A fight has erupted over one of New Zealand's biggest leaky building payouts, as 253 owners of a North Shore apartment/hotel tower battle one another.

A real estate company owner in a dispute with an agent over use of a brand name has tried to have two members of Parliament give evidence in the case.

The man charged over an attack on an elderly couple in their Onehunga driveway will keep his name secret at least until his next court appearance.

A teenager has appeared in court on charges relating to a sword attack south of Auckland yesterday.

Jock Anderson on the rule of law, the criminal call-over, the St Bedes rowers, name suppression for sex offenders and a tranny-saurus.

The lawyer heading a legal fight against New Zealand's major banks over fees says he won't be throwing in the towel despite a ruling in favour of the ANZ in Australia.

Three men have appeared in court today charged with murdering a prisoner at a Christchurch jail.

Debate about the health of the justice system and how it might be reformed is raging, with some aspects of the system clearly not working, writes Bryce Edwards.

The Samoa-born and Mangere-raised MP Sam Lotu-Iiga has been thrown a $1.5 billion, 4000-staff portfolio as the new Corrections Minister.

Pioneering Youth Court judge Mick Brown has died, aged 77.

A friend of murdered woman Christine Lundy says she hopes there will be no appeal of yesterday's guilty verdict.

Three men have been charged with murder after a prison inmate they allegedly attacked died on Monday.

Justice Ministry officials wrote-off $9,587,285.55 owed by 10,306 legal aid debtors in 2014 - an average of $930 each.

An 88-year-old man called up for jury service said he would probably have slept through most of the trial.

The suspected murder of a Christchurch prisoner in his jail cell is the eighth case in two decades, but one expert fears that gang revenge could "snowball" out of control.

Susan Burdett's brother wants police to reopen the inquiry into her murder in 1992.

Justice France will be remembered at the trial as the most brilliant legal mind on display.

Delays for sexual violence jury trials are increasing, with the median length for trials to conclude growing from 388 days to 459 days in the past few years.

More than 10,300 New Zealanders had their legal aid debt wiped last year - a big increase from 2013.

The country's top judges will take the rare step of hearing three serious criminal appeals amid concerns over incompetency among defence lawyers.

Emily Simpson talks to the private investigator and former police detective who spent years campaigning on behalf of Teina Pora.

The High Court has quashed a businessman's $40 fine for stopping in a loading zone to deliver files to his office.

Hanover Group's lawsuit against its former insurance broker for failing to get it full cover hasn't settled and is now expected to be argued almost 1 1/2 years after it was due.

Judge David Harvey's latest work, The Law Emprynted And Englysshed, is a gripping tale of the printing press as an agent of change in law and legal culture.

Thanks to the careful, clear journalism of the Herald's Phil Taylor, it became well known that an intellectually deficient man was serving a life sentence.

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers returns to the witness box today as the High Court continues its look at his application for discharge from bankruptcy.

The biggest investor in one of Allan Hubbard's shambolic businesses has come out on top after a High Court hearing over how much money he is entitled to.

Former Act Party leader John Banks has given evidence in the trial of the man accused of throwing manure on him as he entered the High Court at Auckland last May.