Are you sleepwalking into significant liabilities in relation to UK based consultants?
Many US organisations appoint self-employed consultants to scope out the merits and practicalities of carrying out operations in the UK. …
Updates
Phasing out of Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) and other paper-based residence documents: what you need to know
What is happening? For nearly a decade, migrants in the UK have been issued with a plastic ID card called …
Has your organisation been affected by the FTX fallout?
If you’ve been following the news over the last few months, and in particular the last couple of weeks, you’ll …
Face-to-face fundraising – Fundraising Regulator publishes market inquiry report
On 26 March 2024, the Fundraising Regulator reported the findings of its market inquiry into subcontracting in face-to-face fundraising. The …
The future of litigation funding post PACCAR
On 19 March 2024, the Ministry of Justice published draft legislation to reverse the Supreme Court’s controversial July 2023 decision …
Protected beliefs in the workplace: B Corp Month 2024
The Equality Act 2010 applies to many different life areas that affect B-Corps, particularly as employers and service providers. What …
Bates Wells and the EHRC supports Uber Eats driver who faced problematic AI checks
An Uber Eats driver received financial settlement following allegations that an AI facial recognition system, required to access the Uber …
Holiday pay for irregular workers (and some positive developments for employers)
The question of how to pay holiday pay to workers working irregular hours has for many years been a vexed …
EIIP and Bates Wells launch EDT Principles to address legal power imbalance
Bates Wells are delighted to announce the launch of the Equalising Deal Terms – Investor Key Principles (EDT Principles) today, …
What’s still to come in 2024? Upcoming immigration changes
2024 has already been a year of rapid change for the UK’s most-used immigration routes. The rest of the year …
New government approach to ‘extremism’
On Monday 11 March, the government announced that it had updated its definition of ‘extremism’, specifically stating that this is …
Weaving the threads together: key insights from our panel discussion on sustainable fashion
On the 5 March, we were joined by Kresse Wessling (co-founder of Elvis & Kresse), Thea Cooper (Senior Business Manager …