Recordings

Mediation: An Essential Guide for HR Professionals

Watch our free training session, delivered by specialist employment lawyers and accredited civil and commercial mediators. During this online training session we provided HR teams and managers a clear and comprehensive understanding of: If you have any questions please get in touch with Rachel and Paul directly, they will be happy to help.
Read more

Branding and Trade Marks Q&A – January 2022

Learn how to make better and more informed decisions for your organisation. Listen back on the session hosted by Head of Trade Marks Mathew Healey and Senior Trade Mark and Patent Attorney Catharina Waller. Our trade marks team is the only one of its kind in the UK that focusses on helping responsible businesses and …
Read more

Employment Update video – January 2022

Our popular webinar series helping you add extra value to your role. During this session we covered the newest employment law developments which directly impact on your organisation, and top tips for HR professionals in the current immigration law landscape. If you enjoy this employment law know-how webinar, why not join one of our upcoming …
Read more

What we know about the Furloughed Employee Scheme

Paul Seath, who runs our employment law update webinar series looked at what we know about Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (AKA the Furloughed Employee Scheme – announced on Friday 20th March). View webinar
Read more

Webinar: Social media for charities

This extended webinar pulls together expertise from Bates Wells’ charity, intellectual property, and dispute resolution teams. We deal with different kinds of legal issues arising from your charity’s engagement with social media, including: How to ensure a successful social media campaign doesn’t fall foul of the law (including how to safely use others’ IP online)Protecting …
Read more

Employment Update webinar – November

Our popular webinar series helping you add extra value to your role. During this webinar we covered the newest employment law developments which directly impact on your organisation, and top tips for HR professionals in the current immigration law landscape. If you enjoy this employment law know-how webinar, why not join one of our upcoming …
Read more

Responsible supply chain management – what you need to know

According to McKinsey, 90% of companies’ environmental impacts come from their supply chains. So there’s no better way to manage the effect that your organisation has on the environment than by understanding and managing your suppliers’ impact. Last week (8 November), Richard Marke, Head of Corporate & Commercial at Bates Wells, spoke about responsible supply …
Read more

Beyond Covid-19: Five Key Considerations for a Post-Pandemic Workplace | 10 August 2021

We consider what the future direction of travel and best practice may be, particularly in a post-Covid context. Managing the impact of Covid-19 on the workforce has undoubtedly been the main priority for most employers in 2020.  As we transition out of lockdown during 2021, and back to some level of office-based working, there will …
Read more

Data protection and the challenges and pitfalls of online working

An instalment in our ongoing employment training series- join our next employment training on Relationships at Work, 16 June 11am. This webinar focused on the key and emergent issues associated with online working and new modes of communication, as well as the steps organisations can take to minimise risks.  In particular, we discussed: General trends …
Read more

Resolving trade mark disputes for charities recording – May 2022

A charity’s name and brand – its identity – can be one of its most valuable assets.  Someone else adopting a name or brand that’s too close to yours, or even deliberately imitating you online, can have serious consequences.  Also, an allegation that you have infringed a third party’s rights can be extremely damaging.Resolving brand …
Read more

Employment update webinar

The September instalment of our popular webinar series Sign up to our next Employment webinar on November 18 at 3pm here. Keeping up with employment law developments which directly impact on your organisation is essential but not easy. To help you with this, Bates Wells’ bi-monthly Employment Update webinar: provides practical commentary on case law …
Read more

Webinar: Employment Update | July 15 2021

Keeping up with employment law developments which directly impact on your organisation is essential but not easy. To help you with this, Bates Wells’ bi-monthly Employment Update webinar: provides practical commentary on case law and legislation developments, plus consultations and guidance publications;is specifically focused on those developments which are of most practical application;will leave you …
Read more