David Bain will have to meet an "extraordinary circumstances" test in his bid for compensation for wrongful conviction.

Private prisons could provide a "spur of competition" to improve prisons, says expert.

The Govt wants a 1000-bed male prison at Wiri to be designed, built and operated under a public-private partnership.

Simon Power orders a law review after three men successfully used a "greater good" defence to justify extensively damaging the Waihopai spybase.

One of the country's top lawyers is under police scrutiny over a matter concerning the Scott Watson trial.

More than a decade after Scott Watson was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope, questions remain about the accuracy of his conviction.

A retired senior judge has laid a complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner about Supreme Court Judge Bill Wilson.

Senior members of the legal profession are calling for the resignation of a Supreme Court judge accused of breaching judicial ethics.

A man haunted by childhood memories of sexual abuse at a Catholic orphanage just wants someone to acknowledge there was wrongdoing.

New Government reforms of the legal aid system include steps to monitor the competency of legal aid lawyers.

Two monks jailed in NZ's most notorious Catholic sexual abuse scandal have been released on parole after serving less than half their sentences.

The track operator said it was unfair to call Kaikohe Speedway a "black track" - an unlicensed track not registered with Speedway NZ.