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Right to Work checks are changing – is your organisation ready? Download our checklist

From 1 October 2026, the Right to Work (RtW) regime expands beyond traditional employment to include worker contracts, individual sub contractors, and online matching services. This critical shift means civil penalties of up to £60,000 per illegal worker may extend beyond the direct employer and, in some circumstances, up the supply chain. The new provisions …
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Briefing for Charities & Social Enterprises | 8 September

Our weekly roundup of news and updates from across the sector. To help you navigate this week’s content, the links below will take you straight to content by topic. Return to top. Charity Commission Charity Commission CEO David Holdsworth has written a guest blog for New Philanthropy Capital about impact reporting for charities. The blog …
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Bates Wells Beyond the Brochure: Inside our Market Leading Immigration Department

Immigration law is complex and impacts people’s lives at many levels; their relationships, their work, their home and their finances. Join us to learn more about our how market leading Immigration practice untangles some of the most complex cases for families and businesses, and gain an insight into what life as a trainee looks like …
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Bates Wells Beyond the Brochure: Life as a Trainee at Bates Wells

Join us to hear from a handful of our current trainees to learn more about what life is really like at Bates Wells. This is your opportunity to find out more about the type of work our trainees take on, what on the job learning really looks life, and to understand how our firm culture …
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Bates Wells Beyond the Brochure: Inside our Charity & Social Enterprise Department

Join us to learn more about our Charity & Social Enterprise Department. You’ll hear from lawyers working across Education, Climate, and Charity Finance to learn more about our diverse make up of clients and matters. When: 9 December 2026, 12:30-1:30pm Where: Zoom
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Bates Wells Beyond the Brochure: What does Purpose & Impact really mean in practice?

Join us to find out what Purpose & Impact really means in practice at Bates Wells. We’ll talk you through some of our recent purpose driven work and how positive impact is so important to us. When: 27 October 2026, 12:30-1:30pm Where: Zoom
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Understanding and unlocking restricted legacies

This September, Bates Wells is joining charities, professional advisers, and other organisations across the UK to mark Remember A Charity Week (7-13 September 2026). Gifts left to charities in Wills are an important source of income for many organisations, helping to fund charitable work and services. In fact, around £3 in every £10 donated to …
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Bates Wells Beyond the Brochure: Application Masterclass

Join our Emerging Talent Manger for a walk through our trainee recruitment process, sharing what we look for in applications, how to stand out, and tips for approaching each stage of the process. When: 7 October 2026, 12:30-1:30pm Where: Zoom
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Bates Wells Impact Report 2026

We have an ongoing responsibility to create lasting positive change through our work with clients and our operations. Our role as lawyers is to help shape the systems, governance models and legal frameworks that support a more sustainable nature-positive economy. Our 2026 Impact Report focuses on environmental leadership in action and the ways in which …
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The year in education: Looking back and looking ahead

As schools, colleges and academy trusts prepare for the start of the new academic year, we reflect on the last 12 months and consider what lies ahead for the education sector. The coming years are expected to bring one of the most significant periods of policy reform in recent memory. In November 2025, the Department …
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Bates Wells discusses cybersecurity tips for schools with Independent Schools Management Magazine

Rayhaan Vankalwala and Nneka Cummins have published an article in the Independent Schools Management Magazine, August 2026 edition. Their article “Cybersecurity tips for schools” sets out the key questions that schools should be asking themselves to ensure they are protecting the personal data they hold appropriately. With the fast pace of technology and the new …
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Webinar | Practical implications of the new EHRC Services Code for qualification bodies | 23 September 2026

The new Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations’ has important implications for qualification bodies, particularly those managing people, policies and workplace environments across multiple sites and assessment settings. We’ll break down what the For Women Scotland judgment and the new Code does, and does not, change for …
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