Beth Warren waits on sperm legal fight result – BBC News
‘The High Court will rule later on a widow’s attempt to prevent her dead husband’s sperm from being destroyed.’
BBC News, 6th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: assisted reproduction
Widow begins case to keep dead husband’s sperm – The Independent
‘A widow’s High Court case to preserve her late husband’s sperm has begun.’
The Independent, 31st Janaury 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lesbian couple ‘refused IVF’ take legal action – Daily Telegraph
“A lesbian couple who claim they were turned down for fertility treatment because of their sexuality are taking legal action against the NHS.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre and another) v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority – WLR Daily
“The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, established under section 5 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, did not have power to impose a condition which took effect on a licence prior to completion of the full statutory process up to and including the appeal process provided for in section 20 of the 1990 Act.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Authorisation of Payments in International Commercial Surrogacy – A New Approach? – Family Law Week
“Ruth Cabeza, barrister, of Field Court Chambers considers two important judgments recently made by Mrs Justice Theis concerning payments under international commercial surrogacy agreements.”
Family Law Week, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Chris Grayling to ban fertility treatment for prisoners – Daily Telegraph
“Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, has revealed he wants to ban prisoners
from having access to costly fertility treatment from behind bars.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sperm donors who know parents can apply to see children, court rules – The Guardian
“Sperm donors who know the parents to whom they have donated can apply for contact with their biological children, a court has ruled. Previously this was not allowed. The ruling has major implications for anyone who has a child conceived using the sperm of someone they know and for those considering starting a family this way.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Couple sue for IVF in landmark ‘age discrimination’ case – Daily Telegraph
“A childless couple who have been refused NHS fertility treatment are suing Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, for age discrimination in a landmark legal case.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
HFEA launches public consultation on ‘three parent’ IVF technique – Family Law Week
“The Human Fertilisation & Embyology Authority has launched a public consultation on the ethics of new IVF-based techniques designed to avoid serious mitochondrial diseases.”
Family Law Week, 17th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
A v B and another (Female parents: Role of biological father) – WLR Daily
“Where a child was conceived by a mother and a father by virtue of an agreement between them that the child would live with and be brought up in the care of the mother and her female partner as the primary care givers of the child, there could be no general rule in family proceedings that the biological father was to be regarded only as a ‘secondary’ parent or to have a limited relationship with the child. Each case was fact specific and the welfare of the child was paramount.”
WLR Daily, 14th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Woman who battled cancer must fight law to return ovary – Daily Telegraph
“A woman left infertile by teenage cancer is having to battle the law to get doctors to give her back the ovary that she had frozen before chemotherapy.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Couple win IVF funding battle with NHS – Daily Telegraph
“A couple have won a rare victory over a health authority’s strict rules on infertility treatment, in a decision that could give hope to other would-be parents.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS watchdog told to police IVF clinics despite workload concerns – The Guardian
“The Care Quality Commission has been told to press on with plans to take over the policing of IVF clinics, despite warning that it cannot cope with the extra workload.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Illegal fertility company owners given suspended prison sentence – The Guardian
“Two men who netted £250,000 after providing women with access to sperm through an illegal fertility company were spared an immediate jail term today.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two men convicted over illegal sperm donor firm – The Independent
“Two men are facing jail after they were convicted yesterday of running an illegal fertility company that gave women access to sperm donors. Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the operation from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage. A jury at Southwark Crown Court, in south London, convicted both men of three counts each of providing sperm without a licence or third-party agreement.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pair made £250,000 from illegal sperm donor service, court told – The Guardian
“Two businessmen earned £250,000 through an illegal fertility company providing women with access to sperm donors, a court heard today. In the first case of its kind, a jury was told that Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the firm from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fertility blunder risk due to slow regulator: review – Daily Telegraph
“Couples undergoing fertility treatment are being left at risk of embryo mix-ups and blunders because the industry regulator fails to take action early enough, a review has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
