Two Supreme Court judges yesterday helped to overrule a Privy Council decision which had earlier trumped their ruling when they were judges on the Court of Appeal.

A costume-hire service is at a loss to know what to do with eight 2.5m-tall Oscar statues after legal threats from the US.

The decision to acquit the Waihopai saboteurs surprised Prime Minister John Key who is not ruling out a law change.

Chris Cairns says he is locked out of cricket and struggling to clear his name, over two months after allegations of match fixing in the IPL.

A company that paid vineyard workers as little as $2 an hour has lost a legal battle over unpaid wages.

Other defendants may consider using the same "greater good" defence as three activists who damaged the Waihopai spy base, a legal expert says.

Three peace protesters are found not guilty of an attack on a top-secret South Island spy base, despite admitting causing $1m damage.

The menu at Hell Pizza contains dishes named Nemesis, Trouble and Wrath.

The proposed three strikes bill would be grossly unjust and could result in an 11,000 per cent rise in time spent in prisons, an independent organisation on crime says.

The Kiwi who says he wants to buy an English football club has a criminal record and a string of failed companies.