diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/BytesUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/BytesUtilTest.java
index e70091a41c6..41a60183824 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/BytesUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/BytesUtilTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package net.openhft.chronicle.bytes;
 
 import net.openhft.chronicle.core.Jvm;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -135,6 +136,40 @@ public void contentsEqual() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void equals_reference() {
+        String a = "a";
+        assertTrue(BytesUtil.equals(a, a));
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void equals_equivalentCharSequences() {
+        Bytes<byte[]> a = Bytes.from("a");
+        Bytes<byte[]> aa = Bytes.from("a");
+        assertTrue(BytesUtil.equals(a, aa));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void equals_equivalentObjects() {
+        // Intentional boxing to create two equivalent but distinct objects
+        assertTrue(BytesUtil.equals(new Integer(1), new Integer(1)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void toCharArray() {
+        Bytes<byte[]> bytes = Bytes.from("test");
+        char[] charArray = BytesUtil.toCharArray(bytes);
+        for (char c : charArray) {
+            assertEquals(bytes.readChar(), c);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void reverse() {
+        Bytes<byte[]> test = Bytes.from("test");
+        BytesUtil.reverse(test, 0);
+        assertEquals(Bytes.from("tset"), test);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void combineDoubleNewline() {
         doTestCombineDoubleNewline("\n", "\n");
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/util/BinaryLengthLengthTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/util/BinaryLengthLengthTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53c4b15014f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/util/BinaryLengthLengthTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2022 chronicle.software
+ *
+ *     https://chronicle.software
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package net.openhft.chronicle.bytes.util;
+
+import net.openhft.chronicle.bytes.*;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class BinaryLengthLengthTest {
+
+    private final BinaryLengthLength binaryLengthLength;
+    private final int binaryWireCode;
+
+    public BinaryLengthLengthTest(BinaryLengthLength binaryLengthLength, int binaryWireCode) {
+        this.binaryLengthLength = binaryLengthLength;
+        this.binaryWireCode = binaryWireCode;
+    }
+
+    @Parameterized.Parameters(name = "binaryLengthLength {0} binaryWireCode {1}")
+    public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
+        return Arrays.asList(new Object[][]{
+                {BinaryLengthLength.LENGTH_8BIT, BinaryWireCode.BYTES_LENGTH8},
+                {BinaryLengthLength.LENGTH_16BIT, BinaryWireCode.BYTES_LENGTH16},
+                {BinaryLengthLength.LENGTH_32BIT, BinaryWireCode.BYTES_LENGTH32}
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkCodeMatches() {
+        assertEquals(binaryWireCode, binaryLengthLength.code());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkCodeIsWritten() {
+        Bytes<ByteBuffer> bytes = Bytes.elasticByteBuffer(128);
+        binaryLengthLength.initialise(bytes);
+        byte readCode = (byte) bytes.readUnsignedByte();
+        assertEquals((byte) binaryWireCode, readCode);
+    }
+
+}
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