Robyn Jones (She/her)

 

With a passion for inclusivity and clarity in the law, Robyn is a Senior Paralegal with our team. She supports all our legal work across UK and international surrogacy (including parental orders, non-biological surrogacy cases and British nationality and passports for children born through surrogacy), adoption and conception matters. With a particular expertise in family building through donor conception, her work extends to matters involving legal parenthood (including consular birth certificate recognition) for different and same-sex couples, single mothers and those going through divorce, conceiving with both clinic and known donors.

Robyn joined our team in 2022, having graduated with a degree in law. She has worked with individuals in complex and emotive circumstances through her previous roles with the Crown Prosecution Service and working in donor information at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

She is currently studying to qualify as a Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer.

What clients say about Robyn…

So lovely to speak with you today Robyn. You made our dream feel so much more real and we really appreciated your positivity and support.

We would like to thank the whole NGA team for getting us this far, you have all been wonderful. A very special thanks to Robyn who has had to hold our hands through the whole process of gathering and presenting the supporting information and has always done her best to explain the requirements in the simplest terms. 

We would like to thank you immensely for your support and guidance through this process. The Court process was interesting and lovely. We felt very moved by it. You’ve both been super helpful , encouraging and made the process so much easier. Thank you ever so much, we are so grateful.

Many thanks Robyn. It’s been great working with you and the team at NGA as well.

Thanks again for your superb service.

Thank you so much for being so diligent in your work and laying the groundwork so well for our hearing. All the correspondence you have sent has shown that you are doing amazing work and we feel really well looked after. Fingers crossed Friday goes smoothly and we can relax and finally say all your hard work has paid off! In England at least we will hopefully be his legal parents.

The court complimented the clarity and comprehensive nature of the paperwork – you had dealt with it so well they didn’t have any questions and it was a very quick and very positive experience. A huge thank you for all you have done to get us to this point. We could not have done it without you. Thank you a million times over.

What a day it was. We just couldn’t be happier and it’s brilliant having read the transcript. Thank you so much for everything. You have been exceptional.

Thank you so much for the letter and for the draft agreement. We cannot express how much this has helped us already – thank you all so much. Getting to this point hasn’t been easy but for the first time in ages we feel excited and like we can move forwards. Onwards and upwards and we’ll keep you updated!

We can’t thank you enough for all your help and support throughout this journey. You guys have been absolutely amazing – so supportive, patient and kind. Thank you so so so much for everything!

Thank you so much Robyn ❤️ you have been so so so helpful throughout this journey!

Robyn’s blogs

Exporting embryos and gametes from the UK

Practicalities and the law if you are shipping your eggs, sperm or embryos abroad

Cracking the Register open – what does the legal change mean for donor-conceived people?

UK law changed to require any donors donating their eggs or sperm (gametes) in UK licensed clinics to be ‘ID-release’.

Other team members

Kelly Blaxall

Lawyer

Kirstie Porter-Smith

Operations Manager

Alejandra Rodrigues-Ramones

Senior Paralegal

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