New ZealandCrown Solicitor for S. Auckland announcedA fresh approach to criminal prosecutions for South Auckland is about to be announced with a rising star in the legal world expected to be appointed as its first Crown Solicitor.30 Apr 04:26 AM
New ZealandLawyer fined for 'judge-shopping'A lawyer has been fined for "judge-shopping" to avoid a particular judge hearing his case, as well as sending a picture of a monkey with his request to police prosecutions.23 Apr 04:56 AM
BusinessAuckland's big battle of the barristersA quiet coup is afoot among the pinstripes of Auckland's Shortland St, threatening to overthrow almost a century of legal tradition.26 Mar 04:00 PM
BusinessLeaky home victim takes class actionGay Johnson spent $600,000 fixing her leaking Castor Bay house so she joined a new $100 million legal action to fight for compensation.17 Mar 04:00 PM
EmploymentLaw set straight for women: $8m divorceChristine Thompson, who today won a share of $8 million received by her ex-husband, wanted to "set the law straight for other women", says her lawyer.13 Mar 01:00 AM
BusinessLawyer partnership fight settlesA High Court stoush between a lawyer suing her former partners for establishing a new firm without her has settled.02 Mar 04:00 AM
BusinessLawyer threatens copyright actionAn Auckland franchising lawyer has accused certain colleagues in the profession of laziness after his work was plagiarised a third time.26 Feb 06:00 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Second chance for lawyer who ticked wrong boxA South African lawyer who suppressed his "out of control" history has been deemed fit and proper to be a lawyer in NZ.11 Dec 08:30 PM
Banking and financeTrinity tax architect fails to halt actionAn architect of the Trinity forestry tax scheme has failed to convince the High Court to halt bankruptcy action against him.10 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Mysterious ways of delivering justiceThey say what goes around comes around, and so it is for lawyer Boon Gunn Hong whose excessive suspension has been quashed on appeal.04 Dec 08:30 PM
OpinionHon Robert Fisher: Dishonest face is no guarantee of guiltThere are many ways of telling whether someone is telling the truth. Unfortunately they do not include the way they look and sound, writes Robert Fisher.03 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Who are the best and worst judges?CaseLoad is confident his public interest mission to reveal New Zealand's best and worst judges will come up trumps.20 Nov 08:30 PM
InvestmentLaw firm ordered to pay more for Blue Chip lossesA Tauranga law firm will have to pay $150,000 more to retirees who lost money in Blue Chip, a Court of Appeal ruling has found.18 Nov 07:15 PM
BusinessTough limits on Dotcom's movementsInternet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom will face tougher new bail conditions and make a daily visit to the police for at least the next week.17 Nov 04:00 PM
BusinessDotcom's helicopter banKim Dotcom is banned from using helicopters, travelling by boat or going 80 kilometres from his home, ahead of a bail hearing next Monday.17 Nov 01:21 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Name of top jailing judge kept secretJock Anderson is questioning why the identity of the NZ judge with the highest rate of jailing drink drivers will not be revealed.13 Nov 08:30 PM
BusinessHigh profile NZ lawyers drop DotcomA high profile Queen's Counsel and one of the country's biggest law firms are stepping down from Kim Dotcom's legal team.13 Nov 01:44 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Number of struck off lawyers explodesMore than three times as many lawyers were struck off this year than in 2009 and the trend is continuing.06 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Wayward briefs an 'insult' to stickler judgeA lawyer who misspelled the name of the trial judge incurs the wrath Justice Wylie and complaints against judges on the decline in this week's Caseload.30 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Struck-off lawyer rides againStruck-off Auckland ex-lawyer Barry Hart is back in the saddle, this time as a "lay advocate" representing banned jockey David Walker.23 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Slow start for 'celebrity judge'It has taken a while, but a fancy feed to pay tribute to Justice Simon Moore QC is rescheduled for next March - a year after the judge was sworn in.16 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: 'Close your legs' lawyer on drugs chargesIn Jock Anderson's Caseload today: a Wellington lawyer who made controversial comment during a rape case faces court himself and clash of the crocodiles.09 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: How Love Boat sank courtroom pestJock Anderson's Caseload looks at the goings-on around the courts and the legal fraternity. This week, a serial litigant is sunk by the cruise from hell.02 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Defence claim falls short of decencyJock Anderson remembers a time when violent attacks on police officers were condemned and not brushed off by slick lawyers paid to find ways of shifting the blame.25 Sep 12:15 AM
OpinionCaseload: Karam awarded more moneyMore defamation damages awarded to Joe Karam, judges clamping down on media reporting and legal aid payments dropping in this week's legal blog.18 Sep 01:00 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Judith Collins in hands of wily WillowerJock Anderson delves into one of former judge Lester Chisholm's little known but significant credentials.10 Sep 11:57 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Gay-friendly lawyers come up trumpsSimpson Grierson has achieved a certificate called a Rainbow Tick, which recognises the law firm for being inclusive of gender and sexual diversity.03 Sep 11:55 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Elderly lawyer's curious outburstThe Law Society has not criticised Justice Minister Judith Collins over the naming of Sir Robert Chambers Lane in Christchurch, as Jock Anderson writes.28 Aug 12:20 AM
New ZealandNo appeal over controversial decisionThe Crown will not appeal a decision to give a teen who assaulted schoolboy Stephen Dudley before his death last year a discharge without conviction.27 Aug 12:41 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: What lawyers worry aboutCrime barristers are up in arms over an increase in self-represented litigants and a surge in appeals based on the competency of lawyers, writes Jock Anderson.21 Aug 12:00 AM
