UK High Court awards parenthood following international surrogacy, despite potential illegality in the country of birth – new NGA reported case

by Franklyn | Jul 1, 2021 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

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...

International surrogacy and the new HFEA guidance – Article published in Bionews

by Natalie | Dec 14, 2020 | International Surrogacy, Surrogacy

Natalie has written a comment piece in this week’s Bionews about the new updated HFEA guidance on exporting eggs, sperm and embryos for international surrogacy. The change in guidance was the result of work NGA Law and Brilliant Beginnings did to persuade the...

NGA in Marie Claire – Surrogacy is complicated: then add a global pandemic

by Natalie | May 17, 2020 | Surrogacy

Marie-Claire has witten an in-depth piece about the plight of parents through surrogacy who, as a result of COVID travel restrictions, can’t get to their babies.  Quoting NGA they say: “In the time of coronavirus, dozens of families are in the same...

NGA quoted in Wired – Parents are hiring jets to see their surrogate children for the first time

by Natalie | May 13, 2020 | Surrogacy

Wired magazine has written an in-depth fhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-lockdown-surrogacy-industryeature about the difficulties parents are currently experiencing as a result of the COVID pandemic international travel restrictions: “We’ve sorted out a...

Getting surrogacy families home during COVID-19 – NGA and the families we are helping in the news

by Franklyn | Apr 15, 2020 | International Surrogacy, Surrogacy

On 20 March 2020 the US Passport Office closed its doors to in-person passport applications as a result of the escalating COVID pandemic, meaning that a number of our parents with newborn surrogate babies (who usually rely on the US passport to travel back to the UK)...