Natalie Gamble was delighted to address the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys’ conference in New York City last week. Speaking on the topic of ‘fighting for parentage recognition’, Natalie was honoured to share a platform with Sylvie Mennesson and her daughter Valentina, who fought a heroic 19 year battle for legal recognition for
We are a law firm committed to supporting the trans community (along with our many other LGBT+ clients) and for Trans Day of Visibility, NGA solicitor Luke Williams, who leads our gender recognition services and is trans himself, writes about his personal take on trans visibility in Shon Faye’s book “The Transgender Issue: An Argument
Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, has written to NGA Law to confirm that surrogates in Ukraine who are pregnant for British families (and their immediate families) will be eligible for special visas to come to the UK for 3 years. Our team is now processing the very first visa applications for pregnant surrogates and their
In response to the war, our team has been working to support all British parents with or expecting babies through surrogacy in Ukraine. If you are need our help, please contact us at hello@ngalaw.co.uk.
We are currently giving free legal help to 32 families, and as the situation evolves and changes, we will continue
NGA and Brilliant Beginnings were delighted to attend the Progress Educational Trust’s Annual Conference 2021, titled “Reproducing Regulation: Who Regulates Fertility and How?”. PET has an excellent reputation for thought-provoking events combining law, science and ethics and this one was no exception.
The event caters for a large number of professionals and roles and our
Kelly was delighted to speak to Rainbow Sisters last month to discuss family law with its members.
“Rainbow Sisters is a supportive, welcoming and confidential group open to lesbian, bisexual and trans women, and non-binary people seeking asylum.”
The Rainbow Sisters group comes together weekly with a number of speakers and NGA were delighted to
We are thrilled and honoured to have received an award at the Family Law Awards, the major annual awards ceremony for UK family law solicitors, this year.
‘Highly Commended’ for Community Interaction – surrogacy
The award recognises the change-making work we have done this year to support the surrogacy community, including:
Trans Day of Remembrance is observed annually on 20 November, and is a sombre occasion on which we remember those whose lives have been lost through anti-trans violence. In 2014 teenager Leelah Alcorn’s name was added to this list, after she took her own life as a consequence of her parents’ negative response to her
The sobering reality of life as a trans or non-binary person is that, whilst public attitudes are generally becoming more accepting of trans people, discrimination, hate crime and violence are still prevalent. Galop, the UK’s LGBT+ anti-abuse charity, reported that in the previous 12 months 4 in 5 respondents had experienced a form of transphobic
NGA Law and Brilliant Beginnings have always been prominent supporters of LGBT+ inclusion, with a long history of campaigning for LGBT+ rights. We support reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to facilitate self-ID, and are campaigning to enable trans people to be recorded on their children’s birth certificates using their preferred parental title.
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