Features
Reforming New Zealand’s drinking culture - Chris LaHatte asks whether the Law Commission is the right body to undertake a review of New Zealand’s liquor laws 
The X Files - By Andrea Manuel, barrister
Using your emotional intelligence to advantage in mediation - Sandy Hollis and Deborah Clapshaw identify some of the fundamental strategies for using emotional intelligence and creating a platform for emotional engagement in conflict resolution processes
Government decision stirs debate over franchising - Gehan Gunasekara reports on a recent symposium on franchising
‘Same same’, but different - By Victoria Watts, associate, A J Park
Ticking more than the box - Darise Ogden speaks to in-house lawyers who have created compliance programmes that assist organisations to limit their risk
Employers eye new law in Australia - By Aaron Dearden, partner, Duncan Cotterill
Suffer the children? - In the second of a series looking at key changes flagged by the Justice Minister in his speech on reforming New Zealand’s criminal justice system, Craig Sisterson talks with several academics about dealing with violence against children
The case for a specialist focus on Equity in our Court system - By Anthony Grant, barrister, Radcliffe Chambers