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Reported Case: Andrew Powell and Olivia Gaunt Represent a Surrogate Pro Bono in a New Parental Order Case – R & Anor v A & Anor [2024] EWFC 34
29th November 2024
Andrew Powell and Olivia Gaunt represented the first respondent surrogate, by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor, pro bono in R & Anor v A (by her litigation friend, The Official Solicitor) & Anor [2024] EWFC 34. In what is understood to be the first case of this nature, the case concerned a domestic surrogacy arrangement where the court found that the first respondent surrogate was incapable of giving agreement to a parental order. Mrs Justice Judd made a parental order in favour of the applicant intended parents. Andrew and Olivia were instructed by Alison Leivesley of Bindmans LLP
Andrew Powell
Olivia Gaunt
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