John Roughan has been forced to release recordings of his conversations with PM John Key as part of a court case relating to the "teapot tapes".

As far as opening deliveries go, Sasha Wass' first question was a bouncer.

Legal expenses at the Mark Lundy retrial have topped $2 million and the bill for the entire case is three times that amount.

A law change could cover criminals due to arrive in NZ by charter plane this week - but serious offenders already deported here won't be monitored.

Figures showed 96 second strikes had been issued in courts since the legislation was introduced, with the number increasing each year.

Almost 100 offenders have been issued final warnings under the country's "three strikes" law, but no offender has reached a third qualifying offence.

Detectives sought the banking, telephone and travel records of author and journalist Nicky Hager without any search order or other legal power.

A multi-million-dollar fraudster "motivated by naked greed" has finally admitted his guilt and said he was ashamed of his behaviour.

The liquidators of an Auckland building company that collapsed owing more than $4 million believe its director is somewhere in Europe.

After 68 weekly columns of irreverent fun, frivolity, jolly japes and an occasional fact or two, CaseLoad is spiked from the NZ Herald as of today, writes Jock Anderson.

A tiny surplus has been paid to some investors in one of Allan Hubbard's failed investment vehicles.

A spike in children as young as 10 involved in serious crime is pushing police and the justice system to develop new programmes to keep young people out of the courtroom and away from a life in prison.

The FMA is expecting a wave of appeals after deregistering 100 companies from the Financial Service Providers register, as it awaits a High Court ruling on Vivier & Co's appeal.

Labour has put its support behind an examination of the justice system that will look steering young offenders away from adult courts.

Expanding electronic monitoring of offenders could be at the expense of their rehabilitation in the community, a justice reformer says.

Michael Murray is expected to be 'kept out of general population' as he serves his time for killing Connor Morris.

Failed Crafar farms bidder and fraud case defendant May Wang has failed to bar Hong Kong prosecutors from accessing seized documents.

Following two high-profile cases of child sex abusers breaching GPS-tracking conditions, the Government says it will expand the use of electronic monitoring.

The Court of Appeal reached a new milestone this week -- an all women bench for the first time in its 153-year history.

Weird things are said when lawyers gather. Jock Anderson looks behind the scenes of the legal profession.

There is no evidence a top policeman committed perjury while giving evidence in a court case involving Kim Dotcom, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

Jock Anderson on play-acting in London, real judging for Simon Moore, trustworthy-looking lawyers and more.

Prime Minister John Key says Kiwis would be aghast and deeply frustrated that Tony Douglas Robertson raped and murdered Blessie Gotingco soon after getting out of jail.

New Zealand could actively encourage the disclosure of serious wrongdoing by financially incentivising whistleblowers to make protected disclosures, writes Anthony Russell.

The Commerce Commission says its ongoing consumer credit dispute with Motor Trade Finance is its most significant case for establishing rules on what fees lenders can charge.

Jock Anderson on the clear leader in the scramble to succeed Dame Sian Elias as the next Chief Justice, and more.

An undercover agent socialised in the VIP lounge at SkyCity casino to gain the confidence of suspected drug dealers.

There is a very strong public interest in ensuring that the state has the power and resources to investigate the commission of criminal offences, writes Nick Russell.