All present and correct? Effective absence management
Employee absence is a significant cost for many organisations, yet data suggests that only a third of employers monitor the figures. According to the CBI, absence management annually costs UK employers around £19.9…
Harmed as a result of a faulty product?
We all like to see the joy on someone’s face when you give them a gift. Whether unexpected or not, you assume the present is safe and will not harm the receiver. So what happens if a product causes injury or is…
Where there’s a Will – there’s a technically brilliant team
A year after joining Wake Smith and 10 months after becoming head of department, Suzanne Porter, looks at the private client team’s work and highlights of the last 12 months. “When I came to Wake Smith I wanted…
SME reorganisations, restructuring and rationalisation
Mark Serby, director and head of employment law at Wake Smith looks at the scope of work covered by the team and what is taking priority for its portfolio of clients. “Practical and effective advice on employment…
Is your prescription correct?
People have been put in danger and even died as a result of incorrect prescriptions being given out by pharmacies. Kate Lax, a solicitor in Wake Smith’s clinical negligence team urges patients to routinely check…
Wake Smith advises on South Yorkshire golf club sale
A South Yorkshire golf club with a 9-hole course, driving range and carp lake has been bought by new owners for a six figure sum with the help of Wake Smith. Barlborough Links Golf Club has been acquired from Grantham…
A question of trust for business ownership
Succession planning has long been a headache for family-owned businesses. Rachel Baseley, associate in the private client team, looks at the option of trusts to solve the issue. “Statistics show that only around…
Wake Smith celebrates £100m corporate deals for the first time
Sheffield’s Wake Smith Solicitors corporate team completed deals worth a cumulative value of more than £100m in 2017 - for the first time in its 200 year history. Highlights included the sale of shares in Spencer…
New ideas for child maintenance
The Government has launched a consultation paper as to the calculation, collection and enforcement of child maintenance. The papers applies to both the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the old Child Support…
Cohabiting - the law should reflect this ever growing demographic
With cohabiting couples not attracting the same legal rights and protection as married couples, Scott Haslam from Wake Smith Solicitors asks if the law should be brought into the 21st century to reflect this ever…
