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Jock Anderson's Caseload: Should David Bain pay back legal aid?
If David Bain gets millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded compensation from the Government, should his legal aid be deducted first?

Tribeca Homes creditors circling
Creditors are circling Tribeca Homes, with three different firms applying to the High Court to liquidate the company.

S&P ends legal woes paying $1.5b fine
S&P will pay more than a year's profit to settle suits that it inflated ratings on subprime-mortgage bonds at the centre of the 2008 financial crisis.

Trinity tax man Muir avoids bankruptcy
Trinity tax-scheme architect Garry Muir has avoided bankruptcy after Bank of New Zealand was repaid and the action against him withdrawn.

Greymouth stoush back in court
Oil and gas company Greymouth Petroleum Holdings wants more than $830,000 in damages from a former director who was ordered by the High Court to sell his stake in his firm.

Fonterra, Danone to fight behind closed door
Fonterra will be spared having its multimillion-dollar fight with French food giant Danone spilling back into the public arena this year.

Jock Anderson's Caseload: Bain compo needs clear heads
When revisiting the in and outs of David Cullen Bain’s claim for taxpayer compensation, folk would do well to keep a clear head.

Christie Hall: New year's revolution in HR policies
Once the sunburn subsides, business owners and HR professionals need to take stock of what 2015 might bring on the employment front.

Knock-back for Ross ponzi investors
The Commerce Minister has rejected a request from David Ross' burned investors to look into the country's claw-back regime as the first court case looms.

Pyne Gould chair under fire
Pyne Gould Corporation chairman Bryan Mogridge faced a barrage of investor questions around auditing delays at the company's annual meeting in Auckland yesterday.

Scrap heats up over $18.5m finance settlement
The Australian wing of a United States investment fund could swoop in front of Capital + Merchant Finance investors and take a chunk of an $18.5 million settlement.

Editorial: Tricky China request needs one proviso
In his first speech as the leader of China, President Xi Jinping identified corruption as a major priority.

Jock Anderson's Caseload: Second chance for lawyer who ticked wrong box
A South African lawyer who suppressed his "out of control" history has been deemed fit and proper to be a lawyer in NZ.

Trinity tax architect fails to halt action
An architect of the Trinity forestry tax scheme has failed to convince the High Court to halt bankruptcy action against him.

Jock Anderson's Caseload: Mysterious ways of delivering justice
They say what goes around comes around, and so it is for lawyer Boon Gunn Hong whose excessive suspension has been quashed on appeal.

FMA chases estate of dead finance man
The market watchdog is targeting the estate of deceased director Terry Butler in its lawsuit against the former board of Dominion Finance.

Jobs said Apple took pains to protect record contracts
Steve Jobs defended Apple's use of software for the iPod that blocked compatibility with a competing digital music store.

Two lawyers struck off by tribunal
Two lawyers have been struck off in separate decisions following multiple acts of misconduct.

ANZ pays out $19m to settle case
ANZ will pay $18.5m to some of its rural customers who complained about interest rate swaps after reaching a settling with the Commerce Commission.

FMA prefers Hanover deal to trial
The FMA says it would prefer to settle its civil action against six businessmen associated with Hanover Finance, and its chief executive says he is "still hopeful" a deal can be reached.

FMA lawsuit a sign of things to come
New Zealand's market watchdog has for the first time stood in the shoes of out-of-pocket investors and exercised its right to sue for them.

Jock 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.

Law firm ordered to pay more for Blue Chip losses
A 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.