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.

No defendant is likely to succeed with a "greater good" defence again, following the publicity surrounding the spy base case, a law expert says.

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

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.

A couple finally win a two-year battle with the British government over their upmarket $1.7m Auckland home.

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

Name suppression has lifted for the boy convicted of the murder and indecent assault of Northland teenager Liberty Templeman.

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering and indecently assaulting schoolgirl Liberty 'Libby' Templeman in November 2008.

The judge presiding over the Liberty Templeman murder trial says there may have to be a retrial if a verdict cannot be reached.