holby City included a storyline involving a surrogate mother who gave birth to a baby prematurely at 27 weeks. We were delighted to advise the programme’s producers on the legal accuracy of the story and to help settle the script, and are...
Sperm donation and the law – Article published in Ova magazine
We have written an article for Ova magazine about UK law on sperm donation. Natalie explains how the rules work and what information you are entitled to - depending on the date you were conceived, and expresses her hope that as there is more openness about donor...
Scrapping the HFEA is a mistake
We think that the government’s recent decision to scrap the HFEA is a big mistake, aimed only at short term cost savings. The HFEA has led the world in fertility sector best practice since its inauguration in August 1991 and it is a highly regarded guardian of our...
Independent’s Pink List 2010 honours Natalie Gamble
We are delighted that Natalie has been named in the Independent on Sunday’s Pink List 2010, the paper’s renowned annual review of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain. At number 88, Natalie is recognised as a “pioneer of fertility law” who was...
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