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.

So-called independent teeth-gnashing, hair-shirt inquiries into dysfunctional court sentencing and offender monitoring are a waste of time and money, writes Jock Anderson.

The Government is right to press ahead with plans to extend the use of electronic monitoring of offenders. But they are far from infallible.

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.

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.

Auckland QC Paul Edmund Dacre - who led the fatally flawed prosecution of John Banks - is not out of the fire, writes Jock Anderson.

It comes after an investor appeals a High Court decision ordering him to repay $454,000 of "fictitious profits".

A US judge compared three children to cult leader Charles Manson and sent them to live in a juvenile home because they refused to have lunch with their father.

Jock Anderson remembers the late Sir Ronald Davison and takes a look behind the scenes of the legal profession.

Jock Anderson takes a look behind the scenes of the legal profession.

CaseLoad must remain tight-lipped about his part in last week's appointment of two new High Court judges - lest nosey parkers get the wrong idea...

Convicted former Capial + Merchant boss Neal Nicholls will forfeit assets worth $1.8m to the police.

Nearly 200 investors who got about $30 million of "fictitious profits" from David Ross' Ponzi scheme could face claims from liquidators following their success in a test case.

A young inmate who died after two weeks on life support likely carried the superbug which killed him into the hospital from prison.

Len Brown is being urged by a senior councillor to accept a court ruling on controversial wharf extensions and instruct Ports of Auckland to do the same.

Police are slagged all the time for being revenue gatherers when they write tickets; now they're being criticised for trying to stop the offence before it happens, writes Kerre McIvor.

Jock Anderson on the late Bill Heast's will and his family division, the best places to be seen and heard, and more.

Michael October is not a rapist and murderer but he carries that stigma with him every day of his life, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

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.