An overcharging lawyer who also misappropriated $237,000 of client money has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors.

Valentine's Day is a chance to celebrate love but amorous punters are warned to err on the side of caution when it comes to the workplace.

Court staff across NZ have been issued a reminder to adhere to a long-forgotten protocol designed to prevent lawyers from "judge shopping".

A lawyer has been ordered to pay more than $250,000 for a raft of misconduct charges.

A now struck-off lawyer who gave false documents to his bank has been sentenced to 11 months home detention.

Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Law Society says any 19-year-old with no previous convictions would not have been jailed on the same charges.

Edward Johnston pleaded guilty at the Auckland District Court today to three counts of Dishonestly taking or using document laid by the Serious Fraud Office.

COMMENT: The biggest problem facing the insolvency industry isn't unaccredited and unregulated professionals, it is passive liquidators.

Former New Zealand Law Society president John Marshall has died, age 68.

Making people on bail wear alcohol or drug-detecting bracelets is a "major infringement of liberty", the Law Society says.

A lawyer has been fined for "judge-shopping" to avoid a particular judge hearing his case, as well as sending a picture of a monkey with his request to police prosecutions.

A lawyer has been suspended for three years for selling a "tinnie" to an undercover police officer.

More people are choosing to represent themselves in court, possibly because of the digital self-help phenomenon, the secretary for justice says.

A lawyer who misappropriated about $150,000 of a member of the public's money has been struck off and fined $50,000, the NZ Law Society says.

Urgent counter-terrorism law changes which allowed warrantless surveillance by New Zealand's spies went too far, the Law Society has told a Parliamentary committee.

A "predatory" Dunedin lawyer who stole $2.8 million from 32 clients over 21 years in one of the longest-running frauds in NZ history has today been jailed for more than eight years.

A Dunedin lawyer has today admitted being behind a Ponzi scheme where he stole $2.8 million from clients over 21 years.

A review of how Northland police responded to three 111 calls before a dairy was robbed could change the way police deal with emergency calls and dispatch officers.

An Auckland lawyer who admitted stealing almost $300k from three clients has been jailed for two and a half years today.

A lawyer who used $50,000 of a client's money to pay his own fees has been struck off.

An Auckland lawyer has been suspended for nine months for certifying a separation agreement, when he knew the woman was being forced by her husband to sign.

An Auckland lawyer, struck off the register for fiddling with client funds, has today admitted criminal charges laid over his substantial stealing.