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Andrew Spearman - Hanne & Co
Andrew Spearman Partner – Family & Divorce Expertise Andrew is an highly experienced modern family law practitioner, with a specialism in Surrogacy & Fertility law and same-sex family financial disputes. His experience has focused on difficulties with domicile, reasonable expenses and the issue of separated intended parents seeking a Parental Order, and he is regularly appointed as an Expert Witness to advise the Kings Bench Division on surrogacy law and costs.
Andrew is a Solicitor Advocate and regularly attends court on complex parenthood issues for modern families.
In 2019, he was identified as a Leading Individual by the Legal 500 team for his work in the field of surrogacy law and parenthood, as “an outstanding litigator who has no difficulty managing a case where there are complex jurisdictional and parentage issue”. As a consequence of his extensive work, seminars and involvement with surrogacy charities, he is recognised both as a leader in his field and as having an ability to give practical, proportionate solutions to complex problems.
Appointments & Memberships:
· My Surrogacy Journey, Advisory Board Member
· Director of a Multi-Academy Trust in Kent (2014 to present)
· Appointment by the Secretary of State for Education in 2014 as the Chair of an Interim Executive Board
· Member of Resolution (2012 to present)
· Member of the UK & Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute (2014 to present)
· Surrogacy UK Ethics Committee Member (2018 to present)
Published articles:
· July 2021 Journal of Medical Ethics on surrogate decision-making in crisis
Recent / Notable experience
Y & Anor. v V & Ors [2022] EWFC 120
Re Z (No 1 Fact Finding) [2021] EWHC 3839 (Fam)
Re Z (No 2 Welfare) [2021] EWHC 3840 (Fam)
R (oao Freddy McConnell v General Registrar for England & Wales [2020] EWCA Civ 559)
N (Surrogacy: Enduring Family Relationship; Child’s Home) [2019] EWFC 21
B (Surrogacy: Adoption and Parental Responsibility) [2018] EWFC 86
M v F (Travel to Non-Convention Country) [2017] EWFC 7
Re M (Children) [2017] EWCA Civ 2164
JV [2014] EWHC 4756 (Fam)
H (Surrogacy: Step-parent adoption) [2023] EWFC 214
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