WT (A Child), Re

Ms Kathryn Cronin (instructed by Goodman Ray Solicitors) for the Applicants Mr Jeremy Ford (instructed by Cafcass Legal) for the 2nd Respondent Hearing date: 4th March 2014 ____________________

(1) a document entitled "Receipt cum declaration" which confirms SA was paid 3,50,000 Rupees, said to represent 'surrogate mother compensation' as well as her food, travel, living expenses from December 2011 to October 2012 and the caretaker arranger, Dr Sesha Sai and service charges from Dr Samit Sekhar. This document also confirmed SA's consent to the applicant's application for an exit visa and that she had no further relations with WT;

(3) a document entitled 'No objection certificate' where SA confirmed that she has received all payments and had entered into the surrogacy agreement of her own free will and had given up all her rights and responsibilities in respect of WT and had no objection to the grant of British citizenship for WT;

(1) all the documents signed by SA were in English, including importantly the consent Form A101A. There was no information available as to whether she spoke English, was literate or had had the documents read through and interpreted for her;

(2) the applicants had not met SA and were unable to provide any information about her first language or her level of literacy;