Surrogacy law pages
Welcome to our surrogacy law pages, with a wealth of information from the UK's most experienced surrogacy lawyers.
Browse the pages on the left for more information about your particular circumstances, and about UK and international surrogacy, parenthood, Wills and our campaign to get surrogacy law reformed. Here you can access surrogacy resources including:
UK surrogacy laws and court decisions
Media coverage about our work and campaigns
UK surrogacy laws and court decisions:
The law on surrogacy in the UK is in two pieces of legislation, the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 which restricts the arrangement of surrogacy in the UK, and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which deals with parenthood and parental orders (see sections 33 to 55).
The law is implemented by the UK family courts. Read here leading recent court decisions on surrogacy, including on international surrogacy and where surrogacy arrangements have gone wrong.
Court forms for surrogacy:
Here are the court forms you will need if you are representing yourselves in a parental order application:
Parental order application form (C51)
Parental order acknowledgement form (C52)
Surrogacy law: how can we help?
Our team has unique experience in UK and international surrogacy law. We have helped hundreds of families created through surrogacy in the UK and abroad and represented the parents in many international surrogacy cases, including the very first to be ratified by the English court Re X and Y (2008) and subsequent published decisions Re L (2010) and Re IJ (2011) as well as in many straightforward UK surrogacy cases. We are the only solicitors in the UK to deal with surrogacy every day, and not just as part of a wider family law practice. Find our more about our surrogacy law services.
Natalie Gamble Associates in the news:
Should surrogacy law be reformed? (BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, 3 June 2011)
After the birth of Elton and David's son, can the UK deliver surrogacy reform? (editorial by Natalie Gamble, for the Guardian, 29 December 2010)
Surrogacy couple: paying American woman was our last chance for a child (The Daily Telegraph, 11 December 2010, following front page headline 9 December 2010)
Stonewall Gay Dads' Guide (October 2010)
British surrogacy ruling saves baby twins from Ukraine orphanage (The Times, 12 December 2008)
See our News Coverage and Publications pages for more.
Other resources on surrogacy:
Surrogacy UK and COTS - the UK's two main non-profit making surrogacy agencies, providing support for surrogacy arrangements and helping surrogates and intended parents to make contact with each other.
Fertility Friends - an online community of fertility patients for sharing information and support via online forums.
Infertility Network UK - a leading UK charity which provides support with all aspects of fertility treatment, including surrogacy.
HFEA - the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the UK's regulatory body for fertility treatment.
British Infertility Counselling Association - the UK's professional association of fertility clinic counsellors.
