Business$500m written off Independent LiquorTokyo-listed liquor giant Asahi has written more than $500m off the carrying value of NZ's Independent Liquor, the brewing company it purchased for $1.5b in 2011.30 Oct 02:05 AM
New ZealandBailed Lundy keeps low profileMark Lundy spent his first weekend of freedom watching Bathurst, catching up with friends and Skyping family.13 Oct 07:23 PM
OpinionEditorial: High time for wheels of justice to move fasterEditorial: The time it can take for judges to issue a reserved decision is one of the enduring mysteries of the justice system.29 Sep 04:30 PM
Banking and financeLaw set to aid class actionsAn overhaul of capital markets law is expected to open the door for out-of-pocket investors to launch big civil cases against those involved with misleading offers.16 Sep 05:30 PM
Banking and financeFMA still after finance companiesDirectors of failed finance companies are not off the hook yet and the Financial Markets Authority says it is likely to launch criminal proceedings.09 Sep 05:30 PM
New ZealandPM to firms: Hold fire on scare lawsuitBaby formula company Nutricia and anyone else considering legal action over the Fonterra contamination scare should wait until inquiries into the incident are completed, Prime Minister John Key says.29 Aug 05:30 PM
ConstructionFirms sued in test case on school leaksBuilding products giant Carter Holt Harvey is among companies battling a multimillion-dollar claim brought by the Ministry of Education over leaky schools.26 Aug 05:30 PM
EmploymentEvent duo ask judge to strike out claimsA specialist travel and hospitality company have applied for a High Court judge to strike out the claims they are facing.19 Aug 05:30 PM
CommoditiesMobil fights clean up billA petrol company says it should not have to pay clean-up costs for decades of petrochemical pollution on prime waterfront land.19 Aug 05:30 PM
BusinessHotchin to bear any mansion shortfallMark Hotchin must bear any shortfall on the sale of a luxury Auckland mansion once others with claims on the property are paid out, the Chief High Court judge says.05 Aug 04:45 AM
BusinessCarpet promises breach law - judgeA High Court judge says carpet maker Cavalier Bremworth breached the Fair Trading Act and found the firm made misleading statements about warranties for a new range.01 Aug 01:30 AM
RoyalsPrince beats succession lawLaws removing restrictions for women and Roman Catholics from royal succession are still to be passed in New Zealand.23 Jul 05:30 PM
BusinessGreymouth board dysfunction 'more serious'Dysfunction at the Greymouth Petroleum board has become "more serious" since a judge ordered one group of shareholders to sell up, the High Court has heard.22 Jul 05:30 PM
BusinessSettlement reached in Terralink data caseAn Auckland real estate firm accused of unlawfully taking intellectual property from one of New Zealand's largest property databases has settled its case outside court.09 Jul 05:30 PM
Banking and financeHotchin trustee claim thrown outMark Hotchin's attempt to join two trustee companies to the FMA's civil case against him and make them contribute to any potential damages is dismissed.30 Jun 10:15 PM
Freight and logisticsMainfreight - $18m lawsuit yet to startMainfreight says an official history of the company is incorrect - and that a big lawsuit against the former owners of a European firm it bought has yet to begin.26 Jun 12:00 AM
Freight and logisticsMainfreight sues after shock client lossKiwi logistics operator Mainfreight is seeking millions of euros in damages from the former owners of the Wim Bosman Group.25 Jun 05:30 PM
Banking and financeBank fees lawyer talks toughFair Play on Fees lawyer Andrew Hooker was talking tough as he filed the first documents in the case against ANZ bank at the High Court in Auckland today.25 Jun 02:00 AM
Banking and financeBank fee lawsuit hires top QCHigh-powered QC Bruce Gray has been appointed lead counsel in a lawsuit targeting penalty fees charged by New Zealand's biggest banks.24 Jun 09:45 PM
Banking and finance32,000 join bank fee lawsuitA lawsuit claiming the ANZ Bank charged "excessive" penalty fees is to be filed in the High Court at Auckland today.24 Jun 05:30 PM
Banking and financeBank suit gets 4000 new sign-upsMore than 4000 extra people have signed up overnight to join a legal bid to sue the banks over penalty fees after ANZ was named yesterday as the first target.19 Jun 03:05 AM
Media and marketingSheppard plans 25 witnesses in defamation caseShareholders' Association founder Bruce Sheppard plans to call 25 witnesses defending the defamation case brought against him by Hanover Finance's Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson.18 Jun 11:40 PM
Banking and financeBank law suit 'matter of principle'For Ivor de Menefy it's not about the money, it's a matter of principle.18 Jun 05:30 PM
