A resident of New Zealand's tallest apartment tower has lost a bid to injunct body corporate members.

In 1991 Ranta, who is now 58, was convicted of shooting dead a rabbi, Chaskel Werzberger, during a botched jewellery robbery in Brooklyn, New York.

After a riot at Perth's Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre, more than 140 teenage inmates were moved to Hakea high security prison

Almost 10,000 houses are affected by an Environment Court decision on pre-1940s demolition consents, a planner says.

The Greens have joined the Maori Party in calling for a review of the jailing of Teina Pora, who has served 20 years for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

A controversial website designed by a victims' lobby group to highlight judges' decisions has been launched today.

A $1,000 fine may have to be imposed for anyone avoiding jury service, a judge says.

The Serious Fraud Office is expected to make an announcement regarding Hanover Finance early this week.

High-profile West Coast criminal lawyer Doug Taffs has been suspended from practising law for three months for bringing the legal profession into disrepute.

A woman charged with manslaughter over the methadone death of a nine-year-old Raetihi boy can now be revealed as the child's mother.

A coroner has found that an incident in which a man suffered fatal injuries when he fell down a flight of stairs 17 years ago was not an accident.

Two former fire systems contractors have been jailed for stripping buildings of potentially life-saving firefighting equipment.

Courts can make mistakes. The High Court at Auckland has surely made an egregious one in a case we have reported today.

A 31-year-old woman fraudulently obtained $38,000 in benefits over a three-year period. What sentence should she get? You be the judge.

Convicted double murderer David Tamihere has been found not guilty of breaching his parole conditions after an "incredibly stupid" crime scene fly-over with a TV crew.

The decision to give Michael Curran bail was legally sound, says University of Auckland criminal law expert Warren Brookbanks.

A relative of the 9-year-old Raetihi boy - who died after he had allegedly been given a dose of methadone - hopes an arrest over the death will end speculation.

A globetrotting conman who came to New Zealand on a purported $69 million property spending spree will spend the next 14 years in prison in the United Kingdom.

Each judgment is an exercise in risk management. Judges have to decide what risk is posed by having an alleged offender await trial in the community instead of prison.

The judiciary has expressed sorrow over cases in which alleged offenders on bail have reoffended.

It became the hallmark case for bail reform - the killer who murdered a toddler while on bail for strangling a woman and leaving her body in her car.

Judges are pledging greater openness and better information for the public about the administration of justice in New Zealand to meet a rising clamour for accountability.

Judges are facing the biggest overhaul of accountability in decades, with the Cabinet considering legal changes that would compel the judiciary to publish annual reports, bring transparency to judicial appointments and attempt to stem criticism.

Swift analysis can help police try to stop crimes and even catch offenders in the act. Jared Savage investigates.

A victim advocacy group is refusing to remove the name and photo of a convicted paedophile from its website despite an accusation by the Human Rights Commission.

Dozens of serving and former police officers turned out today to farewell Bruce Hutton, who was infamously accused of planting the evidence in the Crewe murder case.