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Same sex partners to be named on birth certificates from tomorrow
Natalie Gamble was interviewed on the BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show this morning about the new rights for same sex partners to be named on the birth certificates of children they conceive together. For lesbian couples, new rules allow the non birth mother to be...
NGA embryo dispute case in the news
The media has featured a case we are acting in involving a couple from Gloucester who are fighting to save their stored embryos. A question of timing means that Mr and Mrs Gladwin do not benefit from fertility law regulations which would otherwise allow them to store...
Natalie Gamble named by Diva as one of Britain’s most influential gay women
Glossy magazine DIVA has included Natalie in its ‘Power 50’ list of the 50 most influential gay women in Britain. Natalie’s write-up mentions her involvement with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and the new rights it gives to gay and lesbian parents,...
NGA quoted in the Sunday Times – Embryo storage law leaves some parents out in the cold
Natalie Gamble was quoted in the Sunday Times on 5 July (and in the Daily Mail on 6 July) on problems raised by the government’s proposed new embryo storage laws. Fertility law allows people facing medical treatment which will make them infertile to store eggs, sperm...
Stonewall’s Pregnant Pause: a guide for lesbians on how to get pregnant – with legal info by NGA Law
Stonewall has launched a beautifully illustrated new publication for lesbians who are thinking of starting a family. Called Pregnant Pause, it gives a wealth of up to date information on the different options available to lesbian parents, including NHS funded...
NGA on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on surrogacy
Natalie Gamble was delighted to be interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on Friday 19 June 2009 on the subject of surrogacy. The item, chaired by Jennie Murray, looked at the rights of commissioning mothers to leave from work following the birth of a child through...
Crossing the line: the legal and ethical problems of foreign surrogacy – Article published in Reproductive Biomedicine
Natalie has written article for the journal Reproductive Biomedicine Online about international surrogacy. Following the leading case of Re X and Y (2008) - the first in which a UK court has granted legal parenthood to parents who entered into a commercial surrogacy...
NGA quoted in the Evening Standard on the legal problems of foreign surrogacy
Today’s Evening Standard has highlighted the potential legal minefield for British parents of foreign-born surrogate children. Following extensive coverage of the boom in Indian surrogacy earlier in the week (and the leading case of Re X and Y which was the first...
Re X and Y: a trek through a thorn forest – Article published in Family Law
Natalie has co-written an article with Lucy Theis QC for Family Law about the leading surrogacy case of Re X and Y (2008), the UK's first parental order to be granted following an international commercial surrogacy arrangement, and in which NGA represented the...
Media coverage of first international surrogacy case
Natalie Gamble successful represented the parents in Re X and Y (2008), the UK's first parents to be granted a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement outside the UK. The judge's decision was reported, leading to national media coverage of the landmark case....
Fathers or donors? The legal position of friends who act as informal sperm donors – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews about how the law works if you conceive with an informal sperm donor. A sperm donor may have his legal parenthood excluded following home insemination, but he may be the legal father - depending on the...
Children of our time – Article published in Family Law Journal
Natalie has written an article for Family Law Journal setting out the hisotry of UK surrogacy law in the UK and considering whether a review is needed. Read the full article here.The UK's leading surrogacy lawyers Find out more about how we support families through...
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