‘Andrew Powell, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, considers recent developments relating to surrogacy law as well as the latest cases concerning administrative errors and the HFEA.’
Family Law Week, 7th November 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘In the case of Re B (Foreign Surrogacy) [2016] EWFC 77, High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis made a parental order in respect of a child born following a surrogacy arrangement in India in 2010 – six years after the usual six month deadline, and notwithstanding that the parents had previously decided against applying.’
Family Law, 18th October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Rosalind English talks to David Prest about a recent High Court ruling on damages: Can someone who has been rendered infertile claim the costs of surrogacy abroad? A hospital admitted negligence in failing to diagnose the claimant’s cervical cancer. The chemotherapy and radiation treatment which followed rendered her infertile, but just before the treatment, her eggs were harvested and frozen. The court was asked to consider whether damages could include the cost of commercial surrogacy, an arrangement which is not legal in this country.’
Law Pod UK, 29th September 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘Commercial surrogacy arrangements are considered to be against public policy in the UK and therefore illegal. Surrogacy in the UK is only legal where there is no intention to make a profit – though reasonable expenses are recoverable. Where legal surrogacy is
carried out the surrogate mother is the legal mother of the child. In this case the claimant had suffered injury due to the hospital’s failure to diagnose her cervical cancer in time. She had to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment which, amongst other things, damaged her uterus so she was unable to bear and carry a child. Before the treatment she had her eggs frozen.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st October 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWHC 2318 (QB) Sir Robert Nelson considered the difficult issue of damages for surrogacy costs.’
Zenith PI Blog, 19th September 2017
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘If you are a same sex married couple you cannot get divorced on the grounds of adultery, because ‘adultery’ in UK law still takes a biblical definition meaning a man and a woman. One of my clients couldn’t divorce her husband because he’d been cheating with a man, so it didn’t count as ‘adultery’. Another ran into serious problems with surrogacy.’
The Independent, 25th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Andrew Powell, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings, reviews the latest important judgments concerning surrogacy law.’
Family Law Week, 6th October 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘What should the Law Commission include in its next programme of law reform? Kathleen Shields discusses some options’
New Law Journal, 15th September 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘A father who won a groundbreaking legal case on Britain’s surrogacy laws has told the BBC he hopes he will soon be given the same rights as other parents.’
BBC News, 17th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This article summarises the recent landmark decision in Re Z (surrogacy agreements) (Child Arrangements Orders) [2016] EWFC 34 whereby the Court awarded full care of the child to the surrogate Mother.’
Park Square Barristers, 11th July 2016
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A woman who wants to use her dead daughter’s frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild has won a Court of Appeal battle.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Andrew Powell, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings, reviews recent important judgments concerning surrogacy law.’
Family Law Week, 29th June 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Catriona Stirling considers the case of Z (a child) (No.2) [2016] EWHC 1191 (Fam), in which Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, has made a declaration under s.4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) that s. 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (HFEA) is incompatible with Article 8 together with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.’
Cloisters, 26th May 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘Z (A Child) (No 2) [2016] EWHC 1191 (Fam) 20 May 2016. The Court of Protection has granted an order for a declaration of incompatibility with Convention rights of a section in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act on grounds of discrimination.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th May 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Surrogacy laws which prevent single people from claiming parental rights are set to change following a ruling by the Family Division of the High Court.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother has been granted permission to appeal against a legal ban on her using her dead daughter’s frozen eggs in order to give birth to a grandchild.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Andrew Powell, barrister, of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent developments in surrogacy law.’
Family Law Week, 13th January 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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