Online Retailers - Is your website compliant?
With November upon us and Christmas only just round the corner online retailers are bracing themselves for their busiest time of year. However, the Office of Fair Trading has recently highlighted that many retailers'…
Overview of the CDI sector in the Sheffield City Region
The Sheffield City Region's Creative and Digital Industries (CDI) is a highly regarded and established centre of excellence and has some phenomenal companies competing and leading their respective sectors with the…
Strategies for Managing Risk
Wake Smith LLP's commercial team are experts in reviewing contracts and situations to help clients plan ahead and deal with complex contracts whether it be in manufacturing, branding or e-commerce solutions, short…
Will The Government Implement Changes For A New IP Framework?
Under pressure to remove obstructions to innovation and growth the Government commissioned Professor Ian Hargreaves in November 2010 to review the current intellectual property framework to determine whether it…
Enforceable Guarantee Created by Email Chain
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an enforceable guarantee can be created by a series of e-mails. In the case of Golden Ocean Group Ltd v Salgaocar Mining Industries PVT Ltd and another EWCA Civ 265 (09 March…
Can You Recover Losses Caused By The Financial Crisis?
In the recent case of Rubenstein v. HSBC Bank plc the High Court found that HSBC had mis-sold a life insurance bond to an investor. The investor lost approximately £180,000 of his capital following the onset of…
MADE: Festival - In Review
The Company Commercial department at Wake Smith LLP, gives his review on another successful year at the 2011 MADE: Festival. This year's speakers certainly made an impressive line up with Dr Vince Cable MP,…
Proposed Changes to the Securities Registration Regime
On 10 August 2011 the department for Business, Innovation and Skills published its proposals for changes to the securities registration regime as currently set out in the Companies Act 2006. The government has…
Will The Government Implement Changes For A New IP Framework?
Under pressure to remove obstructions to innovation and growth the Government commissioned Professor Ian Hargreaves in November 2010 to review the current intellectual property framework to determine whether it…
Launch of new Business Growth Fund
Last Thursday (19 May) saw the official launch of the Business Growth Fund (BGF); a new 'Business Angel' body governed and backed by representatives of five of the largest banks in the UK and other independent non-executive…
