Wake Smith help Sheffield baby charity grow
A Sheffield baby charity has expanded into new headquarters due to growing demand for its services with the help of Wake Smith Solicitors. Baby Basics UK, which provides second-hand essentials and equipment for…
Thinking of a house extension? Get a building contract on paper to avoid future conflict
Are you a private individual considering a minor building project such as an extension to your home or an attic or basement conversion? You may have decided on a builder for your project but at that point it’s…
Wake Smith helps railway locomotive purchase and refurb go full steam ahead
Wake Smith have helped a Derbyshire railway museum buy an historic steam locomotive which will now be brought back to life. Barrow Hill Ltd, the trading arm of Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society, has agreed to buy…
Wake Smith helps dreams become reality for sick children
Wake Smith will spend the next 12 months raising money for Sheffield children’s charity Create a Dream Foundation. The charity, which was set up in 2017, helps make the dreams of serious or terminally ill children…
Wake Smith shortlisted twice in Yorkshire Lawyer Awards
Sheffield’s Wake Smith Solicitors has been shortlisted twice in the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2019. The firm, which has serviced the legal requirements of individuals and companies across the Sheffield City Region…
CVAs and the retail industry– a landlords’ perspective
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…
Are temperatures and tempers rising?
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…
Bereavement Damages changes – do they go far enough?
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…
Mandatory Electrical Safety Checks in the Private Rented Sector
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…
Solicitors smash fundraising target for Sheffield cancer charity
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…
