New ZealandPolice: 'Failure or cock-up?'Police confident Phillip Smith will be caught if he catches attention of Chilean authorities but South America is “a big place” and there are no guarantees.10 Nov 03:45 AM
New ZealandWhy didn't he name Rewa?Lord Toulson asked New Zealand's Solicitor-General the $50,000 question in the Privy Council in London this week.08 Nov 12:10 AM
New ZealandCrown accepts Pora's disorder diagnosisThe Privy Council last night heard that the Crown accepts Teina Pora suffers Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - but it disputes it would've led to a different verdict.05 Nov 04:18 PM
New ZealandImpotence not detailed at trialAn error in not calling evidence regarding erectile dysfunction of a serial rapist led Teina Pora to be wrongly convicted of a rape and murder, Privy Council hears.04 Nov 05:57 PM
OpinionBob Jones: It's simply a case of creaming the oppositionBob Jones writes: Given the constant foreign news ghastliness, particularly mad Muslim vileness, I sometimes think blissful ignorance may have merit.03 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandOne hour done, 199 hours to completeA Whanganui woman who took two and a half years to complete just one hour of a 200-hour community work sentence has been hauled back before a court.30 Oct 05:00 PM
New ZealandJohn Banks: 'I don't give up easily'Former Act MP and Auckland Mayor John Banks hopes he will be vindicated following a legal appeal against his sentence and conviction for filing a false electoral return.29 Oct 04:44 AM
OpinionEditorial: Judicial law rewrite isn't pay answerYesterday the Court of Appeal decided the act meant something more: that women have the right to be paid the same as men doing a different job if the work is comparable.28 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Justice can and must be servedMercy is not what the innocent seek. It's justice, writes Brian Rudman. An independent body, sifting all the facts in a dispassionate way, is the best way to get to the truth.28 Oct 04:00 PM
ConstructionLawyer backs apartment access rulingA specialist building and construction lawyer has backed a Supreme Court decision on an apartment owner's access to his Auckland block.20 Oct 04:00 PM
Banking and financeVerdict in SCF's $1.6b fraud trial dueThe fate of three businessmen accused of masterminding the "biggest fraud in New Zealand's history" will be determined tomorrow morning.13 Oct 03:01 AM
New ZealandCrewe murders: Fit-up denied to the endThe police officer accused of planting a cartridge case in the Crewe double-murder inquiry went to his grave denying he fitted up Arthur Allan Thomas.12 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandDelays cost victim his day in courtA victim of a violent assault is fighting for justice after his alleged attacker's case was thrown out by a judge who thought it was "unfair" to try him because of a delay.09 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Hart: Arbitration helping to solve thorny domestic issuesDeborah Hart writes: Family law arbitration, the latest conflict-resolution tool for people seeking resolutions for difficult domestic circumstances, marks another milestone.06 Oct 04:00 PM
BusinessCourt stoush over luxury property saleA High Court lawsuit involving the botched sale of a $6 million luxury Auckland property, an allegedly negligent real estate agency and a Takapuna law firm is set to begin today.14 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandSexual abuse court trials may be reviewed againA move away from the adversarial court system for sexual and domestic violence may be back on the agenda after the resignation of former Justice Minister Judith Collins, a senior National MP says.10 Sep 10:11 PM
New ZealandElection 2014: Laying down the lawIn the latest Herald policy series, we put the election spotlight on the parties' plans for law and order.25 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandOz extradition battleJustice Minister Judith Collins has approved the extradition of a former Catholic brother to Australia to face child-sex charges.25 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandDate set for Banks' appealA date has been set for John Banks’ appeal against his conviction for knowingly filing a false electoral return.19 Aug 07:01 AM
Banking and financeWestpac and BNZ to be served papersTwo of New Zealand's largest banks will this week be served court papers over claims they charged more than 41,600 customers unfair penalty fees.17 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandPolice Minister supports apologyPolice have said sorry for the raids on the Tuhoe people in 2007 but there will be no ministerial apology for what happened.13 Aug 05:00 PM
BusinessCornwall Park Trust to meet leaseholdersThe Cornwall Park Trust Board is to meet residents worried about what revisions to its 'modern' lease will mean to their rent prices.11 Aug 08:30 PM
OpinionMai Chen: Judge had to put schoolboy's death to one sideI do not expect Stephen Dudley's parents to be rational about wanting the person they think caused their son's death to be punished.10 Aug 05:00 PM
Banking and financeAllan Hubbard 'disdain' detailedSouth Canterbury Finance boss Allan Hubbard "had little interest" in meeting accounting or legal requirements, and colleagues went along with fraud, a court hears.04 Aug 11:55 PM
New ZealandWife's name aids escape from e-braceletAn accused child rapist is one of a growing number of people able to flee criminal charges after cutting off their electronic bracelets.03 Aug 03:35 AM
New ZealandJail over son's lethal methadone doseA woman who gave her son a lethal dose of her methadone to cure a sore stomach been jailed for four years and 11 months.31 Jul 10:22 PM
New ZealandCrewe case: Grandparents clearedRochelle Crewe says she's pleased her aunt and grandparents have been cleared over the deaths of her parents.30 Jul 12:40 AM
New ZealandNick Smith backs down on legal threatConservation Minister Nick Smith says he has "heeded the Prime Minister's advice" and backed down on a legal threat against an environmental advocate.28 Jul 11:45 PM
