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Phone masts

They are essential for mobile technology, but raise health concerns. Jan Willem van den Bos reports on telephone masts and planning laws

Planning gains

Michael Gallimore highlights how the government's proposed Planning Gain Supplement will impact on land development

Rutherford saga

The Lords' decision in Rutherford brings welcome clarification of the concepts behind sex discrimination laws, says Sue Ashtiany

Unfair dismissals update (2)

Martin Edwards discusses statutory grievance procedures, striking out and settlements

VAT: post-M&S legislation open to challenge

Marks & Spencer (M&S) should be entitled to claim group relief on the losses sustained by its subsidiaries in Germany and Belgium, the High Court ruled this week, as the government is already taking steps to minimise the impact of the EU ruling in the case.

Trend tracker: Taming e-mail

The next generation of intelligent e-mail management systems has some nifty new tricks up its sleeve that go beyond compliance and corporate governance. By Gary Eastwood.

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Five minutes with... Janet Day, IT director, Berwin Leighton Paisner

Firms that have invested heavily in technology solutions are now looking at how they can better integrate and use their systems to improve efficiencies and business throughput. With this in mind, Caroline Poynton talks to Berwin Leighton Paisner's (BLP) IT director Janet Day about her firm's approach to business-process management.