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.

The operator of a fairground ride has been convicted and fined after a grandmother fell off and broke both legs.

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.

Jock Anderson on the Court of Appeal, the new Crown Solicitor for Manukau, the death penalty and Nigel Hampton QC.

The story about the Blessie Gotingco case, which ran in an overseas publication, contained several comments that could result in the trial being aborted.

A British grandmother on death row in Indonesia says executed Australian Andrew Chan was a hero to her.

Jock Anderson on Margaret Malcolm helping lawyers deal with client complaints, a conference in Wellington and media reporting.

Thousands of people have demonstrated in major American East Coast cities demanding equal treatment for all by police, after a young African American died of injuries sustained in custody in....

The Hanover Finance case took another tentative step towards closure yesterday with revelations the finance company was undertaking settlement negotiations.

CaseLoad's cosy mano a mano with distinguished Queen's Counsel and Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) president Brian Keene was jolly and long-overdue.

Jock Anderson on IPCA appointments, gossip about Justice Simon Moore and the rule of law controversy.

A real estate company owner in a dispute with an agent over use of a brand name has tried to have two members of Parliament give evidence in the case.

The man charged over an attack on an elderly couple in their Onehunga driveway will keep his name secret at least until his next court appearance.

A teenager has appeared in court on charges relating to a sword attack south of Auckland yesterday.

Jock Anderson on the rule of law, the criminal call-over, the St Bedes rowers, name suppression for sex offenders and a tranny-saurus.

The lawyer heading a legal fight against New Zealand's major banks over fees says he won't be throwing in the towel despite a ruling in favour of the ANZ in Australia.

Three men have appeared in court today charged with murdering a prisoner at a Christchurch jail.

Debate about the health of the justice system and how it might be reformed is raging, with some aspects of the system clearly not working, writes Bryce Edwards.

Parliament seems about to drop NZ's commitment to the rule of law and parliamentary sovereignty from the act underpinning the judicial branch in NZ, writes Richard Cornes.

Pressure is mounting for the abolition of a law allowing Queenslanders who kill homosexuals to have a murder charge reduced by arguing that their victim propositioned them.

The Samoa-born and Mangere-raised MP Sam Lotu-Iiga has been thrown a $1.5 billion, 4000-staff portfolio as the new Corrections Minister.

Pioneering Youth Court judge Mick Brown has died, aged 77.