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Incompetent lawyers undermining legal aid system - review

A damning review of legal aid says a sea change is needed to fix a system undermined by incompetent and sometimes corrupt lawyers.

Mafia trial jury sent home

Change allows wider use of court cells

Wife wins payout after being dumped by letterbox note

An Auckland man who dumped his wife in a written note has been ordered to pay her interim maintenance of $10,000 a month.

Private prisons bill passed

Privately run prisons are on the Government's agenda after Parliament today passed a bill allowing them to be handed over.

Date set for murder trial

<i>Editorial</i>: Discretion by police in the public interest

Terms for stomping death cut, increased

Judge gets tough on violence

A senior judge has vowed to crack down on a violent crime wave, which he says is sometimes "little more than sheer sadism".

Do the laws around name suppression in NZ courts need changing?

Underachievers to fund state sector pay rises

Department bosses told those who don't perform face cuts so those who do well can be rewarded.

<i>Garth George</i>: Offer still open, but who will accept it?

Power seeks hard line on court secrecy for celebs

The Justice Minister wants to stop the emerging "special class" of high-profile people using their status to get name suppression.

<i>Editorial</i>: Let's preserve and protect open justice

Pay dispute escalates as court staff walk off the job

Name suppression rules need changing - lawyers

Court proceedings should be more open and transparent, the Law Commission says.