Fertility

Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 to commence on the 5th May 2020. The Department of Health has announced its intention to commence Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and [...]

The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have today issued a joint consultation paper on surrogacy. It is accepted in the UK that the law on surrogacy is outdated [...]

Press Release by Department of Health – 26 June 2018 The Minister for Health has today received approval from Cabinet to draft a standalone piece of legislation, which will close a loophole [...]

The twins, now almost seven years old, were born through surrogacy to the Italian male couple in Canada.  Under a 2011 Canadian Court Order, both men were named on the birth certificate as [...]

On the 13th October 2016 Law Firm AGA Partners in conjunction with the Ukrainian Bar Association held a one day conference in Kiev on Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) and Surrogacy in Ukraine.  [...]

PATERNITY LEAVE AND BENEFIT ACT 2016 The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 commenced this month and provides a “relevant parent” with two weeks paternity leave to assist with the provision of [...]

  Is Canada the new destination of choice for surrogacy? At a time when many countries are closing their doors or restricting access (India November 2015, Mexico December 2015) to foreign [...]

Our partner and head of our surrogacy department, Fiona Duffy, was pleased to contribute a recent article to Public Affairs Ireland Magazine. read more here  [...]

Fiona Duffy attended a one day surrogacy conference in London on the 21st March 2015 run by Families Through Surrogacy.  There was a very large international attendance, including couples from [...]

Currently in Israel gay couples as well as single men and women cannot avail of surrogacy services and as a result the only option open to them is to travel overseas and enter into international [...]