Yong Xin Chen, being sued for more than $300k after abandoning her leasehold Greenlane property, broke down crying in court yesterday.

The woman who claims she could not afford a $73,750 annual Greenlane leasehold bill was involved in three other multimillion-dollar Auckland property investments.

A sorry list of deterioration to a $2 million-plus Auckland mansion at the heart of litigation against a lessee was read out in the High Court this morning.

One of Pink Batts' competitors has failed to convince the High Court the term "batts" is in common use in NZ and that Pink Batts' trademark of this word should be revoked.

A decision from the High Court at Wellington last month found in favour of Whittaker's, dismissing a bid by Cadbury to stop it from registering the trademark "Berry Forest".

The Govt is warning of heavy penalties for selling, making or possessing synthetic drugs after midnight tonight, when all remaining products will be stripped from shelves.

Match-fixing will become a crime in NZ, with the government saying we're "not immune to the international risks" it poses.

The Financial Markets Authority won't wait until receivers have finished chasing funds from convicted finance company directors. when considering civil cases.

Dairy giant Fonterra's attempt to suspend the legal action it is facing from French food company Danone over last year's botulism scare is due to be heard in the High Court in June.

Wealthy businessman Alex van Heeren, owner of the luxury Huka Lodge, is due to file a defence shortly to a 17-year-old court claim.

Wendy's has gone to the High Court at Auckland after a development of a rival fast-food restaurant blocked an exit from one of the burger chain's Auckland stores.

You are walking down a busy street, eyes down on a text message exchange, when bang - you collide phone - first with a tree, a lamppost or a fellow pedestrian.

A High Court judge has launched an extraordinary attack on out of control foreign divorce cases being fought in England by wealthy couples who are squeezing out needy litigants.

A lawyer taking action against the big banks over penalty fees says he will now try to stretch the claims back decades rather than work with the six-year statutory limit.

The former New Zealand boss of JPMorgan Chase is locked in "full-blown adversarial litigation" with the bank where he is seeking $170,000 in damages.

Three convicted Bridgecorp directors have reached an $18.9 million settlement with the failed finance company's receivers.

Kiwibank has given an assurance it won't discriminate against customers who take part in a class-action lawsuit over allegedly "unfair" penalty fees.

The FMA has dropped civil proceedings against four Lombard directors as the failed finance company's receivers have reached a $10 million settlement with the men, their insurers and an unnamed "third party".

A finance company's attempt to chase down a $300,000 loan taken out by a now-bankrupt and struck-off lawyer has been knocked back by a High Court judge

A finance company is chasing its founder for a debt which the man's lawyer says would bankrupt him.