Spotlight on.. Jo Malcolm
Spotlight on Jo Malcolm Residential Conveyancer Lives: Penistone, Sheffield (technically Barnsley, but Sheffield sounds better!) Education: Mexborough Comprehensive School & 6th Form – I left after the…
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Licensing Of Houses In Multiple Occupation
On 18 October 2016 the government launched a consultation on proposals to extend the scope of mandatory licensing for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and impose a national minimum room size for HMOs. It seems…
Commercial property team takes to the road
FOUR members of the commercial property team at Wake Smith Solicitors will take to the city’s streets for the debut Sheffield 10k this weekend. Commercial property solicitors Paul Gibbon and Tom Weightman plus…
Solicitor uncovers South Yorkshire hospital trust investigation
A legal case, undertaken by Sheffield’s Wake Smith Solicitors, has uncovered a South Yorkshire hospital's high-level investigation into its own failures surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of deep vein thrombosis…
Wake Smith’s IT assistant Steve Ford talks about his passion for music production
My musical influence and inspiration came from my grandad. He was a music teacher and played the piano in the war. I used to listen to him playing and being around him gave me the confidence to play too. I was lucky.…
Spotlight On.. John Baddeley
Spotlight on John Baddeley Director & Management Board Member Lives: Totley, Sheffield Education: Hemsworth High School, University of Newcastle, Chester Law College Work History: Articled clerk…
Making sense of recruitment
COMPANIES looking for advice on recruitment can take advantage of a half day conference by employment law specialists at Wake Smith Solicitors. Directors Mark Serby and Holly Dobson from Wake Smith will be joined…
Jade kick starts her career with an apprenticeship
Wake Smith Solicitors’ new trainee legal cashier Jade Smith says learning in the workplace is the best part of her apprenticeship so far. Jade, who has been taken on at Wake Smith as part of Sheffield City Council’s…
Wake Smith creates new roles for business expansion
Wake Smith Solicitors has expanded its private client and residential conveyancing departments with the appointment of six new staff. The boost to its growing team in its Sheffield city centre headquarters includes…
Spotlight On.. Rachel Baseley
Lives:Sheffield Education: I went to a rural comprehensive school in Herefordshire (it was assumed we’d end up working in agriculture so we had lessons in how to identify different breeds of sheep, cattle, pigs…
DPA - Access request refused where GP exposed to negligence claim
The High Court has given some further guidance on the difficult balancing exercise where data make subject access requests (SAR) and there is potential litigation in view. A GP has successfully overturned the General…