M v B - [2006] 3 NZLR 660

Family and domestic relationships — Relationship property — Valuation of husband's interest as partner in law firm — Whether there were super-profits by virtue of partnership — Whether super-profit income derived by husband from law firm between date of separation and date of hearing was relationship property — Valuation of that interest — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 8(1)(l) and 9(4).

Family and domestic relationships — Maintenance — Lump sum payment to redress economic disparity — Relationship between lump sum payment and spousal maintenance — Family Proceedings Act 1980, ss 63 and 64.