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NGA on the BBC Today Programme today – surrogacy babies stranded due to COVID
Natalie Gamble was interviewed on this morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today Programme (here at 7.14am) about the problems faced by surrogacy families in the current coronavirus crisis. Natalie spoke to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning about the crisis work we are...
A surrogacy lawyer’s take on the BBC’s new drama: ‘The Nest’
The BBC’s new prime-time Sunday night drama tells the story of a surrogacy arrangement set in Glasgow. NGA Law was delighted to advise the BAFTA award-winning author, Nicole Taylor, on the script some time ago and it is great to see the programme come to life. But how...
NGA emergency help for international surrogacy during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic is causing chaos across the board, including for UK families going through international surrogacy. Parents from the UK who are expecting a baby through surrogacy cannot cancel or defer their child’s birth. We need practical solutions for safeguarding...
NGA quoted in the Telegraph – Being a surrogate left me traumatised
NGA has been quoted extensively in a piece written for the Telegraph about UK surrogacy. In the piece, a woman who acted as an independent surrogate in the UK talks to journalist Kate Graham about her experience, in which a breakdown in the relationship with her...
Government launches consultation on egg, sperm & embryo storage limits – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews in support of law reform for egg, sperm and embryo storage limits. The government is, until 5 May 2020, consulting on whether the UK’s laws on embryo and gamete storage should be reviewed. The current law...
When fathers are mothers: the absurdity of UK law for trans parents – Article published in Family Law
Natalie and Kelly have written an article, published by Resolution in The Review, about Re TT (2019) and the absurdity of modern family law which does not provide for trans parents. The recent ruling in Re TT [2019] EWHC 2384, which forced transgender man Fred...
The Fertility Podcast interviews Natalie Gamble
Natalie was pleased to speak to The Fertility Podcast recently about her work and experience. You can listen to the full 45 minute programme here. Here is what The Fertility Podcast had to say about it Meet Natalie Gamble: her firm NGA Law has just celebrated 10 years...
Storage periods for gametes and embryos and its challenges – Article published in the British Infertility Counselling Association journal
The British Infertility Counselling Association Winter 2019 journal includes an article by Natalie about the law around storing eggs, sperm and embryos. The basic storage period set by UK law is ten years, but since there are also options to export or to extend...
What is the difference between parental responsibility and legal parenthood?
Parental responsibility and legal parenthood are legal terms which relate to the rights and responsibilities which parents and other adults have in relation to children. Both are possible at once but also individually without the other. Below, we look at the nuances...
NGA speaks at the Resolution Child and Family Training Day
Natalie was delighted to speak at Resolution’s Child and Family Day in London today. Representing the U.K. and Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute, which she chairs, Natalie spoke together with fellow FLI member Andrew Spearman from Layton’s solicitors. Natalie and...
Surrogacy law reform- Article published in Fertility Road
We were asked to write an article for Fertility Road magazine about the Law Commission's surrogacy law reform provisional proposals. Setting out what the proposals say, what we think, we urge any intended parents interested in surrogacy to respond to the...
Transgender parent case – UK High Court rules that man who gives birth cannot be registered as his child’s ‘father’.
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane (the most senior first-instance family court judge in England and Wales) has ruled in the case of Re TT on the rights of transgender parents and their children under UK law. The case involved an application by...
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