Along with fellow co-authors Bianca Jackson of Coram Chambers and Dr. Kirsty Horsey at the University of Kent, Andrew provides commentary from a legal perspective on the case where a same-sex couple enter into a surrogacy arrangement in the UK and the complications that arise if the surrogate is incapacitated and the child requires medical consent.
Under s.1A Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985, no surrogacy arrangements can ever be binding on the parties, so where does that leave the child, the intended parents and medical professionals?