Pupil barrister
Dr Sylvie Armstrong is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She is a barrister specialising in family law at 1GC in London. She was awarded a PhD in Law from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where her research explored the regulation of the commercial surrogacy industry. In particular, she focused on whether it would be possible to use a labour law framework to manage these arrangements. Previously, she studied Law at the University of Cambridge, and was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 2021, Shaun Resnik was the first single man in Victoria to be approved to have a child through surrogacy – Eli. This podcast is an informal discussion with some of the parent figures in Eli's life looking at the possibilities of alternative family structures...
Surrogacy is the topic of this episode of the the BBC podcast AntiSocial. Pupil Barrister, Dr Sylvie Armstrong, reviews the episode for BioNews...
Nuclear Family by Kate Davies is a fictional exploration of the discovery that your father is not genetically related to you. This novel is far from typical, writes Sylvie Armstrong, and touches on taboo topics, sexual identity and family…
Hosted by Harriet Errington, a partner at Boodle Hatfield, this podcast discusses the challenges that UK surrogacy law currently presents – and perhaps more interestingly, how it might move forward...
The BioHacked: Family Secrets episode three, The Birth of the Sperm Bank, podcast starts in an unusual place: a cowshed...
The story Nadene Ghouri tells offers unique insights into not only the reality of transnational surrogacy arrangements, but also how the current situation in Ukraine is affecting both citizens generally and surrogacy in particular...
Medical professionals often need to be familiar with the law. From basic consent rules to the tort of negligence, it constantly shapes their work and responsibilities. For specialists in reproductive medicine, however, staying up to date can be a challenging task…
Hearing successes is, I think, just so powerful'. These are the words of Anna Buxton, a mother through surrogacy and interviewee on a Fertility Podcast episode...
When I tell people that commercial surrogacy is the topic of my PhD thesis, they often jump, recoil, or at the very least raise an eyebrow. The subject remains taboo and widely misunderstood...
A major autism study has been paused over ethical concerns...
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