The biological UK father of a child conceived with a donor egg and gestational carrier in the United States faced obstacles in being recognized as the sole legal parent in the UK based on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which does not provide recognition to single parents and could have potentially given the gestational carrier more parental rights than the biological father.

An interview with the UK father can be found here.  Details about the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008can be found here.   Most recent Court Decision regarding UK Dad can be found here.