MPs and peers have recommended that the law be changed to allow single persons whose gametes were used to create an embryo, where a child is born as the result of a surrogacy arrangement, to apply for a parental order of that child within six months. Currently, only couples have this right. In a report published this week on proposed amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the Joint Committee on Human Rights recommended that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 be amended to remedy this discrimination.
21 November 2018
Surrogacy reform on the cards
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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