Latest Articles from the Page Provan team
Stephen Page Joins Final ALRC Advisory Committee Meeting on Surrogacy Law Reform Our Legal Practice Director, Stephen Page, recently took part in the third and final meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) surrogacy inquiry. The ALRC is due to report to the federal government by 29 July. This is… Read More »ALRC Surrogacy Inquiry: What the Proposed Reforms Could Mean for Australians
Page Provan director and award-winning fertility lawyer Stephen Page recently had the honour of delivering a guest lecture to Health Law students at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) on the topic of surrogacy. The lecture formed part of the students’ Health Law studies — a discipline that sits at the intersection of medicine, ethics,… Read More »Stephen Page Delivers Guest Lecture on Surrogacy to UTS Health Law Students
We are pleased to share that Page Provan director and award-winning fertility lawyer, Stephen Page, has had a new article published in the latest edition of the Australian Family Lawyer — the flagship journal of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. The article, titled “California Court: Consent Forms Determine Embryo Dispute”,… Read More »Stephen Page Published in Australian Family Lawyer on California Embryo Dispute
By Olga Pysana – Co-founder Family By Choice, Independent International Surrogacy Consultant (The Surrogacy Insider) For many intended parents, the first consultation with a surrogacy lawyer is the moment the journey becomes real. After months, sometimes years, of fertility treatment, research, and conversations with their partner, they finally sit down with a legal professional to… Read More »What Intended Parents Should Have Ready Before Their First Consultation With a Surrogacy Lawyer
By Sanja Jovanović, Founder & Director of Family By Choice With the ALRC’s final report on surrogacy law reform due in July 2026, Australia is on the cusp of the most significant changes to its surrogacy framework in a generation. Proposals for nationally consistent legislation, regulated surrogacy support organisations, and new pathways for compensating surrogates… Read More »Why Education Is the Missing Piece in the Surrogacy Journey
Stephen Page, Director at Page Provan Family & Fertility Lawyers and Australia’s leading surrogacy lawyer, was honoured to present at the Fertility Law: Current and Emerging Issues conference at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto on 13 April 2026. As part of an international panel on DNA, databases and disclosure, Stephen joined Jo-an van… Read More »Australian Donor Registries: What Are the Lessons Learnt? Stephen Page Presents at Canadian Fertility Law Conference
On 11–13 March 2026, Stephen Page, Director at Page Provan Family and Fertility Lawyers, presented remotely at the prestigious 28th Annual MDT/UWC Global Family Law Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. As Australia’s leading surrogacy lawyer and an Accredited Family Law Specialist since 1996, Stephen delivered “ART Update from Australia”—a comprehensive overview of Australia’s evolving… Read More »ART Update from Australia: Stephen Page Presents at South African Family Law Conference
A change that was made to the Family Law Act 1975 in 2024 was to allow the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia to make a harmful proceedings order. This is to stop the never ending cycle of abusive court proceedings, which often stretch on for a decade, and… Read More »Harmful proceedings orders
Stephen Page, Director at Page Provan Family and Fertility Lawyers, presented at the Legalwise Practical Family Law Drafting Intensive on 25 February 2026, delivering expert guidance on drafting interim property and maintenance applications. As Australia’s leading surrogacy lawyer and an Accredited Family Law Specialist since 1996, Stephen brings decades of frontline experience to family law… Read More »Practical Family Law Drafting: Stephen Page’s Legalwise Intensive Paper
