An Auckland mortgage trust has won a $3.1 million High Court claim against a company part-owned by a bankrupt property developer.

A person like Glenn Green presents a particular challenge to the justice system.

Few politicians leave behind anything much of value. Former Justice Minister Simon Power is an exception, writes Mike Williams.

It might have been better for Mike Anderson of Missouri if he had been sentenced to life instead of 13 years when he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000.

A case which could have come from the pages of Fifty Shades of Grey will go to the Court of Appeal next month after a judge stopped it midway through trial.

Female inmates will be cooking food and serving staff at New Zealand's busiest court in a plan being worked on by justice and prison bosses.

A transgender woman convicted of indecency and sex attacks on boys was to be deported - but has been given a chance to stay in NZ to complete her transformation.

A woman who left her mother in an appalling state of neglect should be sent to prison for a long time after committing one of the worst cases of elder abuse this country has seen, Grey Power says.

Pora is about to be released on parole after more than two decades behind bars for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

More than 200,000 people a day are tuning into a dedicated South African television channel providing 24-hour coverage of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial.

Twice-convicted murderer and rapist Teina Pora has a potential job apprenticeship lined up on his release from prison, new case details show.

Teina Pora's wish list after his successful bid for release yesterday are things the rest of us take for granted, a member of his legal team says.

A couple who paid $913,000 for a leaky Meadowbank house fought for four years to get it reclad after an earlier repair continued to let water into the home.

Teina Pora is "overwhelmed" by a Parole Board decision that will see him released from prison after more than 21 years, his lawyer says.

Convicted murderer Teina Pora is appearing before the Parole Board in his latest bid for freedom.

The Waitangi Tribunal has asked the Crown to consider whether it would pause the election process for the iwi's mandated body.

An attempt to have the Court of Appeal order the liquidation of Greymouth Petroleum was described by one of the judges hearing the appeal as a tactic to "extort."

A long-running and acrimonious dispute between two rich-lister shareholders of Greymouth Petroleum and their former colleague at the oil and gas company is heading back to court.

An Auckland high school which excluded a student with Asperger's after a dispute with a teacher is appealing against a judge's ruling to quash the expulsion.

New details of Teina Pora's appeal to the Privy Council have emerged as the twice-convicted murderer and rapist applies for bail.

A former Mafia boss wanted in Italy for extortion and other crimes has won his battle against extradition from Britain.

A High Court judge has reserved his decision on whether twice-convicted murderer and rapist Teina Pora will be granted bail.

A failed property developer and former All Black has been charged with running businesses while bankrupt.

A "culture of obfuscation" prevailed at South Canterbury Finance before its $1.6b govt bailout, where directors talked about dealing with "smoke and mirrors" and "half truths".

A throwaway comment at a law conference last week by the boss of the Serious Fraud Office has delayed the start of the South Canterbury Finance fraud trial.