Andrew Spearman

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