GILL BUTLER’S TALK

SATURDAY 8^th OCTOBER 2011

We were delighted to welcome Gill Butler to our meeting at Battersea.  Gill is a lawyer with the firm Burton Woods and she specialises in family matters connected with the LGBT community.  We wanted a lawyer to come along to set us straight about certain issues that arise with regard to adoption, surrogacy, break-up of partnerships where there are children involved and other legal dilemmas appertaining specifically to gay parents. 

She gave us historical facts and then brought us up-to-date with current legislation.  Some information was surprising and needless to say once she had finished her talk there were many questions from our members.

We did ask her if she would give some personal time to a couple of our members who are going through very difficult situations and Gill kindly stayed on to try and assist where possible.

We hope to repeat some time in the future another session on legal issues as legislation changes very rapidly and it is good to be kept abreast of these changes.