A sex offender who had a serious violence charge by Crown prosecutors dropped has attacked another woman.

For a man who has always craved respectability, having his political career end with the words "guilty as charged" must be particularly galling for John Banks, writes Kerre McIvor.

The man charged with throwing mud over Act MP John Banks as he walked into an Auckland court says he waited more than 20 years for revenge.

Hundreds of millions of people across Europe will be forced to change the way they use the internet, a key Google adviser says.

A lawyer took to wearing a flea collar on her ankle at one of the country's biggest courts while others reported maggots falling from the ceiling, an inquiry hears.

A failed IT project to modernise the courts has crippled reforms that were meant to take advantage of the system, the Chief District Court Judge has said.

Serial protester Castislav ‘Sam’ Bracanov has been charged over an incident in which mud was thrown over Act MP John Banks.

An ex-All Black accused of managing businesses while bankrupt allegedly removed the director of one of these companies when he refused to provide signed blank cheques.

John Banks’ trial on a charge of filing a false electoral return got off to a dirty start today when a man threw a bucket of mud at him as he walked into court.

Police have made a formal bid in the High Court to seize property they allege is associated with a failed finance company director.

Editorial: Criminal bargaining can sometimes be justified, but it but shouldn't become a standard method of resolving serious crime.

A former teacher at one New Zealand's top secondary schools has pleaded not guilty to a charge of committing an indecent act in a classroom at the school.

Three South Canterbury Finance principals accused of dishonest conduct have been denied access to invoices and correspondence.

The Supreme Court has agreed with Sir Doug Graham and three other Lombard Finance board members that their home detention sentences were too harsh.

A person like Glenn Green presents a particular challenge to the justice system.

Few politicians leave behind anything much of value. Former Justice Minister Simon Power is an exception, writes Mike Williams.

It might have been better for Mike Anderson of Missouri if he had been sentenced to life instead of 13 years when he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000.

A case which could have come from the pages of Fifty Shades of Grey will go to the Court of Appeal next month after a judge stopped it midway through trial.

Female inmates will be cooking food and serving staff at New Zealand's busiest court in a plan being worked on by justice and prison bosses.

A transgender woman convicted of indecency and sex attacks on boys was to be deported - but has been given a chance to stay in NZ to complete her transformation.

An attempt by John Banks to avoid trial over an alleged false electoral return has failed - although the effort has exposed new memory lapses.

Alcoholic New York court stenographer Daniel Kochanski wreaked havoc on some 30 court cases after typing 'gibberish' instead of documenting speech.

A woman who left her mother in an appalling state of neglect should be sent to prison for a long time after committing one of the worst cases of elder abuse this country has seen, Grey Power says.

Pora is about to be released on parole after more than two decades behind bars for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

More than 200,000 people a day are tuning into a dedicated South African television channel providing 24-hour coverage of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial.