Law Society Gazette: Melanie Carter writes on regulators’ public law duties in the time of coronavirus
In a briefing for the Gazette’s latest ‘Practice Points’ feature, Melanie Carter explains how the regulators are now trying to …
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Home Office encourages employers to apply for a sponsor licence early in preparation for the new post-Brexit immigration system
As with the start of any new financial year, comes with it, new Immigration Rules and Home Office guidance. This …
Finance and Your Charity: Navigating the Government Schemes; Managing Solvency
With charities coming under immense financial pressures as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, Bates Wells partnered with NCVO and …
Landlords and Tenants: Surviving Coronavirus Together
In association with Cluttons, we have put together this article focusing on landlords and tenants. The UK Government is relatively …
COVID-19: competition, procurement and state aid
Understandably it might not be at the forefront of your minds but we thought it important to highlight that there …
Citizenship applications – high fees for children found to be unlawful
The fee to register a child as a British citizen is £1,012. The high level of the fee, which even …
Personnel Today: Chetal Patel comments on Australia rejection of visa-free immigration arrangements
Chetal Patel, Partner in our Immigration Team, has spoken with Personnel Today following suggestions from the Australian government which appear …
Institute of Fundraising: Lawrence Simanowitz and Hannah Lyons comment on fundraising research and GDPR
Following the arrival of GDPR, Lawrence and Hannah discuss what it has meant for major donor fundraising from a legal …
Charity Commission issues governance alert to large service-providing charities
On 25 June, the Charity Commission issued a regulatory alert to the leaders of large service-providing charities. The Commission has …
Charity & Social Enterprise Update | Summer 2020
In the Summer issue of our Charity & Social Enterprise Update: If you would like to discuss any of the …
Raising Equity Finance – Ten SEIS and EIS pitfalls to avoid
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (“SEIS”) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (“EIS”) provide an array of attractive tax incentives to …
Charities and cybercrime
In recent weeks we have heard much about the threat to the public and private sectors from COVID-19-related cyber-attacks. Charities …