Zoe Southgate, Head of our Private Client team, promoted to Partner
We congratulate Zoe Southgate who has been promoted to Partner. Zoe, who joined the firm earlier this year to head up the private client...
Legal reform is looking at protecting the vulnerable but could digital progress have the opposite effect?
Zoe Southgate, Head of Private Client at Bates Wells & Braithwaite Ipswich considers proposed reform and the challenges ahead for lawyers specialising in wills,...
Bates Wells & Braithwaite Ipswich is taking part in “Free Wills Month”
October 2023 is “Free Wills Month”. The initiative brings together a group of well-respected charities to offer members of the public aged 55 and...
Positive post-divorce parenting – what we can learn from the Trudeaus and of course the birds
Family Law Partner and Family Mediator Denise Head considers the future for the “birdnesting” approach to co-parenting and why it is something every parent...
Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023 targets parents who won’t pay child maintenance.
Scott Emsden, the Bates Wells & Braithwaite partner with a specialist focus on children & social care, welcomes the new law which gives the DWP...
MyBump2Baby Podcast – Scott Emsden talks about the law and procedure governing domestic abuse
Bates Wells & Braithwaite partner Scott Emsden talks to MyBump2Baby founder Carla Lett in this podcast exploring domestic abuse, how to recognise it and...
When families fall out over your wishes – and you are no longer around to sort it out
Christopher Mason, Bates Wells & Braithwaite’s Head of Dispute Resolution and a specialist in contested wills and estates, explores how ensuring your will is...
We had a ball – the Moonlight Ball
Bates Wells & Braithwaite Ipswich was happy to support the great work of Home Start in Suffolk, by signing up as “Table Sponsors” at...
Coercive control in relationship break-ups – how the law is changing to provide better recognition and protection
Bates Wells & Braithwaite partner Scott Emsden, a specialist in family law issues, explores where we are in terms of the law and coercive...