Wake Smith Helps Launch Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity Shop
Commercial property solicitors at Wake Smith have completed a pro bono project which has seen the opening of the first charity shop run by Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity. Commercial Property Partner Neil…
Getting paid for getting dressed
You may have heard on the radio or read in the weekend papers that a policeman in Germany has been awarded 7 extra days holiday a year after complaining to a court that changing into his uniform every day amounted…
Salvation Army Trading Company Expands Retail Portfolio With Sheffield Firm
Wake Smith is supporting an aggressive expansion programme across the UK for the retail division of Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL), the UK trading arm of The Salvation Army. Experts in the firm's…
Trusts and wills are vulnerable to new CGT rate
The Capital Gains Tax (CGT) increase announced in the recent Emergency Budget will mean trustees and personal representatives administering the estates of the deceased could feel the full brunt of the rise as gains…
Insurance Policies And Legal Representation: Your Right To Choose
Increasing numbers of policyholders have the benefit of legal expenses cover as part of their insurance policy, known as "BTE Insurance Cover (or "Before the Event"). Around half of the UK adult population has the…
Holiday Rights For Part Time Workers - Important New European Ruling
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has handed down a ruling arising from an Austrian case which has important implications for workers rights in the UK under the Working Time Regulations. The ECJ were asked to…
