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

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