MODERN FAMILIES: Case-law update
Resolution’s Modern Families Conference included a handy round up of relevant recent cases from Dorothea Gartland KC and Andrew Powell, 4PB. We summarise them here by topic.
Resolution’s Modern Families Conference included a handy round up of relevant recent cases from Dorothea Gartland KC and Andrew Powell, 4PB. We summarise them here by topic.
As fertility science and practice evolve, the law necessarily becomes more complicated, but there are some clear areas where reform could help
Issues regarding fertility law have increased significantly in the last few years and members are...
Surrogacy is an area of family law that is on the rise and many practitioners all over the countr...
Unrealistic and incapable of anticipating changes in circumstances, the law on posthumous concept...
In this complex and emotional field of law, your relationship with the clients can be crucial
...The Law Commission’s report contains a series of recommendations that aim to regulate and safeguard surrogacy. But it may be some time before they are acted upon.
A review of the High Court Family Division case of FC v MC [2021] EWHC 154 (Fam) (29 January 2021...
The case of Re X (A child) (Parental order: Surrogacy arrangement) [2020] is yet another example of the Family Court stretching the current outdated surrogacy laws in the UK.
A review of the recent Supreme Court decision in Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] UKSC ...
Natalie Gamble and Kelly Blaxall examine the recent ruling of the President of the Family Divisio...
Resolution's response to the Law Commissions consultation - Building families through surrogacy: ...
Last Friday, 19 July 2019, I attended The Law Commission’s surrogacy consultation event at Exeter...
UK law supports surrogacy if it fits a model deemed acceptable: purportedly altruistic, consentin...