Wake Smith directors Elizabeth Shaw and Paul Gibbon look at the impact for landlords on the increasing move towards mass scale retailers and Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs). If you are a commercial property…
Continental Europe has been basking in a heatwave and after a very wet spring, summer may just have arrived in the UK. It is probable that you have already pre-booked your summer holidays abroad or you may be planning…
Claimant lawyers have long argued that the rules regarding bereavement damages are in desperate need of revision. Bereavement damages are due to change but do the reforms go far enough? Scott Haslam, Associate…
In response to a written parliamentary question, the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government confirmed on the 10th June 2019 that it was working to bring into force regulations on mandatory electrical…
Wake Smith has joined forces with Sheffield Theatres for 2019/20. The Sheffield solicitors has become a corporate partner of Sheffield Theatres for the next year allowing employees and guests to catch the latest…
Generous staff, clients and friends of Wake Smith Solicitors have helped raised its biggest ever annual charity fundraising total – with a huge £8,500 collected for Weston Park Cancer Charity in Sheffield. Employees…
Wake Smith’s company and commercial team has been shortlisted for two accolades in the Sheffield City Region Dealmakers' Awards. The event, organised by Yorkshire Business Insider, is a once-a-year celebration…
Public consultation is currently underway on the abolition of Section 21 notices whereby a landlord can terminate an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) and conduct a no-fault eviction. The Government takes the view…
June 1 sees the Tenant Fees Act 2019 come into force. If you are a landlord of residential properties let on Assured Shorthold Tenancies (AST), you will be affected by this new piece of legislation. The key provisions…
Sheffield based Wake Smith Solicitors has announced two internal Associate promotions. Clinical Negligence solicitor Kate Lax and Commercial Property solicitor Laura Sanderson have been promoted to Associate Solicitor…
Sheffield tote bag producer Bag It Don’t Bin It is expanding its independent business for the third time in 18 months with help from Wake Smith Solicitors. The company, headed up by managing director Daya Singh…
