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Restaurant owner who served up unsafe food has sentence reduced

Xinchen Liu has been resentenced after the wrong summary of facts was used the first time.

Legal limbo: 14yo boy barred from school during custody battle

The boy's mother has asked the court three times to let her son go to school.

Death threats and false claims: Mayor's legal battle with ex-councillor revealed

The case has been shrouded in secrecy until today.

How one man's $80 speeding ticket spiralled into $34k and bankruptcy

Peter Prescott will now have more added to his debt after another failed attempt at court.

Pattern of deception: Woman scams Facebook users

The offender previously stole $305,000 from her employer.

‘Unworthy of belief’: A judge didn't believe one man's story, but the higher courts did

Now Tony Harrison's arson conviction has been quashed.

Drink driver's wife spent three months in hospital after 'devastating' crash

Everton Augustine's passengers suffered multiple severe injuries in the crash.

‘You’ve got to get out’: Lawyer describes court evacuation after bomb threat

Police would only refer to the incident as 'threats'.

Courthouses reopened following alleged bomb threats

The first court was evacuated about 10.45am.

Legal expert says name suppression change won’t fix issue ‘exploited’ by some

Huge delays when defendants choose to appeal suppression decisions are hurting victims.

Man charged with murdering ‘beloved mother’ at Whangārei park

The man is accused of murdering Yvonne Chapman in a daylight shooting.

Govt ignored advice on giving sex offence victims ‘veto’ on name suppression

Documents show multiple groups opposed the changes, raising 'strong concerns'.

Protesters gather outside court to support Northland’s most well-known green fairy

He denied the charges of cultivating and dealing cannabis as supporters protested outside.

‘Like a wild animal’: Lawyers in heated spat over a sandwich and a courthouse meeting room

Both sides have been reminded to treat colleagues with respect and courtesy.

‘Bloody thief’: Victims of former Tipene Funerals undertaker vindicated by guilty pleas

Fiona Bakulich swindled her grieving clients for six years.

'Plainly predatory': Man sexually exploited woman with dementia he met at the dairy

'You took advantage of a vulnerable person, our mum who could not defend herself'.

Man who raped woman beside her sleeping child appeals sentence on ‘character’ grounds

Gabriel Apolonio's lawyer said he deserved a shorter jail term due to 'good character'.

Migrant workers in visa scam each paid $16k for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery jobs that did not exist

The eight men arrived in New Zealand to find the jobs did not exist.