The Michael Jackson hearing hopes to determine whether the pop singer died of natural causes or criminal negligence.

A nine-year-old with horrific injuries never wants to see her parents again, a court has heard.

A developer is asking the courts to call off the Tree Council's crusade against him felling an 80-year-old Avondale pohutukawa.

Jetsetting businessman Eric Watson, the co-founder of failed Hanover Finance, is in the sights of the Securities Commission and a lawyer representing desperate investors after the assets of co-founder Mark Hotchin were frozen this week.

Interests closely associated with Mark Hotchin still control an opulent $9.8m Waiheke Island beachhead.

New Zealand won't join in Australian court action over Japanese whaling but will have input into the case.

Master chef Gordon Ramsay is being sued for $2.1 million for failing to carry out his tour of NZ and using his mother's medical condition as an excuse.

Hanover Finance has called in the lawyers to pursue Allied Farmers over allegedly attempting to "evade various contractual obligations to Hanover."

Auckland property developer Patrick Fontein has been declared bankrupt.

In the year 2010, nearly 22 years after one of New Zealand's biggest corporate collapses, it's a little unnerving to call accountant

Silicon Valley is bracing itself for fireworks as the long-running industrial espionage dispute between Oracle and SAP hits court.

Banking giant HSBC will soon be able to sell Ivan Erceg's $6m Henderson boat yard after the High Court approved orders to remove chattels from the property today.

A New Zealand musician is being hailed a folk hero after successfully suing the city of Los Angeles.

LimeWire may begin to regret its regular boast that its 50 million users shared and downloaded more than three billion songs a month.

Australia's biggest sexual harassment claim has been settled out of court for A$850,000.