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Minister gets teeth into new role

The Samoa-born and Mangere-raised MP Sam Lotu-Iiga has been thrown a $1.5 billion, 4000-staff portfolio as the new Corrections Minister.

'Gay panic' defence under attack

Pressure is mounting for the abolition of a law allowing Queenslanders who kill homosexuals to have a murder charge reduced by arguing that their victim propositioned them.

Judge Brown revolutionised youth justice

Pioneering Youth Court judge Mick Brown has died, aged 77.

Lundy verdict: Victims 'can finally rest in peace'

A friend of murdered woman Christine Lundy says she hopes there will be no appeal of yesterday's guilty verdict.

Three charged with inmate's murder

Three men have been charged with murder after a prison inmate they allegedly attacked died on Monday.

Jock Anderson's Caseload: Why legal aid debt recovery is a lost cause

Justice Ministry officials wrote-off $9,587,285.55 owed by 10,306 legal aid debtors in 2014 - an average of $930 each.

'I'd sleep through the trial'

An 88-year-old man called up for jury service said he would probably have slept through most of the trial.

Prison death: Revenge may 'snowball'

The suspected murder of a Christchurch prisoner in his jail cell is the eighth case in two decades, but one expert fears that gang revenge could "snowball" out of control.

Find my sister's killer

Susan Burdett's brother wants police to reopen the inquiry into her murder in 1992.

Businessman wins parking battle

The High Court has quashed a businessman's $40 fine for stopping in a loading zone to deliver files to his office.

Jock Anderson's CaseLoad: In a legal system long ago ...

Judge David Harvey's latest work, The Law Emprynted And Englysshed, is a gripping tale of the printing press as an agent of change in law and legal culture.

Editorial: Pora's ordeal shows review panel needed

Thanks to the careful, clear journalism of the Herald's Phil Taylor, it became well known that an intellectually deficient man was serving a life sentence.

Bryers faces court grilling

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers returns to the witness box today as the High Court continues its look at his application for discharge from bankruptcy.

Court rules on Hubbard payout

The biggest investor in one of Allan Hubbard's shambolic businesses has come out on top after a High Court hearing over how much money he is entitled to.

Mudslinger guilty of assault on Banks

Former Act Party leader John Banks has given evidence in the trial of the man accused of throwing manure on him as he entered the High Court at Auckland last May.

X Factor: Public apology for family

X Factor's first brush with scandal

The controversy over X Factor contestant Shae Brider's killer past is not the first time the show has been mired in scandal.

X Factor killer 'not asking for pity'

Convicted killer and X Factor contestant Shae Brider is not asking for mercy or pity, but says his success on the talent show was simply "tearing down another wall".