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Caseload: Freddie Gray lawyer to speak in NZ
One of Baltimore's most revered lawyers, William "Billy" Murphy, is coming to town to speak at a conference in Auckland.
One of Baltimore's most revered lawyers, William "Billy" Murphy, is coming to town to speak at a conference in Auckland.
The hopes of euthanasia supporters appear to rely on Act leader David Seymour and the luck of the draw after both Prime Minister John Key and Labour chief Andrew Little ruled out putting up a bill on the issue.
It did not take long. Just three days, if that, for the politicians to get voluntary euthanasia well and truly off the political agenda, writes John Armstrong.
A leading former High Court judge has been appointed to assess Teina Pora's compensation claim.
A new company offering to vet the Facebook and Twitter profiles of potential jurors could deter people from turning up in court, a law expert warns.
Jock Anderson on bad name suppression calls, legal aid, the John Banks affair and the Crown Solicitor.
Two bandana-clad men have been charged with disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence after going to a college in Mosgiel in school time to confront a pupil.
A whip-around of holders of South Canterbury Finance preference shares has raised more than $150,000.
A SCF investor who is helping fund a legal probe says he bought preference shares on the back of statements the company made about its prospects only months before it collapsed.
Some South Canterbury Finance preference shareholders played with 'fool's gold' due to a lack of proper information, says one broker.
Out-of-pocket South Canterbury Finance investors will meet today in Auckland to join others rallying behind a probe looking into possible legal action.
Michael Erceg's brother has been denied access to documents that would reveal who got what from trusts set up by the late multimillionaire and liquor magnate worth $620 million.
Teina Pora will make his boxing debut in an amateur bout in five weeks.
In his first major interview, Teina Pora says he forgives the police who charged him with the 1992 rape and murder of Susan Burdett.
Herald reporter Phil Taylor wrote the first story claiming a miscarriage of justice in the Susan Burdett murder case. Now he sets out how the system went wrong.
Malcolm Rewa should be the focus of a police investigation into the murder of Susan Burdett, says her brother.
Kiwis would benefit from crime and justice investments at community level rather than on white collar and international scales.
A man who tried to blackmail women into revealing their sexual histories has been sentenced to community work and supervision.
Two finance company directors - sentenced to some of the longest prison terms for their offending - have been given parole.
Jock Anderson on Blues rugby player George Moala's recent discharge without conviction as an example of a two-tier justice system.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has granted an absolute pardon to a convicted sex offender, ending a decades-long campaign by an imprisoned man whose claims of innocence were eventually supported by prosecutors and police.
Auckland Council's first big forced-sale property case sparked by unpaid rates did not go ahead as planned when the money was suddenly paid.
The operator of a fairground ride has been convicted and fined after a grandmother fell off and broke both legs.
Jock Anderson on the Court of Appeal, the new Crown Solicitor for Manukau, the death penalty and Nigel Hampton QC.
The judge in the Blessie Gotingco murder trial will take the rare step of asking each jury member whether they can be impartial after they have heard all the evidence.
A police officer says he found a "heavily bloodstained" car part hidden in the garage of the man accused of killing Blessie Gotingco.
The story about the Blessie Gotingco case, which ran in an overseas publication, contained several comments that could result in the trial being aborted.