Former Shareholders' Association chairman Bruce Sheppard wants the defamation action against him to be heard by a jury.

Ex-Shareholders' Association chairman Bruce Sheppard says he hasn't even thought about making a settlement offer to Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson in his defamation case.

The former private equity owners of New Zealand's Independent Liquor allegedly used a technique known as "channel stuffing" to artificially boost the company's earnings in the lead-up to its $1.5 billion sale to Japanese beer giant Asahi.

Investors in the frozen Hubbard Management Funds will get all of their capital back.

Kim Kardashian's estranged husband has filed a motion to put the brakes on the reality star's request expedite their divorce.

A Far North district councillor has just days to stump up more than $800,000 or face bankruptcy.

Almost two-thirds of offenders caught by the controversial "three-strikes" law in its first two years are Maori or Pacific Islanders, a new study has found.

Attempts by the former directors of the failed carpet-maker Feltex to halt a class action by 2852 shareholders who lost $250 million have been thrown out by the Court of Appeal.

A record label has hit Madonna with a lawsuit claiming she used portions of one of their songs for her 1990 hit Vogue without permission.

Nearly $900,000 in reparations paid in by three convicted Nathans Finance directors will go to receivers, not investors misled, a judge has ruled today.