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02
Jun
2019

Power, Wealth, Baby-Making and Genetic Policy Responsibilities

Following the UK’s decision to legalise three-person IVF in 2015, the US looks set to revisit its policy on human genome modification. If US legal restrictions are removed, it will represent a policy volte-face in just four years, and it will be significant in more ways than one.

28
May
2019

British Fertility Society’s Creating Modern Families Day 2019

Louisa Ghevaert is delighted to once again join the panel of expert speakers at The British Fertility Society’s annual Modern Families Day in London on 3 June 2019. This event is aimed at doctors and nurses concerned with fertility treatment, gamete donation and surrogacy.

09
May
2019

Perspectives on Fertility Fest 2019: “Life Rewired”

Fertility Fest 2019 runs from 23 April to 12 May 2019 at the Barbican in London. Currently in its third year, it’s the world’s first arts festival dedicated to fertility, infertility, the science of making babies and modern families. This year, its focus explores what it means to be human when science and technology is changing everything.

06
May
2019

A new genetic test can screen embryos for low intelligence: is this a good or a bad thing?

A new genetic test is on the horizon in the US that enables people having IVF to screen out embryos.

02
May
2019

Launch of the Sperm, Egg & Embryo Donation Trust (SEED)

Louisa Ghevaert is delighted to attend the National Gamete Donation Trust’s twenty first birthday reception and its re-launch as the Sperm, Egg & Embryo Donation (SEED) Trust.

30
Apr
2019

Should I undergo genetic testing before having a family?

Recent media coverage has highlighted claims by a senior Harvard professor of genetics that people should undergo genetic testing before starting a family.

12
Apr
2019

Welcome to Louisa Ghevaert Associates

We are delighted to announce the launch of Louisa Ghevaert Associates, to meet the growing need for specialist fertility and family law services for modern families in the UK. Louisa Ghevaert Associates is founded by solicitor Louisa Ghevaert, the preeminent expert in fertility and family law.

12
Apr
2019

The future of fertility policy in the context of the genomics revolution

Louisa Ghevaert was delighted to be invited to attend the Public Policy Projects (PPP) business breakfast with Professor Lord Robert Winston at The Law Society in London on 9 April 2019.

16
Jan
2019

Fertility and Family Law Trends

There have been significant trends and developments in fertility and modern family law over the last year.

11
Sep
2018

Fertility preservation: Rachael Bland’s story

Last week (September 2018), BBC presenter Rachael Bland's fight to overcome her two-year breast cancer battle sadly came to an end.

16
Aug
2018

Posthumous conception: a ray of hope for the future

Louisa Ghevaert was proud to be part of the wife's specialist fertility law team in the groundbreaking posthumous conception law case of Y v A Healthcare NHS Trust & The HFEA & Z (by his litigation friend, The Official Solicitor) [2018] EWCOP 18.

05
Jul
2018

Surrogacy, relationship breakdown and modern families

A first-of-its-kind case, in which Louisa Ghevaert acted for the intended mother of twins born in India in 2010. This case marks a legal first in the treatment of blended families in the UK following assisted reproduction, divorce, re-marriage, serious allegations of domestic violence and abuse as well as the legal status and identity of two surrogate born children, their biological, intended and social parents and arrangements for the children’s care and upbringing.

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