Wessex Fertility v University Southampton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2024] EWHC 587

Genetic privacy; consent; IVF

Summary: We sought a declaration on behalf of a fertility clinic that it was lawful to contact a gamete donor to obtain genetic samples despite the donor’s prior refusal of consent to recontacting.

• Judgment: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/wessex-fertility-limited-v-university-southampton-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-and-others/