Families claiming rights to 70ha of waterfront West Auckland land have lost their case in the Court of Appeal - a win for the Auckland Council.

Lladro porcelain damaged in the Christchurch quake count as works of art - leaving a retiree out of pocket by nearly $200,000.

Wonderful tales told by an uncle who practised law in Surfers Paradise led Tim Rainey to the verdict that law was the profession for him.

A court battle between an artist and a gallery director has ended with both men claiming victories but the artist expecting a hefty payout.

Mobil is taking its $10m tank farm pollution fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

High Court has rejected the only proposal that stood between 80-year-old accountant and bankruptcy

It's the latest instalment of a long-running dispute over the use of the word "batts" to describe insulation.

Former owner of Santos cafe being chased for an alleged debt of $132,000.

Businessman Michael Thompson argues he should be able to keep more than half of an $8 million payment the Supreme Court says is relationship property.

The liquidators of an Auckland building company that collapsed owing more than $4 million believe its director is somewhere in Europe.

Luxury cars are among $1.6m of assets frozen as part of a probe into company Prosper Through Trading.

As a nine-year-old boy Tuhaka Pooley lost his beloved Dad. Now at 13, he's been dragged in to a court battle over his dead father's body.

Managers of the nation's finances were kept at arm's length when the Kim Dotcom case required Kiwi taxpayers to underwrite a potential future legal suit, new document shows.

One of the world's leading experts on copyright has reviewed the Kim Dotcom case and says there is no basis for extradition.

A dispute over whether a young father's body should be dug up and cremated appears destined to be settled by a judge.

A US federal judge has granted class-action status to a suit filed by Uber drivers, who say they are treated like employees but paid as contractors.

Divorce wrangle that has big implications for trust law begins today in the Supreme Court.

Martin Hutchin sold investment properties in Invercargill and Huntly and was described as a "risk to the community".

The legal fight between the family of the late philanthropist Hugh Green resumed in court today.

Publicly-owned Waterfront Auckland has won $10m from oil giant Mobil to pay for a cleanup of part of the Wynyard Quarter.

The directors of OPI Pacific Finance, which collapsed owing $247m, have pleaded guilty to making untrue statements.

A pharmacist probed by IRD for "possible tax evasion" has lost a bid to keep his identity secret.

BRI Ferrier was last week appointed liquidators of Sydney-based Talos Accounting Group, where Mr Bryers worked under the name Mark Ryan.

Part of a farmer's $1.3m lawsuit against a firm of financial advisers has been thrown out for being launched too late.

So-called independent teeth-gnashing, hair-shirt inquiries into dysfunctional court sentencing and offender monitoring are a waste of time and money, writes Jock Anderson.