Re A (A Child : Surrogacy: Section 54 Criteria) [2020] EWHC 1426 (Fam)

Neutral Citation Number: [2020] EWHC 1426 (Fam)

Case No: LE17P00251

FAMILY DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 18/06/2020

Before :

MR JUSTICE KEEHAN

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Between :

Re: A (Surrogacy: s.54 Criteria)

1st Applicant

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2nd Applicant

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1st Respondent

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2nd Respondent

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MR A POWELL & MS L LOGAN GREEN (instructed by JMW Solicitors LLP) for the 1st Applicant
MS M-L SAVAGE & MR S LUE (instructed by Freemans Solicitors) for the 2nd Applicant
MR T HARRILL (instructed by Mills & Reeve LLP) for the 1st Respondent
MR M KINGERLEY QC (instructed by Mander Cruickshank Solicitors) for the 2nd Respondent

Hearing date: 7th May

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Approved Judgment

I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.

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MR JUSTICE KEEHAN

This judgment was delivered following a remote hearing conducted on a video conferencing platform and attended by the press. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.