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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...
Jumping to inclusion – Article published in Family Law Journal
Natalie has witten an article for Family Law Journal, educating family lawyers on what they need to know about the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill 2008 and what it will mean for same-sex parents and for surrogacy. Read the article here.The UK's leading...
Families without fathers – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Fertility Network UK has published our article about the changes to the requirement for fertility clinics to consider a child's 'need for a father' before offering treatment, something which will make access to fertility treatment more fair and equal for lesbian and...
Natalie Gamble in the media defending new legal rights for LGBT+ parents
Throughout 2007 and 2008, our founder Natalie Gamble was a prominent voice in the fight for legal recognition for same-sex parents. A key defender of the new rights for lesbian mums, as well as changes to surrogacy law to recognise a broader range of families, in the...
Why surrogacy law needs an urgent review – Article published in Bionews
As the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill wends its way through Parliament, Natalie writes a comment piece for Bionews about how the government has missed the opportunity to modernise UK surrogacy law. Read the full article here.The UK's leading surrogacy lawyers...
Media coverage of sperm donor case
The media has reported the case of sperm donor Andy Bathie, represented by Natalie Gamble after being pursued for maintenance payments after donating his sperm to a lesbian couple. Coverage includes: The Times - Lawyer of the week (Natalie Gamble) The Law Society...
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