Wake Smith has advised waste management giant Red Industries on its acquisition of West Midlands based Environmental Resource Group (ERG). Advice by director John Baddeley and his team meant that Staffordshire-based…
From April 2019, the Government intends to increase the fees paid to the court when making an application for a grant of probate in England and Wales. The fee at present is £155 if it is a solicitor making the…
It is disheartening that with March 2019 as the deadline for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU none of us yet know whether that will take place on the basis that there is to be no-deal, or on the basis of the withdrawal…
The long awaited decision in the case of S Franses Limited (“tenant”) v. The Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited (“landlord”) has finally been handed down. As any practitioner in this area will tell you, there is…
Formal notification of the UK’s intention to leave the EU was given on 29 March 2017. Notification triggered Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) under which the UK has two years to conclude a withdrawal…
For Katie Marlow mountain biking has been the key to beating depression and she’s keen to pedal out the message for others to join her. Katie, from Barnsley, had struggled with mental health issues for most of…
What does it mean to be a manufacturer in the UK at the moment? There is so much uncertainty hovering over our engineering and manufacturing businesses in a pre-Brexit world, that a sense of solidarity and pride…
The annual company Christmas do is usually seen as a fun event where you can let your hair down and enjoy a night-off with your bosses and colleagues. Whether you all go to the pub for a few drinks, sit down for…
Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, or so the song goes, but for some couples, the thought of spending time with their other half for a prolonged period of “fake fun” is just too much…
Ideally an exit strategy should be developed before going into business as the choice of how to leave can influence business development decisions from the start. But we do not live in an ideal world. Wake Smith…
People are now living longer, and it is increasingly common for an individual to be unable to manage their affairs for a number of reasons. If the situation arises where decisions need to be made and people need…
