Carter Holt Harvey has dragged 47 local body governments into its leaky schools court case after losing a bid to have the Ministry of Education's claim tossed out.

Peters has called for an inquiry into the entire Kim Dotcom saga to give taxpayers answers about how the affair became a plague on government institutions.

COMMENT: The latest decision that Kim Dotcom would have to go to the United States contained a key win for the internet entrepreneur.

In an exclusive interview, Kim Dotcom claims legal victory, despite the High Court saying he's still eligible for extradition to the US

A local English council has been ordered to pay damages after taking a week-old baby into care.

Auckland accountant Mark Withers was found liable under the Fair Trading Act for misleading and deceptive conduct.

Silicon Valley is stepping up its battle with the Trump administration. Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others filed a legal brief opposing the travel ban.

Facebook is being sued by Syrian refugee Anas Modamani, 19, who became famous after he took a picture of himself with Angela Merkel.

Uber Technologies is offering its drivers an average of about a dollar apiece to dispose of alleged labor code violations

The tussle for control of New Zealand trusts said to own $233 million in assets begins in court this morning.

Godfrey Hirst has lost a bid to overturn plans backed by rival Cavalier Corp to create a monopoly in New Zealand wool scouring.

Homeowners involved in the James Hardie class action told the court their leaky home sold for $350,000 below market value.

Building owners taking part in a $250 million cladding class action against James Hardie have packed the courtroom gallery.

A Hastings lawyer has been charged with stealing almost $80,000 of client funds.

It's understood there has been a settlement of a compensation claim brought by the receivers of collapsed finance company Capital + Merchant.

A former Ministry of Transport manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding the agency of $726,000.

A confidential settlement has been reached in NZ's biggest defective building court claim where owners were suing for $40 million.

Former Ports of Auckland deny charges they dishonestly used invoices and are due in court again next February.

A New Zealand lawyer has been fined and chastised after she allegedly told a court registrar to "go back to North Korea and work in the camp there".

A former Ports of Auckland manager faces 50 charges of dishonesty over his use of invoices.

The judges told the warring siblings that their father would "not have wanted to see the children he loved embroiled in wasteful and destructive litigation".

A wealthy Christchurch businessman and his mistress-turned-partner should not have kept their name secret, says the Court of Appeal.

A businessman's former mistress has again been denied an attempt to claim a share of his multi-million dollar divorce payment.

An attempt to reclaim $70 million worth of waterfront land on Auckland's Te Atatu Peninsula has again been knocked back by the Supreme Court.

Trading by Goldman Sachs has come under the scrutiny of lawyers representing Milford Asset Management portfolio manager Mark Warminger

An Auckland company that was told to pay a 10 per cent deposit on a cancelled $7.3m property purchase is appealing the court's decision.

A rare prosecution of alleged corruption in the New Zealand public sector has heard of a claimed cascading culture of bribery.

Two men on trial for corrupting public officials through bribery allegedly lavished travel and long lunches to public servants.

Trading by Milford Asset Management portfolio manager Mark Warminger in Xero shares in June 2014 sparked an inquiry by the NZX's market

An Australian expert in market manipulation will say the portfolio manager's trades didn't breach the law.