Authorisation of Payments in International Commercial Surrogacy – A New Approach? – Family Law Week

Posted August 23rd, 2013 in assisted reproduction, news, remuneration, surrogacy by sally

“Ruth Cabeza, barrister, of Field Court Chambers considers two important judgments recently made by Mrs Justice Theis concerning payments under international commercial surrogacy agreements.”

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Family Law Week, 22nd August 2013

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New rights for surrogate parents as part of innovative overhaul of flexible parental leave framework – Cloisters

Posted November 20th, 2012 in flexible working, news, parental rights, surrogacy by sally

“Parental leave is to be shared more equally in the future. From 2015 the UK will have a new system of flexible parental leave in place”

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Cloisters, November 2012

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Children: Private Law Update – Family Law Week

“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings considers those judgments of the last few months which are of most importance in the area of private law children proceedings.”

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Family Law Week, 5th September 2012

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Surrogacy mother launches maternity leave challenge – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 19th, 2012 in EC law, maternity leave, news, sex discrimination, surrogacy by sally

“A mother who had a baby through a surrogate has launched landmark legal action for the right to paid maternity leave.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2012

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Children: Private Law Update – Family Law Week

Posted February 8th, 2012 in families, news, parental responsibility, parental rights, surrogacy by sally

“Alex Verdan QC reviews the most significant of the latest judgments in private law Children applications.”

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Family Law Week, 7th February 2012

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Couple who used Indian surrogates can bring children up as their own rules judge – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 7th, 2011 in embryology, news, parental rights, surrogacy by sally

“An English couple who paid Indian women to have their babies can keep them and bring them up as their own ruled one of Britain’s top judges, Sir Nicholas Wall ruled today (6 December).”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2011

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High Court judge approves commercial surrogacy – BBC News

Posted May 20th, 2011 in conflict of laws, news, surrogacy by tracey

“A serving High Court judge has told the BBC that he is approving commercial surrogacy agreements made by British couples abroad.”

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BBC News, 19th May 2011

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Childless couples win the right to pay surrogate mothers – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 9th, 2010 in compensation, news, surrogacy by sally

“Childless couples will be able to pay surrogate mothers large sums of money to have babies for them, following a landmark High Court ruling.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2010

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Couples who pay surrogate mothers could lose right to raise the child – The Guardian

Posted April 6th, 2010 in news, parental responsibility, surrogacy by sally

“Childless couples who acquire a baby using a surrogate mother abroad risk not being recognised as its parents in Britain if they flout British law by paying fees, fertility lawyers have warned.”

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The Guardian, 5th April 2010

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New surrogacy law eases the way for gay men to become legal parents – The Guardian

“Gay male couples will be able to use a fast-track route to become the legal parents of surrogate children from next week. On 6 April, changes to the law will permit two men to be named as parents on a child’s birth certificate for the first time in British history.”

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The Guardian, 28th March 2010

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British surrogacy ruling saves baby twins from Ukraine orphanage – The Times

Posted December 12th, 2008 in news, surrogacy by sally

“A High Court judge called yesterday for a review of Britain’s surrogacy laws after making a ruling that rescued baby twins from a legal limbo, which had left them ‘marooned, stateless and parentless’  in Ukraine.”

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The Times, 12th December 2008

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Surrogacy loophole that let 20 babies be taken abroad – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2007 in adoption, news, surrogacy by sally

“Twenty babies born to British surrogate mothers have been taken abroad unlawfully by the foreign couples who commissioned them because of an oversight by British courts, it emerged yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 5th December 2007

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Judge warns agencies after surrogate mother dupes couples to keep babies – The Guardian

Posted October 31st, 2007 in news, surrogacy by sally

“A high court judge has issued a stern warning to surrogacy agencies to carry out more stringent background checks after it emerged that a surrogate mother had deliberately duped two couples into believing she had miscarried their babies.”

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The Guardian, 31st October 2007

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Surrogate mother must return boy – BBC News

Posted July 27th, 2007 in children, news, surrogacy by sally

“Appeal judges have ordered a surrogate mother who refused to give up her baby boy to return the child to his father.”

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BBC News, 26th July 2007

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