Modern Parenting in the 21st Century: An overview of surrogacy - Jennifer Lee

Pump Court Chambers’ Children Law Team are pleased to announce our latest webinar by Jennifer Lee on Modern Parenting in the 21st Century: An Overview of Surrogacy. This webinar will provide a valuable overview of domestic and international surrogacy, and will cover recent case law and judicial guidance in relation to this exciting field of law.
Topics will include:
- What is surrogacy?
- The legal framework in relation to surrogacy
- Parental orders - what are they?
- Important and recent case law
Why should you book on the course / what you will learn?
Jennifer Lee has practised in the field of surrogacy for some years. This webinar will provide invaluable guidance to children law practitioners who practise in, or who are interested in this area of law. As well as a general overview, the webinar will highlight recent cases and developments in this specialist field.
Speaker: Jennifer Lee, Pump Court Chambers
Jennifer Lee is a specialist family law practitioner. She has a thriving practice in family finance and has successfully represented HNW clients in cases involving family businesses, inherited wealth, substantial pensions, nuptial agreements, and trusts. Many of her cases involve foreign assets/ law, such as the validity or otherwise of an overseas marriage or divorce, or competing claims in multiple jurisdictions (including cases pertaining to Asia and Africa). Over the years, Jennifer has also developed an interest in the Court of Protection, particularly where there are overlaps with divorce/financial claims, and in complex children law including surrogacy and modern families, having acted for numerous commissioning parents in Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act cases. She leads the Court of Protection Team with Leslie Samuels QC.
Jennifer has appeared in a number of high-profile reported cases, most notably in Veluppillai v Veluppillai & Ors [2015] EWHC 3095 (Fam) (High Court), in LFL v LSL (McKenzie Friends & Breach of Court Orders) [2017] EWFC B62, and more recently, in N v N (Afghanistan: Validity of an overseas marriage: Procedure)[2020] EWFC B55.
Jennifer continues to be ranked as a “Leading Junior (Tier 1)- Family and Children Law” in The Legal 500, and as a specialist in “family/matrimonial law” in Chambers & Partners (UK Bar). She regularly appears in arbitrations and private FDRs, and sits as a private FDR “judge” in Chambers. Jennifer has been highly commended for her attention to detail and her robust approach, both in negotiations and during hearings.
Jennifer is a member of the FLBA, Resolution and LAWASIA. She sits on Resolution's ED&I Committee and on chambers' Pupillage & Tenancy Committee. She is regularly invited to give seminars and to write articles on family law, more recently for Resolution, Westlaw, HNW ThoughtLeaders4 and Our Family Wizard, amongst others. For further information please visit: www.pumpcourtc...