Hon Ian Callinan AC QC has been appointed to conduct a fresh inquiry into Mr Bain's claim for compensation.

A quiet coup is afoot among the pinstripes of Auckland's Shortland St, threatening to overthrow almost a century of legal tradition.

The former owner of Christchurch preschool chain Chesterfields Preschools, will lodge a new judicial review at the High Court against the IRD chief executive.

Lawyers representing a company which funded the animated comedy series Bro'Town and the IRD have reached a confidential out-of-court settlement.

Liquidators of the Ross Asset Management group of companies, found to be a ponzi scheme, are looking to claw back $954,000 one investor withdrew.

A property developer's family trust that bought 9000sq m of land in an exclusive Queenstown subdivision must repay $740,000 to liquidators after losing a High Court fight that involved fraudulent....

The ADSL has stopped losing money - due, in part, to savings made from a free chocolate biscuit ban.

Westpac is facing a claim that it made misrepresentations to get a long-standing commercial customer to buy interest rate swaps that lost it $3 million.

Passengers who flew across the Pacific during the last 15 years are being urged to apply for funds from a price fixing class action against airlines, including Air NZ.

CaseLoad's coverage of the stellar career of a dashing celebrity judge was graciously acknowledged recently.

Top lawyer says new judgment in wrangle between Rotorua sawmilling magnate and his ex-wife "redraws the landscape".

Carter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used in 880 school buildings were "inherently defective", the Court of Appeal has heard.

A High Court stoush between a lawyer suing her former partners for establishing a new firm without her has settled.

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers is seeking discharge from his bankruptcy in the High Court at Auckland today.

Two members of a defunct Dunedin bowling club have been made bankrupt after failing to return monies wrongfully taken by them.

The Government is being lobbied to bring the tobacco plain-packaging bill back to Parliament for a final vote.

More people are choosing to represent themselves in court, possibly because of the digital self-help phenomenon, the secretary for justice says.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's litigation against the Portuguese central bank could end up before the European Court of Justice.

The NZ Super Fund will not change its policy substantially after the loss of almost $200m in taxpayers' money.

Jailed former Bridgecorp director Rob Roest must repay $174,000 of legal aid for his unsuccessful defence, a High Court judge has ruled.

The $200 million lost by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund when a Portuguese bank collapsed was ultimately destined, at least in part, to go to a Chinese firm under a corruption cloud.

There is news female solicitors now outnumber male solicitors in the Irish Republic.

Almost $200 million in taxpayers' money invested through the NZ Superannuation Fund has been lost after a supposedly 'risk free' loan.

"Negligent" advice from a Tauranga law firm did not cause a Blue Chip investor's $90,000 loss, the Supreme Court has unanimously decided.