diff --git a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/SuperUtilities.java b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/SuperUtilities.java
index 8a4f86c..29f4589 100644
--- a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/SuperUtilities.java
+++ b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/SuperUtilities.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import nuix.BulkAnnotater;
 import nuix.Case;
+import nuix.ItemUtility;
 import nuix.Utilities;
 
 /***
@@ -244,9 +245,17 @@ public CaseHistoryHelper createCaseHistoryHelper(Case nuixCase, List<String> eve
 	
 	/***
 	 * Convenience method to obtain Nuix BulkAnnotater
-	 * @return Nuix bulk annotater obtained from Utilities object
+	 * @return Nuix BulkAnnotater obtained from Utilities object
 	 */
-	public static BulkAnnotater getBulkAnnotater(){
+	public static BulkAnnotater getBulkAnnotater() {
 		return getInstance().getNuixUtilities().getBulkAnnotater();
 	}
+	
+	/***
+	 * Convenience method to obtain Nuix ItemUtility
+	 * @return Nuix ItemUtility obtained from Utilities object
+	 */
+	public static ItemUtility getItemUtility() {
+		return getInstance().getNuixUtilities().getItemUtility();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/items/SuperItemUtility.java b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/items/SuperItemUtility.java
index 300481c..0ab8c10 100644
--- a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/items/SuperItemUtility.java
+++ b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/items/SuperItemUtility.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.nuix.superutilities.items;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import com.nuix.superutilities.SuperUtilities;
 
+import nuix.Case;
 import nuix.Item;
 import nuix.ItemUtility;
 import nuix.TreePosition;
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ public static SuperItemUtility getInstance(){
 	 * @return A set at most 1 of each item in the provided input item collections
 	 */
 	public Set<Item> unionMany(List<Collection<Item>> itemCollections){
-		ItemUtility iutil = SuperUtilities.getInstance().getNuixUtilities().getItemUtility();
+		ItemUtility iutil = SuperUtilities.getItemUtility();
 		Set<Item> result = new HashSet<Item>();
 		for (int i = 0; i < itemCollections.size(); i++) {
 			result = iutil.union(result, itemCollections.get(i));
@@ -129,10 +131,13 @@ public Set<Item> findContainerAncestors(Collection<Item> items){
 	public void splitAndMaintainFamilies(Collection<Item> items, int targetChunkSize, Consumer<Collection<Item>> chunkConsumer){
 		List<Item> currentSubSet = new ArrayList<Item>();
 		List<Item> sortedItems = new ArrayList<Item>(items);
-		sortedItems = SuperUtilities.getInstance().getNuixUtilities().getItemSorter().sortItemsByPosition(sortedItems);
+		sortedItems = SuperUtilities.getItemUtility().sortItemsByPosition(sortedItems);
+		
+		Item previousItem = null;
 		for (int i = 0; i < sortedItems.size(); i++) {
 			Item currentItem = sortedItems.get(i);
-			if(currentSubSet.size() >= targetChunkSize && currentItem.isTopLevel()){
+			boolean canCutHere = previousItem == null || currentItem.getTopLevelItem() == null || (currentItem.getTopLevelItem() != previousItem.getTopLevelItem());
+			if(currentSubSet.size() >= targetChunkSize && canCutHere){
 				chunkConsumer.accept(currentSubSet);
 				currentSubSet = new ArrayList<Item>();
 			}
@@ -144,6 +149,27 @@ public void splitAndMaintainFamilies(Collection<Item> items, int targetChunkSize
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/***
+	 * Convenience method for removing items responsive to a query from another collection of items.  Internally this
+	 * method runs a search for the given query and then uses ItemUtility.difference to remove them from the provided
+	 * input items, returning the differenced result.
+	 * @param nuixCase The Nuix case (needed to run the search)
+	 * @param inputItems The items from which you wish to remove items which are responsive to the given query
+	 * @param itemsToRemoveQuery The query used to define items you wish to have removed form the input items
+	 * @return The input items, with items responsive to the query removed
+	 * @throws IOException Likely thrown if there is an issue with the provided query
+	 */
+	public Set<Item> removeItemsResponsiveToQuery(Case nuixCase, Collection<Item> inputItems, String itemsToRemoveQuery) throws IOException {
+		Set<Item> toRemove = nuixCase.searchUnsorted(itemsToRemoveQuery);
+		return SuperUtilities.getItemUtility().difference(inputItems, toRemove);
+	}
+	
+	public Set<Item> findFamiliesWithoutItemsResponsiveToQuery(Case nuixCase, Collection<Item> inputItems, String itemsToRemoveQuery) throws IOException {
+		Set<Item> topLevelItems = SuperUtilities.getItemUtility().findTopLevelItems(inputItems);
+		Set<Item> families = SuperUtilities.getItemUtility().findItemsAndDescendants(topLevelItems);
+		return removeItemsResponsiveToQuery(nuixCase,families,itemsToRemoveQuery);
+	}
+	
 	/***
 	 * Returns the file system path of an item's physical file ancestor.  Begins by calling {@link #findPhysicalFileAncestor(Item)}.
 	 * If an physical file ancestor is located, then gets its URI and attempts to convert that to an actual file system path.
diff --git a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/ZipHelper.java b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/ZipHelper.java
index f8bfa1d..c074e91 100644
--- a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/ZipHelper.java
+++ b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/ZipHelper.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public static void compressDirectoryToZipFile(String directory, String zipFile,
 			zipStream.setLevel(Ints.constrainToRange(compressionLevel, 0, 9));
 			compressDirectoryToZipfile(directory,directory,zipStream);	
 		} finally {
-			IOUtils.closeQuietly(zipStream);	
+			IOUtils.closeQuietly(zipStream);
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/query/QueryHelper.java b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/query/QueryHelper.java
index e9416a0..6ff9b2d 100644
--- a/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/query/QueryHelper.java
+++ b/Java/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/query/QueryHelper.java
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ public static String notJoinByOr(Collection<String> expressions) {
 		return String.format("NOT (%s)", joinByOr(expressions));
 	}
 	
+	/***
+	 * Returns a query in the form: <code>NOT (a AND b AND c)</code> with a,b and c being expressions provided.
+	 * @param expressions Expressions to be AND'ed and then NOT'ed.
+	 * @return A query in the form: <code>NOT (a AND b AND c)</code>
+	 */
+	public static String notJoinByAnd(Collection<String> expressions) {
+		return String.format("NOT (%s)", joinByAnd(expressions));
+	}
+	
 	/***
 	 * Generates a query to find items which have a match for any of the provided named entities.
 	 * @param entityNames List of entity names to search for, must be values recognized by Nuix