Jennings v. HFEA [2022] EWHC 1619 (Fam)

IVF, Post-mortem use, Surrogacy

Summary: James assisted a 38-year-old widower, who won a landmark legal case giving him the right to have a baby with a surrogate using the last remaining embryo created with his late wife.

• Judgment: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/1619.html
• Guardian reporting: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jun/22/widower-ted-jennings-wins-right-to-have-baby-with-embryo-created-with-his-late-wife
• The Times reporting: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/lawyer-of-the-week-james-lawford-davies-acted-for-ted-jennings-to-have-a-posthumous-surrogacy-using-the-ivf-embryo-he-had-created-with-his-deceased-wife-dngzgc3c9
• 39 Essex: https://www.39essex.com/information-hub/insight/victory-high-court-relation-posthumous-use-embryo