17 Jul, 2017
President of the Family Division gives guidance on sperm donation parentage cases
Sir James Munby, the President of the High Court Family Division, has given important new guidance on how the family court should deal with cases concerning legal parenthood after sperm
25 May, 2017
More High Court decisions following sperm donor clinic errors
Another NGA case has been published recently, and joins the long list of other declaration of parentage cases, nicknamed the “Alphabet” cases which have been heard by the High Court.
16 Dec, 2016
New High Court decision highlights the importance of establishing ‘domicile’ in international surrogacy cases
High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis has granted parental orders for two children born through a gestational surrogacy arrangement in the US. On the surface this is yet another international surrogacy case
20 Sep, 2016
Planning for death when you’re making life – why you should make a will if you’re conceiving through assisted reproduction
The ugly fallout which results from the lack of a Will was made public earlier this year following the dispute between Prince’s surviving siblings after it was discovered that he
16 Sep, 2016
Continuing problems with legal parentage for couples having donor sperm treatment at UK fertility clinics
Further to our blog last September about administrative errors made by IVF clinic there have been another run of declaration of parentage cases, nicknamed the “Alphabet” cases, before the President
18 Sep, 2015
Administrative errors at IVF clinics jeopardise families’ legal parenthood
In this recent case, the President of the Family Division made damming criticisms of IVF clinics across the UK, and their regulator the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, highlighting a
24 Oct, 2013
Health professionals and surrogacy agencies – last chance to contribute to Hague Conference’s work on surrogacy
We recently wrote for our blog about our evidence to the Hague Conference about whether international surrogacy should be regulated globally. The Hague has now asked us to help them make a
