It's all very well having the right to sue on the agreement when unforeseen problems arise, but it's far better to find out about the problems and deal with them before going ahead.
A former prostitute, who was paid $2.5 million by ASB fraudster Stephen Versalko, was in the Auckland High Court this week to make a deal with the bank over the money.
The senior policeman was let off without conviction after a judge decided it was more important he stay working.
Employees venting workplace anger to their Facebook friends should face legal action, says an employers lobby group.
Two men accused of killing an undercover cop were fit, young men who decided to take the law into their own hands, a court hears.
Police have frozen a $1m home and nearly $190,000 belonging to the man who runs the Switched On Gardener.
A young Kiwi mum on the run from the FBI after allegedly kidnapping her baby daughter is seeking refuge in New Zealand.
A Super 14 rugby star has been charged with a domestic violence incident involving a knife and given name suppression.
An aspiring councillor has taken legal advice over an alleged smear campaign involving photos taken from her Facebook site and emailed to a number of residents.
The Deputy Police Commissioner has dismissed the idea that police had failed in their "duty of care" toward Navtej Singh.
Controversial former cop Clint Rickards is working at the same courthouse where the woman who accused him of rape assists crime victims.
When Anitelia Chan Kee killed Navtej Singh with a gunshot blast to the chest, he also destroyed an entire family.