Driverless cars, who is responsible?
Driverless cars are receiving extensive press coverage. The Department of Transport set out in a consultation document in the Autumn of 2016 which states that automated vehicles will deliver social, environmental…
What is product liability?
Product liability is the area of law which safeguards the public from products which can cause injury. If a business supplies products to consumers, the business owners need to make sure the products are safe. As…
Meet the Personal Injury team
Personal Injury In the face of a changing personal injury market, dominated by ever restricting legislation and cost recovery constraints led by the Government, the personal injury team at Wake Smith continues…
Winter conditions can be snow joke…
The first snow of 2017 is forecast this Thursday which might see the start of a colder spell for the region. An initial snow-fall might look beautiful, but the havoc it causes across the country can run into thousands…
How safe are cycle helmets...?
Despite the volume of cyclists across the UK and the increasing popularity of cycling as a pastime and a primary form of transport, cyclists are rather left in the dark about what protection cycle helmets provide…
Pitching for success at Wake Smith
A Dragon’s Den style event will see students from Sheffield College pitch to business leaders and entrepreneurs at Wake Smith Solicitors’ offices in Sheffield.
Spotlight on.. Duncan Shepherd
Lives: Worrall, Sheffield. Education: Darfield High School, Barnsley Tech and (after a gap year or 12) University of Sheffield. Work History: Various hotels & bars in Aviemore, ski & watersports instructor in…
Wake Smith boosts commercial property team
Solicitor Laura Sanderson has become the latest recruit to join the commercial property team at Wake Smith. Laura joins from Gordons in Leeds where she worked for almost two and a half years, and brings significant…
Disinherited?
When Mrs Jackson died in 2004, in her Will she left the majority of her £486,000 estate to The Blue Cross, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She…
Spotlight on.. Holly Dobson
Lives: Bents Green, Sheffield Education: Georgetown School, Guyana, 3 primary schools near Bognor Regis and Chichester and Chichester High School for Girls followed by Durham University. Work History: DLA…
