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Don't miss our May #FamilyLawHour tomorrow at 8pm with our guest host Mavis Amonoo-Acquah who joins us to address the recent Law Commission recommendations for reform to #surrogacy laws. Balancing rights in surrogacy cases is challenging - to what extent will these changes help?

Looking forward to hosting FamilyLawHour tonight. We’ve got some great #surrogacy reform questions lined up, so grab your favourite Tuesday night beverage and come along to share your views tonight at 8pm!

Q1: A central aim of the reforms is to incentivise intended parents in England, Wales & Scotland who are considering surrogacy to enter into arrangements here, rather than go abroad. Do you think they go far enough to successfully achieve this aim? Why/why not? #familylawhour

Q2: The new pathway will not apply to international surrogacy arrangements. Do you think international surrogacy arrangements should have been included in the new pathway? #familylawhour

POLL: The report recommends that the court should be able to dispense with the requirement that the surrogate consents to a parental order, but only where the welfare of the children requires this. Do you agree with this recommendation? #familylawhour

In Re C (Surrogacy: Consent) Peter Jackson LJ said “the right of a surrogate not to provide consent is a pillar of the legislation” [61]. This recommendation seeks to change that if the child’s welfare requires it. Is this a good step? Vote below 👇🏾 #surrogacy #familylawhour

Q3: Where parties to a surrogacy arrangement are required to apply for a parental order, it's recommended that the 6 month application time limit remains in place, but with provision for late applications. Should this time limit have been dispensed with altogether? #familylawhour

Should the proposed #surrogacy reforms have left room for parity in the case of single, non-biological IPs? Vote below! 👇🏾

Q4:The proposed reforms don't permit double donor surrogacy arrangements, as at least one intended parent (or the single intended parent) must be biologically related to the child. Should the proposed reforms have been extended to include double-donor arrangements? #familylawhour

Delighted to be amongst the shortlisted finalists in the Case Of The Year category, for ‘Re C (Surrogacy: consent)’ - an important case in an area of law that I’m incredibly passionate about. Congratulations to all finalists! 🥂 #surrogacy #familylawawards

Thrilled to be ranked in The Legal 500 for the first time as a Leading Junior in Family: Children Law, for both the London and the South Eastern circuits. Huge thank you to my referees, instructing solicitors and wonderful chambers for their ongoing support ☺️

Excellent day at #alccon23 with a particularly thought-provoking session on post-adoption birth family contact, & a wonderfully frank talk by Judith AM Denton about the Black care experience. Is the family justice system doing enough? Already looking forward to the 2024 event!

Great to be led by Mehvish Chaudhry in this interesting case, which looked at the withdrawal of a 1980 Hague Convention application and examined Article 16 of the 1996 Hague Convention, regarding the recognition of parental responsibility rights

What an amazing ABA Family Law conference in Boston! The various panels across the 4 days were engaging, challenging & inspiring and it was a privilege to speak at the conference as part of the worldwide #surrogacy panel on Saturday. Already looking forward to my next ABA conference!

Highly Commended for the award of Family Law Chambers of the Year: London is Harcourt Chambers! Congratulations. #FamilyLawAwards #FLA2024

Beyond thrilled to be “Highly Commended” for Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year at last night’s #familylawawards! 🥳🙌🏾 Huge congratulations must go to my chambers colleague Simon Miller, who won our category (I can’t think of a better person to have come second to ☺️)!