High-profile boxing promoter David Higgins has been revealed as one of the men caught up in an assault which left his brother with a broken cheekbone and shoulder.

Ten horses were left to starve on lawyer Barry Hart's property after it was seized by the bank, leaving at least two in an emaciated state.

An urgent rule change by the Corrections Department which banned smoking in prisons has been ruled unlawful by a High Court judge.

Mark Tucker will never know how much money he lost during the darkest days of the Rena disaster.

More than 3600 former Feltex shareholders are now opted into litigation against the carpet-maker's former directors and an updated list of claimants has been filed with the High Court.

A lawsuit claiming the ANZ Bank charged "excessive" penalty fees is to be filed in the High Court at Auckland today.

ANZ head of retail banking Kerri Thompson says she is confident the bank will "come out in the clear" in a legal case claiming it has charged excessive penalty fees to customers.

Britain's Attorney-General is to review the 15-month jail sentence given to Stuart Hall, the disgraced BBC presenter, for a 20-year campaign of sexual abuse against young girls.

There is no good reason for Jamie Peters' bankruptcy to be extended as he faces Official Assignee claims he still has control of significant assets.

The number of international child abduction cases before New Zealand courts is soaring, as the cost of court action forces desperate parents to go on the run.

Greymouth Petroleum director Jim Sturgess must take primary responsibility for the "destruction of trust" between himself and two other board members at the oil and gas company.

At least two judges were among 21 court staff assaulted in courtrooms in the past two years, documents released under the Official Information Act show.

The new leaner legal aid system is unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled. But the system will continue unchanged for now while officials prepare advice for Justice Minister Judith Collins.

Owners of apartments in Auckland's five-star Metropolis tower are pitted against one another in battles which have ranged from cat-keeping to who sits on the body corporate.

A resident of New Zealand's tallest apartment tower has lost a bid to injunct body corporate members.

In 1991 Ranta, who is now 58, was convicted of shooting dead a rabbi, Chaskel Werzberger, during a botched jewellery robbery in Brooklyn, New York.

After a riot at Perth's Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre, more than 140 teenage inmates were moved to Hakea high security prison

The Greens have joined the Maori Party in calling for a review of the jailing of Teina Pora, who has served 20 years for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

A controversial website designed by a victims' lobby group to highlight judges' decisions has been launched today.

A $1,000 fine may have to be imposed for anyone avoiding jury service, a judge says.

Struck-off Auckland lawyer Barry Hart has failed in his latest bid to stop the mortgagee sale of one of his properties by the ANZ bank.

Former Hanover director Mark Hotchin has gone to court seeking some reimbursement for the millions of dollars he paid towards the construction of an Auckland mansion.

The Serious Fraud Office is expected to make an announcement regarding Hanover Finance early this week.

High-profile West Coast criminal lawyer Doug Taffs has been suspended from practising law for three months for bringing the legal profession into disrepute.

A woman charged with manslaughter over the methadone death of a nine-year-old Raetihi boy can now be revealed as the child's mother.

A coroner has found that an incident in which a man suffered fatal injuries when he fell down a flight of stairs 17 years ago was not an accident.

Two former fire systems contractors have been jailed for stripping buildings of potentially life-saving firefighting equipment.

Courts can make mistakes. The High Court at Auckland has surely made an egregious one in a case we have reported today.