When serial con-man David Nepia Carroll needed money, it seemed nothing was off-limits, not even children's piggy banks.

Darren Ian Hodgetts used a coll-eague's computer log-on to leak confidential information to a target of a drugs investigation for a promised fee of $5000.

10 years ago, a Law Commission paper found our court system too slow, too costly and unhelpful. Today, there is still a long way to go - and modern technology must be harnessed to improve efficiency in black-and-white cases.

C K Stead explains why he is not surprised that Judith Collins ordered a review of the Binnie report on the Bain case.

A judge has ruled a prison smoking ban is unlawful - a victory for career criminal Arthur Taylor, who challenged it in court.

A district court judge is waging a crusade from the bench to stop serious offenders being released back into the community.

The one-armed man touted as a new suspect in the murder of two Swedish tourists was feared to have killed two other people, the Herald has been told.

Images from a murder scene are beamed straight to a laboratory, and jurors are given a virtual "tour" of a scene, allowing them to get up close .

Lindy Chamberlain's lawyer believes David Bain has been treated worse than his own client by the justice system - led at the very top by Judith Collins.

Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed".

The family of Wellington man Phillip Cottrell have spoken of the agony of losing a loved one after verdicts were delivered on the two men accused of his murder.

A psychopath confessed to the murder of two young Swedish tourists for which David Tamihere spent 21 years in jail, says a new book due for release on Friday.

Prime Minister John Key has defended Justice Minister Judith Collins' criticism of a report on David Bain's compensation bid.

David Bain believes he might have become an international opera star on a par with Jonathan Lemalu.

Police have backed the use of electronic ankle bracelets, despite an escape rate of 13 per cent since their introduction six years ago

Around 12 months ago, the Government, led by Prime Minister John Key, appointed former Canadian Supreme Court judge Ian Binnie to advise on David Bain's compensation claim.

Peter Dunne said in a Twitter post today David Bain should be compensated, and called the police comments on judge Ian Binnie's report 'inappropriate'.

The family of a man who died while being restrained in his prison cell are unhappy with the coroner's findings that “justifiable and necessary restraint” was used.

The public's confidence in the judicial system is at stake in the David Bain compensation case, says Justice Minister Judith Collins.

A report on David Bain's application for compensation said it should be awarded, but a peer review says the report is flawed and would not withstand scrutiny.

The New Zealand Law Society is investigating a complaint over the way a former top barrister and prosecutor was treated in the Auckland District Court this week.

A man was cheated out of inheriting his father's $400,000 life insurance by his grandmother and another woman who spent some of the money, a court has heard.

The High Court has found Immigration's suspension of processing student visas for study at an Auckland private training establishment to be "invalid and unlawful".

A few weeks ago, an injured kaka was rescued from a Queen St gutter and is now in a new home at the Auckland Zoo.