The Weekly Law Reports
[2020] 2 WLR 972
Supreme Court
XX
v
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
[2020] UKSC 14
2019 Dec 16, 17; 2020 April 1
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Wilson JJSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carnwath
Damages— Personal injuries— Loss of opportunity to have children— Claimant unable to have children because of defendant’s negligence— Claimant seeking damages for costs of surrogacy arrangements— Commercial surrogacy arrangements unlawful in England— Whether damages for costs of non-commercial surrogacy arrangements using claimant’s or donor’s eggs recoverable— Whether contrary to public policy to award damages for costs of commercial surrogacy arrangements in California—
Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 (c 49), s 2(1) (as amended by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c 22), s 59(3))