Documents show father gave his consent for implanting, argues counsel

THE court heard a number of documents signed by the man at the centre of the case in early 2002, had given either express and/or implied and/or imputed consent to the remaining embryos being implanted.

The man was also precluded from refusing his consent and that consent was no longer necessary as he had earlier agreed to fertilise the ova with his sperm, counsel further argued.

The “critical point” from the consent documents was that the man had expressly consented to the fact there would be surplus numbers of embryos which would be preserved, Mr Hogan said.