Paternity testing
A unique partnership with a pioneer in the
field of genetics and relationship testing ensures that LGC
Forensics is at the forefront of paternity testing services in UK
and other countries.
Using DNA profiling techniques to identify who
is likely to be the biological father of a child, or who is simply
related to whom, is a procedure increasingly common in paternity
court cases*, criminal investigations and
immigration proceedings.
LGC offers these services in co-operation with
NorthGene, based at the Institute of Human Genetics in Newcastle
upon Tyne. Of the UK’s major relationship companies, NorthGene is
the only one that donates any of its profits to medical research
and training. At the front line in this field, it offers
information, counselling and advice on relationship testing as well
as kits for taking samples for DNA analysis.
The analysis itself is then carried out by
LGC. LGC has been conducting paternity and relationship tests since
1989 and uses the most accurate genetic testing procedures
available. Its paternity testing laboratory in Teddington,
Middlesex, is accredited by the Ministry of Justice as a body
permitted to carry out parentage tests directed by the civil courts
in England and Wales under section 20 of the Family Law Reform Act
1969.
*Please note that all tests directed by the court
under section 20 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 will be solely
handled by LGC.
Its services are also used in immigration
enquiries and criminal investigations where even the smallest
traces of DNA deposit have potentially significance as
evidence.
What is DNA?
What is DNA paternity testing?
How
accurate is the DNA paternity test?
Do courts accept the results of these tests?
For further information, please contact:
NorthGene Ltd
Telephone: 0844 800 6951
www.paternitytesting.co.uk
info@paternitytesting.co.uk