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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
17 December 2015
Recent international surrogacy case addresses immigration issues and challenges in bringing children home
In this blog, family and immigration law specialists Connie Atkinson and Katie Newbury reflect on the recent judgment in a surrogacy case, Re Z (Foreign Surrogacy: Allocation of Work: Guidance on Parental Order Reports), which is likely to impact future surrogacy cases involving immigration issues and cases where children are unable to return to England immediately following their birth. The case also highlights the importance of seeking advice early in cases where parents have a child abroad following an international surrogacy arrangement.
8 April 2015
Reflections on the Families Through Surrogacy conference in London 2015
I attended the Families Through Surrogacy conference in March and heard from a number of fantastic speakers about issues ranging from infertility to being a surrogate mother, having children through surrogacy, advising on surrogacy in England and abroad and obtaining a passport for your child.
19 March 2015
The further use of discretion in considering time limits for parental orders
The judgment in AB and CD and CT [2015] EWFC 12 (“AB and CD”) was given in February and provides a further of example of the court’s willingness to use its discretion to provide security for children born out of surrogacy arrangements.
20 November 2014
Progress for parents and surrogate children in the UK: Parental order time limit extended
A small step has been taken towards improving surrogacy laws for intended parents and protecting surrogate children in this country. Until recently, a six month time limit has been in place for parents to apply for a parental order in order to become the legal parents of a child in place of the surrogate mother. This requirement has long been criticised by surrogacy law specialists as there is no justification for an absolute deadline.
16 September 2014
International and UK surrogacy – lessons learnt from the Baby Gammy case and calls for regulation
Recent media coverage of the Baby Gammy surrogacy case in Thailand has, once again, put commercial surrogacy at the forefront of public debate. In relation to that, I have seen countless articles and listened to radio programmes highlighting the pitfalls of surrogacy and the law in the UK. Many of the reports on the law here have been incorrect; it is a widely stated myth that payments to a surrogate are illegal in the UK, which isn’t true.