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UK fashion company wins brand battle with Lacoste
A British clothing supplier has won a four-year trademark battle against the fashion giant Lacoste.

Fletcher moves to bankrupt McKenna
Fletcher Construction says it is moving against Auckland developer Nigel McKenna over a debt for building Wellington's Holiday Inn.

Top cop in Kahui inquiry fronts inquest
The inquest into the death of the Kahui twins has opened today with the officer in charge of the case giving evidence on the stand.

Aussie ombudsman takes NZ company to High Court
An Australian ombudsman is taking a NZX listed New Image to court to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars it says is owed to 14 workers.

Kahui to testify at inquest
Chris Kahui will give evidence about the deaths of his twin boys for the first time at a coroner's inquest.

Crafars still in limbo over eviction
A judge has rejected the Crafar family's bid to strike out efforts to have them evicted from their farm.

Soccer: A League players insist they have right to appeal
The A-League's disciplinary procedures will eventually be struck down by the courts unless they are changed.

More women come forward in $46m harassment case
More sexual harrassment claims against former David Jones chief executive Mark McInnes.

Publisher sues UBS for oil research plagiarism
Investment bank UBS plagiarised oil and gas research for use in its own investment reports, says a New York publisher.

Persistence wins fines dispute
Jeri Knight might be 80 years old but it didn't stop her beating the might of the Manukau City Council over a wrongly issued car warrant of fitness fine.

Family staring at bankruptcy after Blue Chip failure
A Tauranga family with a hearing-impaired child is facing bankruptcy after going it alone in legal action over their failed Blue Chip investment.

Conspiracy claims muddy divorce saga
National Party president Peter Goodfellow's marriage break-up just gets messier.

Facebook 'friend' steals TV contestant's identity
A person Amelia Gough trusted as a Facebook friend ended up stealing her photos and using them to create fake pages in her name.