FAMILY LAW
Spousal maintenance agreements - enforceable or not? - Ewan Eggleston reviews the case law around spousal maintenance and the implications for practitioners 
TAX LAW
The moving goalposts of tax avoidance - Russell McVeagh tax partner Brendan Brown discusses Inland Revenue's draft Interpretation Statement and what it means for tax risk management
TAKEOVERS CODE
Small Code companies and compliance with the Takeovers Code - By Lauren Donellan, Lawyer
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Sentencing for prosecutions under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 – how far have we come since Hanham & Philp? - By Jennifer Mills, partner, and Christie Hall, senior associate, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
IN-HOUSE
A place of stillness amidst the storm - Darise Bennington discovers that being a great leader requires so much more than mere charisma – it’s also about raising energy
TRAINING GRADUATES
Being a Law Grad in 2012 – will it be terrific or traumatic? - This is the time of the year when firms take on, or think about taking on, law graduates. Jennie Vickers looks at the type of experience law grads may be offered in 2012
REVIEW
From “Real Rape” to Real Justice: Prosecuting Rape in New Zealand edited by Elizabeth MacDonald and Yvette Tinsley (VUP, 2011) - Reviewed by Dr Emily Henderson, crown prosecutor, Marsden Woods, and honorary research fellow, University of Auckland