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NGA Law wins ‘Highly Commended’ award at the Family Law Awards 2021
We are honoured to have received an award at the Family Law Awards, the major annual awards ceremony for UK family law solicitors, this year. ‘Highly Commended’ for Community Interaction – surrogacy The award recognises the change-making work we have done this year to...
NGA quoted in the Guardian – I’ve never thought about being a dad until now
Writing a personal piece in the Guardian about the options for gay men considering starting a family, Michael Segalov talked to Natalie about how surrogacy works in the UK: "Solicitor Natalie Gamble runs a family law firm and British surrogacy agency. The sector in...
NGA on the BBC – UK surrogacy has quadrupled in the last ten years
The BBC has been running news stories all day today about the growth of UK surrogacy, with parental order statistics showing that the numbers of UK surrogacy cases have quadrupled over the past ten years. NGA and Brilliant Beginnings surrogacy team Sam, Guy and...
Government to modernise rules on how long eggs, sperm and embryos can be stored in the UK
We welcome the Department of Health’s plans to modernise UK law on egg, sperm and embryo storage, which look set to simplify the law and enable more fertility patients to store genetic material in the UK for longer. What the government is recommending The Department...
High Court rules both same-sex parents are legal parents after fertility clinic error – important new NGA case on legal parenthood
NGA Law has secured a judgment from the High Court Family Division confirming that our clients, a same-sex couple with a child born through sperm donation in the UK, are the legal parents of their son. The decision comes as a huge relief to the two mums, who relied on...
UK High Court awards parenthood following international surrogacy, despite potential illegality in the country of birth – new NGA reported case
The High Court has awarded legal parenthood to a British couple who had a little boy via a surrogacy arrangement which (without the parents’ knowledge) may have been unlawful in the country where their baby was born (country Z). NGA Law successfully represented the...
Parental responsibility granted in a disputed lesbian parenting case – Article published in The Review
We have written an article, published in The Review, about an important recent decision on same-sex parenting where the High Court ruled in favour of a non-birth lesbian mother seeking parental responsibility despite her lack of legal parenthood. Read the article in...
Surrogacy for non-biological parents
Can I pursue surrogacy if I have no biological link with my child? Yes. Although some fertility clinics and surrogacy organisations say surrogacy without a biological link is not permitted in the UK, what they actually mean is that it is not possible for you to apply...
LBT Women’s Health Week: Webinar with Natalie Gamble
Natalie was pleased to support LBT Women’s Health Week this year with a talk to leading national charity Fertility Network UK about the options lesbian, bisexual and transgender women have for starting a family. Watch the recorded webinar It includes discussion of...
British Infertility Association (BICA) training – the law for transgender fertility patients
We were delighted to give some training to infertility counsellors with the British Infertility Counselling Association last week about the law on parenthood and fertility for transgender patients. Invited by BICA to address their regular training seminar, NGA...
Fertility law masterclass from Natalie Gamble
Our director Natalie Gamble was asked to give a class for Global Perspectives at Fertility IQ, an online education series on assisted reproduction around the world. Alongside leading professors, academics and other professionals from 30 different countries, Natalie...
Chambers and Partners podcast interviews Natalie Gamble for LGBT History Month
Natalie Gamble recently spoke to the Chambers Inspire LGBT+ Committee for their podcast. You can listen to Natalie’s interview in full on Spotify, in which she reflects on a range of topics, including her career as an out LGBT lawyer, how NGA Law and Brilliant...
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