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Partner Fiona Lyon speaks about Modern Families and Surrogacy Arrangements. To learn more , please click on the link below.     https://youtu.be/tgv7YcVIIG4...

Family Law Practitioners can all agree that what has been achieved by the Courts during the pandemic has been nothing short of miraculous.  Changes that have been talked about for years happened over...

Caselaw update Re X (Parental Order: Death of Intended Parent Prior to Birth) [2020] EWFC 39 Facts: M and F enter into a straight surrogacy arrangement after years of struggling to conceiv...

Covid-19 and International Surrogacy Popular destinations for international surrogacy arrangements are USA, Canada, Georgia and the Ukraine.  Babies born in the US and Canada are classed as citize...

Parental Orders Once the criteria are fulfilled the Court will look at whether the making of the Order is in the child’s best interests.  Many IP(s) conduct the parental application themselves b...

Pathway to Surrogacy Surrogacy in England is legal, but the surrogacy agreements themselves are not legally binding or enforceable.  Under the Surrogacy Act 1985, it is a criminal offence to adver...

An Introduction Surrogacy arrangements date back to biblical times but gained real potential after 1978 when the first baby was conceived via IVF.  This innovation pioneered further medical advanc...