A believer in Scott Watson's innocence plans to reinterview key witnesses in the case of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

A young man has won his appeal against conviction for the attempted rape of an Australian backpacker.

A damning review of legal aid says a sea change is needed to fix a system undermined by incompetent and sometimes corrupt lawyers.

An Auckland man who dumped his wife in a written note has been ordered to pay her interim maintenance of $10,000 a month.

Privately run prisons are on the Government's agenda after Parliament today passed a bill allowing them to be handed over.

Halatau Naitoko would have died instantly when accidentally shot by police, a forensic pathologist has told the coroner's inquest into his death.

Gunman Stephen McDonald looked "possessed" as he led police to a motorway where they shot an innocent teenager dead, an inquest has heard.

A senior judge has vowed to crack down on a violent crime wave, which he says is sometimes "little more than sheer sadism".

Department bosses told those who don't perform face cuts so those who do well can be rewarded.

The Justice Minister wants to stop the emerging "special class" of high-profile people using their status to get name suppression.

Court proceedings should be more open and transparent, the Law Commission says.