Fertility patients win high court battle to save embryos after consent error

Judge says people should not lose chance of parenthood by the ticking of a clock' after 10-year deadline missed

More than a dozen fertility patients have won a high court battle to save their embryos, eggs and sperm from destruction after errors meant they did not renew consent to store them within the 10-year window required by law.

Ruling that the material could be kept, the judge said they should not have the possibility of parenthood ... removed by the ticking of a clock".