Single parents eagerly await remedial order as another parental order application is stayed pending a change in the law

by Franklyn | Sep 11, 2017 | Surrogacy

In 2016 NGA Law represented a single father who had a child through surrogacy in the US in a parental order application, and managed to win a formal declaration from the President of the High Court Family Division that the current law discriminates against single...

Re Z and surrogacy law reform – Article published in International Family Law

by Natalie | Aug 19, 2017 | International Surrogacy, Surrogacy

We have written an article published in International Family Law, about the case of Re Z (no. 2) and the High Court having made a declaration of incompatibility ruling that UK surrogacy law discriminates against single parents.  Explaining the case background and what...

UK law to change for single parents through surrogacy

by Franklyn | Feb 9, 2017 | Become a Surrogate, Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

We are thrilled to announce that UK law will be changed to permit single parents who have children through surrogacy to apply for a parental order. Under the current law, only couples can apply for a parental order to fully secure their parentage after surrogacy. ...

Surrogacy law is incompatible with the rights of single parents – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine

by Natalie | Oct 21, 2016 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

Natalie has written a short snappy article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about the recent High Court ruling in our Re Z case (which declared the law incompatible with the rights of single parents) and its significance. Read Natalie’s article ‘Surrogacy...

Single parent surrogacy – what the High Court ruling really means – Article published in Bionews

by Natalie | Oct 19, 2016 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

Natalie has, together with our counsel in the case of Re Z Elizabeth Isaacs QC and Adem Muzaffer, written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews explaining the significant of the High Court’s ruling in the case, which looks set to change the law for single...