If parliament always foresaw what possibilities might arise, courts would never have anything to interpret.
Judges:
Arden LJ
Citations:
[2002] 2 FLR 681, [2002] EWCA Civ 798
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – AHE Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust v A and Others (By Their Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor), The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority B, B QBD 26-Feb-2003
An IVF treatment centre used sperm from one couple to fertilise eggs from another. This was discovered, and the unwilling donors sought a paternity declaration.
Held: Section 28 did not confer paternity. The mistake vitiated whatever consents . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Adoption
Updated: 02 June 2022; Ref: scu.182939