EPCs, or Energy Performance Certificates, are used for commercial and residential properties. They set out the efficiency rating of a building on a scale from A (the most efficient) to G (the least efficient). The…
Newly promoted elite squads at a Sheffield hockey club will wear the name of Wake Smith for games across Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire and the North East this coming season. Wake Smith has become the official…
Whilst employees cannot make a claim to an Employment Tribunal until they have worked for two years they do have a host of rights from "Day One". Here is a review:- Rights When You Apply For A Job Not be discriminated…
Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 will require all commercial organisations with a turnover in excess of £36 million per year to publicly state, in each financial year, the action they have taken to ensure…
Six solicitors at Sheffield's Wake Smith are recommended in The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2015 - the national benchmark for the best of the legal profession. The established Sheffield-based company features in 11…
I wrote about the Advocate General's opinion on working time on 24th July 2015 http://wake-smith.co.uk/news/wake-smith-news/when-does-travel-to-and-from-work-count-as-working-time/ The European Court has now followed…
The Vatican announced on 9 September 2015 reforms to obtaining an annulment for divorced Catholics. As a solicitor I have frequently come across misunderstanding as to what constitutes an annulment. If a legal marriage…
The Scottish government has announced it intends to abolish Employment Tribunal fees. The government's programme for 2015 - 2016 ("A Stronger Scotland") has announced that as part of its employment and economic…
