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Choosing the right legal team for your foundation

When it comes to managing an emerging situation, early advice from the right legal team can make all the difference. Whether you’re already dealing with a difficult situation, or safeguarding against future disputes, it’s never too early to find the team with the right fit for your foundation. Our specialised legal team regularly helps foundations …
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Covid-19 Inquiry – Seeking views on the Terms of Reference

Further to our update yesterday in which we discussed the newly published Terms of Reference for the Covid-19 Inquiry, these Terms of Reference have now been posted on the Inquiry website, alongside terms of reference for the public consultation and a letter to the public from the Chair. A number of new pages have also …
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Covid-19 Inquiry: The Terms of Reference published today

The Terms of Reference for the Covid-19 Inquiry were published today. The Terms of Reference are available on the government’s website here, but do not yet appear to have been posted on the Inquiry website.From an initial review, the Terms of Reference seem to be widely drafted, stating that the aims of the Inquiry are to “examine …
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Bates Wells advises on the transfer of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board to the IFRS Foundation

Bates Wells has advised CDP, the global non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system, on the transfer of the intellectual property and employees of its Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) to the IFRS Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that develops globally accepted financial reporting standards. CDP pioneered using capital markets and corporate procurement to motivate …
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Bates Wells Ethnicity Pay Report 2020

We have completed our Ethnicity Pay Report for 2020 (reporting data as at 5 April 2020). Firstly, we acknowledge that the data does not make for good reading and as a firm we are not where we want to be. However, through producing this report we have been able to identify the gaps and we are already …
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Bates Wells recognised for its early career opportunities and graduate recruitment practices at The AllAboutLaw Awards 2022

The AllAboutLaw Awards showcases the best law firms in the UK. Awards recognise the quality of opportunities for aspiring solicitors, such as vacation schemes and training contracts, as well as the achievements of early talent teams for their marketing and recruitment efforts. The awards are based on the opinions of current aspiring solicitors in the …
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How to introduce a staff hardship fund

As a consequence of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) and the cost of living crisis, many employers are considering how they might offer support to current employees in financial difficulties. One way to support them is to set up a charitable staff hardship fund, which can be used to give financial support to members of a defined class of …
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Bates Wells joins the legal profession’s efforts to help Ukrainian citizens fleeing the warzone

Lawyers both in the UK and internationally are working together to facilitate ease of movement for Ukrainians escaping abroad through lawful channels. Quick-thinking lawyers have set up the Ukraine Advice Project UK, to provide free UK immigration advice to fleeing Ukrainians. Bates Wells is part of a core group working within the Immigration Law Practitioners’ …
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Changes to UK data protection law could be quicker and more profound than we thought

Eleonor Duhs examines how the Brexit Freedoms Bill could make fundamental changes to retained EU law, including the UK GDPR. Last year the government announced its new post-Brexit national data strategy and consulted on proposed changes to the UK’s data protection landscape.  These changes were described as “improvements within the current framework”.  But that framework …
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Kids Company: Frequently Asked Questions

Kids Company was a well-known charity which provided practical, emotional and educational support to deprived inner-city children and young people in London and Bristol. Following the charity’s insolvent liquidation in 2015, the Official Receiver, an officer of the Insolvency Service, carried out an investigation into the management and affairs of the charity and the causes …
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Bates Wells agrees strategic partnership with Social Enterprise UK for another three years

Bates Wells has agreed a three-year partnership with Social Enterprise UK (SEUK), which will build on previous strategic partnerships going back to 2014. SEUK is the national membership body for social enterprise. Its members range from start-ups and micro-enterprises to large and well-established social enterprises, as well as public and private sector organisations supportive of social …
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Our climate commitments: annual report 2021

While sustainability has always been at the heart of Bates Wells, in 2019, we formally recognised the Climate Emergency and Biodiversity Crisis. We promised to achieve net carbon zero in 2019 and work to reduce our scope 3 emissions. We pledged to take the crisis into account when developing our new strategy. We set a …
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