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.

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.

A leading former High Court judge has been appointed to assess Teina Pora's compensation claim.

A new company offering to vet the Facebook and Twitter profiles of potential jurors could deter people from turning up in court, a law expert warns.

Jock Anderson on bad name suppression calls, legal aid, the John Banks affair and the Crown Solicitor.

Two bandana-clad men have been charged with disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence after going to a college in Mosgiel in school time to confront a pupil.

A whip-around of holders of South Canterbury Finance preference shares has raised more than $150,000.

The biggest investor in one of Allan Hubbard's shambolic business vehicles has won about $372,000 in court costs from it, further diluting the amount available to 300 others.

Former Auckland Mayor John Banks is screaming blue murder, demanding the Solicitor-General stand down after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction for filing a false electoral return after the....

A SCF investor who is helping fund a legal probe says he bought preference shares on the back of statements the company made about its prospects only months before it collapsed.

Some South Canterbury Finance preference shareholders played with 'fool's gold' due to a lack of proper information, says one broker.

Out-of-pocket South Canterbury Finance investors will meet today in Auckland to join others rallying behind a probe looking into possible legal action.