The award of damages to enable surrogacy – Family Law

Posted December 21st, 2017 in damages, hospitals, negligence, news, surrogacy by tracey

‘Given the nebulous nature of surrogacy law in the UK and the decision in Briody v St Helen’s and Knowsley Area Health Authority [2001] EWCA Civ 1010, [2001] 2 FLR 1094, with its confusing obiter dicta, it is somewhat surprising that the funding of surrogacy for an infertile young woman was included in the heads of damages in the decision in XX v Whittington Hospital Trust [2017] EWHC 2318 (QB).’

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Family Law, 20th December 2017

Source: www.familylaw.co.uk