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Declarations of parentage following administrative errors

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Published on: 30 October 2015

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Original news
What was the background to this decision?
What were the key issues in the cases?
What constitutes valid consent under Part 2 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (HFEA 2008)?
How does this decision build on the existing case law?
What are the practical implications of the decision?

Article summary

Family analysis: A judge has described ‘widespread incompetence’ in the failure of fertility clinics through an administrative error to protect their patients’ parentage, leaving both them and their children vulnerable. Suzi Denton, a family lawyer with Natalie Gamble Associates, examines the decision of In the matter of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Cases A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H).

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