On Wednesday 26th March 2014, Bates Solicitors proudly supported The Matthew Elvidge Trust by hosting a concert featuring The Angell Piano Trio and operatic bass, Matthew Rose. The concert featured the premiere of Martin Suckling’s ‘Songs from a bright September’ and guests at the concert were privileged to be able to hear Martin introduce his work, which he composed specifically for the Trio and Matthew. The concert programme also included …Read More
Are all Employment Bonuses Payable?
Bankers’ bonuses continue to generate much comment in particular in certain parts of the press. The entitlement to a bonus is however a contractual issue and the parties to the contract are the employer and the employee. The view of the public is irrelevant. Although there is legislation to provide a national minimum wage, there is no legislation to cap a maximum wage. It is however not only bankers who …Read More
Bates Solicitors sponsor the Hartley Fun Run for another year
Bates Solicitors are proud to have been sponsors for the Hartley Wintney Fun Run for another year. And it was a Record Year! 295 Entrants The Fun Run was held on Sunday 14th October 2012 at Greenfields Junior School. Their aim is to get children and young people into running as a way of promoting life-long well-being and good health. We also raise funds for local organisations. Lots of people …Read More
Bates Solicitors are set once again to sponsor the ‘Odiham Jazz Weekend’
Bates Solicitors are repeating previous years sponsorship for Odiham Jazz Weekend which is held in Odihams Chalk Pit. They have sponsored this event and organised by the Rotary as it is an important event to the local community. Details of the upcoming event are as below: Odiham Jazz Weekend August Bank Holiday Saturday 24 August 2013- 7.00 pm Sunday 25 August 2013 – 12noon (Gates open 30mins before – Click HERE for …Read More
Cowling Hodgson Join Bates Solicitors
In April this year, Bates announced the incorporation of Cowling Hodgson Solicitors into their Fleet branch. The team at Cowling Hodgson joined the firm at the Fleet Estate Office (67/69 Fleet Road) and continue to offer all their clients the same efficient and friendly service as part of Bates Solicitors. Ian MacDonald, Senior Partner of Bates stated that ‘he was excited to be working together with Cowling Hodgson, as the …Read More
The Crellins Carter practice in Weybridge joins Bates Solicitors
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Government sets new digital criminal justic targets for 2012
The Government has set a target for April 2012 for the criminal justice system to ‘go digital’, with the secure electronic transfer of case files between the police, prosecutors and courts becoming the norm, replacing the traditional paper legal bundles used in courts. The Government believes the new technology will save money and make the justice system more efficient. The step forward towards to ‘paperless courtrooms’ has been led by …Read More
The BBC highlights the risks involved in using unregulated Will Writers
The BBC programme The One Show Wednesday 11 January 2012 highlighted the ongoing issue of Will Writers. Almost totally unregulated and with no legal requirement to be qualified anyone can call themselves a Will Writer. In a report for the One Show, Dominic Littlewood interviewed a member of public who confirmed that she and her husband had paid £1,830.00 for Wills which were faulty and essentially not legally binding. For …Read More
ABI guidance on riot compensation
On 11 August 2011, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) published Guidance on the legal position of riot compensation. The Guidance confirms that the occurrence of a riot activates a statutory police compensation scheme under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 (RDA 1886). The scheme compensates organisations and individuals for losses that they could not possibly have predicted. The scheme applies to all persons and organisations who suffer a riot-related loss, …Read More
Two Yorkshire Breweries battle in court.
Sometimes it is the most trivial of things that can be the source of the most bitterly fought battles, as two Yorkshire breweries can attest to. Mr Justice Arnold’s barbed comments in ruling in the matter of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v Philip Lee (trading as ‘Cropton Brewery’) reflect the impatience the judiciary harbours when dealing with cases that would have settled were it not for the entrenched positions …Read More