“Support Gay Marriage” Cake Case Appeal Adjourned
The Northern Ireland bakers who were found guilty of direct discrimination for refusing to bake a cake with a caption “Support Gay Marriage” had appealed the finding.
Information Commissioner’s Office Now Consulting On Privacy Notice Code of Practice
The ICO is consulting throughout February and March on a proposed new code of practice for Privacy Notices. The new code will try to keep pace with the digital world to ensure that individuals have a clear understanding of what is done with their personal data.
Pre-Nuptial Agreements not just for the top 1%
The way society views marriage is changing, the marriage rate has been in slow decline, couples are marrying later and are more concerned about what might happen if they divorce. The latest figures suggest that…
Protect Your Property with the Land Registry Property Alert Service
Property is a valuable asset that can be an attractive target for fraudsters. Recent cases have been reported which highlight a scam involving a tenant who takes a tenancy of a property, then legally changes their…
Deal done but are you protected?
2015 has seen growing business confidence and many sectors becoming more commercially active than has been the case for a while. With this confidence, as the economy improves, it's quite easy for businesses to fall…
Basement Extensions
Nick Lambert from our Property Litigation Team takes a look at the current trend for basement extensions. Such extensions are often controversial. When a basement extension is planned the Party Wall Act 1996 will…
A three course meal that lasts 25 years
Sheffield law firm Wake Smith is celebrating 25 years of hosting its city-based business lunch club. The company, which hosts a broad events programme every year, started the triannual initiative back in 1990 as a way of ...
Employment law - is it a job to keep up?
Keeping up to date with the constant changes to employment law can be a full time job for HR professionals. Wake Smith holds regular events to allow busy HR staff to keep up to speed with the latest legislation, case law and its implication
Divorce Form Error
The newspapers have today been awash with various headlines such as "Divorce form error could have led to unfair settlements" and "Divorce software error to hit thousands of settlements". The concern about such…
Discrimination Awards 10% Uplift?
When the rules about funding of cases and recoverability of success fees in the Court changed a few years ago the Court ruled that to make up for not recovering all of their costs Claimants should receive a 10%…
