Our letter to the Times re their article on surrogacy

by Natalie | Apr 8, 2025 | International Surrogacy, Surrogacy

Dear Editor of the Times We are writing in response to your article ‘Loophole allows Britons to ‘buy babies’ abroad, campaigners warn’ by Sanchez Manning, published on Sunday 30 March 2025.  As the founders of the law firm which has represented many of the families in...

Does it breach inter-country adoption laws to adopt a non-biological child born through overseas surrogacy? – new NGA reported case

by Natalie | Mar 31, 2025 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy in the USA

  The High Court has granted an adoption order to the British parents of a child born through surrogacy in the USA, in the new reported case of C & Anor v E (international surrogacy and domestic adoption) (2025). NGA Law and Jessica Lee of 1GC represented the...

New academic book – Future Directions in Surrogacy Law

by Xander Gowler | Feb 27, 2025 | Surrogacy

Natalie is delighted to have contributed a chapter for a soon-to-be published book by Bristol University Press, Future Directions in Surrogacy Law. Natalie’s chapter, ‘Why UK parents go overseas: the challenges, and what it means for UK law reform’ focuses on...

Natalie Gamble argues the law on parentage should be widened at the Family Justice Council 17th annual debate, chaired by the President of the High Court Family Division

by Robyn | Dec 31, 2024 | Adoption, Conception, LGBT Law, LGBT Surrogacy, Surrogacy

Natalie was delighted to be invited to speak at a Royal Courts of Justice event on 5 December 2024 on the issue of legal parenthood, run by the Family Justice Council and discussing whether it was time for the law on parentage to be widened. The event hosted around 50...

Why is there a shortage of surrogates in the UK? Is UK law to blame?

by Alejandra | Dec 5, 2024 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

In the last decade, parents in England and Wales have increasingly chosen surrogacy as a way to grow their families, with the numbers of children born through surrogacy more than quadrupling. However, despite a significant increase in popularity and interest, demand...