article_snippet: the High Court (pictured) heard how a fertility clinic arranged the woman
article_snippet: ‘The arrangement the parties entered into is not one, as far as I am aware, that either this court or the clinic have previously encountered and although highly unusual is entirely lawful under the relevant statutory provisions.
article_snippet: The family attended a series of counselling sessions and discussions with the clinic, which is licensed by regulator the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
article_snippet: The plans, described by the centre’s medical director as unique, were then given the go-head after ‘careful consideration’.
article_snippet: If the HFEA considers this to be a legal procedure, there is an urgent need to look at the law again.
article_snippet: The job of the HFEA, established in 1991, is to licence and monitor clinics and embryo research, and provide the public with impartial information about both.
article_snippet: impartial information about both chairman since last year is former accountant Sally Cheshire.
highlights_snippet: The procedure, revealed in the High Court, is believed to be a world first .
  