A murderer sentenced to life in prison after beating his friend to death with a crowbar and dumping her body in the Waitakere Ranges has been denied parole.

Hanover Group Holdings has filed an appeal after it lost a High Court fight with insurance giant AIG over a policy worth up to $20 million.

The screech and hammer of tools returned to a Mainzeal construction site yesterday - but only as subcontractors were finally allowed to remove their equipment.

A leading forensic scientist is launching a charity for people who have been wrongly convicted.

Most boy racers seem to be learning their lesson, with only 127 convictions for illegal street racing being racked up by repeat offenders over the past three years.

The Law Commission will investigate the issues raised by lawyers researching jurors on the internet, then tailoring their arguments to help them win cases.

The father of a victim of the Colorado cinema massacre yelled "rot in hell!" at the alleged gunman as a judge delayed the trial.

A love story that began at a murder trial drew to a poignant close this week.

When serial con-man David Nepia Carroll needed money, it seemed nothing was off-limits, not even children's piggy banks.

10 years ago, a Law Commission paper found our court system too slow, too costly and unhelpful. Today, there is still a long way to go - and modern technology must be harnessed to improve efficiency in black-and-white cases.

C K Stead explains why he is not surprised that Judith Collins ordered a review of the Binnie report on the Bain case.

A judge has ruled a prison smoking ban is unlawful - a victory for career criminal Arthur Taylor, who challenged it in court.

A district court judge is waging a crusade from the bench to stop serious offenders being released back into the community.

This Christmas, more alleged criminals will be in jail awaiting trial than in any previous year on records supplied by our prisons. The number has steadily increased since this Government came to power, to a estimated 1671 this week.

The one-armed man touted as a new suspect in the murder of two Swedish tourists was feared to have killed two other people, the Herald has been told.

Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed".

The family of Wellington man Phillip Cottrell have spoken of the agony of losing a loved one after verdicts were delivered on the two men accused of his murder.

A psychopath confessed to the murder of two young Swedish tourists for which David Tamihere spent 21 years in jail, says a new book due for release on Friday.

Prime Minister John Key has defended Justice Minister Judith Collins' criticism of a report on David Bain's compensation bid.

David Bain believes he might have become an international opera star on a par with Jonathan Lemalu.

Police have backed the use of electronic ankle bracelets, despite an escape rate of 13 per cent since their introduction six years ago

Around 12 months ago, the Government, led by Prime Minister John Key, appointed former Canadian Supreme Court judge Ian Binnie to advise on David Bain's compensation claim.

Peter Dunne said in a Twitter post today David Bain should be compensated, and called the police comments on judge Ian Binnie's report 'inappropriate'.

The family of a man who died while being restrained in his prison cell are unhappy with the coroner's findings that “justifiable and necessary restraint” was used.

The public's confidence in the judicial system is at stake in the David Bain compensation case, says Justice Minister Judith Collins.