Airlines claim legal measures to deal with violent passengers outdated, jeopardising safety and call for revamp.

Internal company emails reveal how MediaWorks tried to shut down media coverage of controversy over a Roast Busters interview by hosts John Tamihere and Willy Jackson.

The judge who reinstated murder convictions against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito speaks for the first time about his anguish at determining the verdict.

Sollecito `devastated' by court ruling and denies bid to flee justice, as Knox contemplates time in grim US jail.

Teina Pora's grandson is just a little older than his daughter was when Pora was sent to prison in 1994 for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett two years earlier. Teina Pora with grandson Benson Bennett. Picture / Sarah Ivey

Twice convicted murderer and rapist Teina Pora is said to be 'absolutely ecstatic' at the news the Privy Council will hear his appeal later in the year.

George Stinney was only 14 when a court in South Carolina sentenced him to death in 1944.

If all firearms, as well as owners, were registered, it may have been more difficult for Livingstone to shoot his children.

A woman who was savagely beaten as she walked along her own street in daylight is disgusted her alleged attacker has been released on bail.

The man accused of fatally punching teenager Daniel Christie in Sydney's Kings Cross was yesterday charged with murder.

Secret networks of Freemasons have been used by organised crime gangs to corrupt the criminal justice system, according to a bombshell Metropolitan Police report.

The parents or guardians of young people before the courts could have bail conditions imposed on them as well as their children, under a private members' bill.

A blockade at the entrance to Hole in the Rock is being considered as part of a long-running row over money and mana.

Perhaps the most astounding aspect of the sentencing of the former Warriors rugby league player Russell Packer was his barrister's claim.

Government's coffers end up with $12 million from $33 million worth of assets ordered seized by judges.

Offenders who get locked up for Christmas can forget about a special meal from the cops on the big day.

District Court judges have met calls for increased accountability with their first annual report - and raised publicly limitations imposed by "limited resources".

Editorial: If the IRD is known for unilateral and unexplained actions against its targets, Customs inhabits a peculiar twilight zone at the border.

Scotland Yard looking at laying drugs charges against chef and whether to go after suppliers.

NZ's top judges will be paid up to $15,500 a year extra after the Remuneration Authority approved a pay rise well above the rate of inflation and the average wage increase in NZ.

Weathertight Homes Tribunal rules dwellings in St Heliers retirement village are private residences.

The daughter of an elderly couple slain in a brutal double murder is furious that one of the killers has been shown leniency at a parole hearing.

The demands of a lobby group seeking tougher bail laws should not be adopted, MPs say, but some minor changes to bail rules are needed.

Agency failed to consider key evidence in $1.7 billion South Canterbury Finance investigation.

New Zealanders may have to wait longer for cheaper internet after Chorus yesterday initiated court action to challenge the Commerce Commission's ruling.

Editorial: Justice Minister Judith Collins is right. The judges' long service leave entitlement negotiated with the previous Govt is "generous".

Officials at the golf club where Ewen Macdonald worked to clear up wind-damaged trees suggests he embellished his experiences there to the Parole Board.

Ian Young, the manager of corporate services at Grey District Council, says donations to the Pike River Disaster Relief Trust came to $8,065,727.