The Hanover Finance case took another tentative step towards closure yesterday with revelations the finance company was undertaking settlement negotiations.

CaseLoad's cosy mano a mano with distinguished Queen's Counsel and Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) president Brian Keene was jolly and long-overdue.

Jock Anderson on IPCA appointments, gossip about Justice Simon Moore and the rule of law controversy.

Justice Minister Amy Adams confirmed today she had received a letter from Mr Pora’s lawyers notifying her of the claim.

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.

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.

Parliament seems about to drop NZ's commitment to the rule of law and parliamentary sovereignty from the act underpinning the judicial branch in NZ, writes Richard Cornes.

Pressure is mounting for the abolition of a law allowing Queenslanders who kill homosexuals to have a murder charge reduced by arguing that their victim propositioned them.

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.

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.

The Privy Council has recommended that Teina Pora not be retried for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

A Swedish man has been sentenced to one and a half years' in prison following the death of a Kiwi man at a pub brawl in Thailand in 2012.

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.