Anatomy of a rebrand – from BWB to Bates Wells
In June 2019, we stopped being Bates Wells Braithwaite, or BWB, and became simply ‘Bates Wells’. Catharina Waller gives the …
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Personnel Today: Chetal Patel provides ten top tips on how employers can negotiate the Home Office sponsor licence regime
In a concise summary for Personnel Today of how the government’s sponsor licence regime impacts employers, Chetal Patel set out …
IR35 – What does your organisation need to know?
What is IR35? IR35 is a set of rules targeting the tax treatment of individual contractors who provide their services …
EU Settlement Scheme: new appeal rights
Appeal rights have now been introduced for those who submit applications under the EU Settlement Scheme. This is good news for …
BatesCast: Coronavirus and the UK Real Estate Market
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continuing to cause unprecedented disruption for organisations across a range of sectors, our latest edition …
Mairead O’Reilly writes for Data Guidance: Children and compliance within the data protection landscape
Mairead O’Reilly, senior associate in our Data Privacy team, has written for Data Guidance on how the COVID-19 pandemic has …
Chetal Patel speaks to Personnel Today: Does the latest COVID-19 immigration policy generate more questions?
As international travel remains disrupted, the Home Office has confirmed people planning to live and work in the UK can …
Climate emergency and real estate
Reducing workplace emissions is a vital part of the UK’s goal to achieve net zero emissions. It is obviously a …
Top tips on how to maximise Entrepreneurs’ Relief on share sales
The Chancellor’s Budget on 11 March did not quite abolish Entrepreneurs Relief (“ER”) as some predicted but instead made significant …
Coronavirus and Dispute Resolution: what do you need to know?
In this week’s roundup, we examine what the evolving coronavirus pandemic could mean for commercial agreements with a particular focus …
Fair Usage Policy & Consultation Terms
Bates Wells wishes to support organisations in the charity and social enterprise sector during this period of social and economic …
IP in the news
Recent actions to protect trade marks demonstrate the value of protecting your brand, and the potential reputational damage of too …