Banking and finance$3m lost in rate swapsWestpac is facing a claim that it made misrepresentations to get a long-standing commercial customer to buy interest rate swaps that lost it $3 million.18 Mar 04:00 PM
AirlinesAir NZ flyers sought for cartel lawsuitPassengers who flew across the Pacific during the last 15 years are being urged to apply for funds from a price fixing class action against airlines, including Air NZ.16 Mar 09:50 PM
CommoditiesGreymouth Petroleum wins $780,000Greymouth Petroleum's former chief operating officer and his company have been ordered to pay almost $780,000 to the oil and gas firm for negligence associated with a fracking operation and a seismic survey programme in Taranaki.15 Mar 04:00 PM
EmploymentLaw set straight for women: $8m divorceChristine Thompson, who today won a share of $8 million received by her ex-husband, wanted to "set the law straight for other women", says her lawyer.13 Mar 01:00 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: How the judge thanked a chumCaseLoad's coverage of the stellar career of a dashing celebrity judge was graciously acknowledged recently.12 Mar 08:30 PM
Business$28 million divorce stoushTop lawyer says new judgment in wrangle between Rotorua sawmilling magnate and his ex-wife "redraws the landscape".05 Mar 04:00 PM
BDBDConstruction'Defective' cladding used in schoolsCarter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used in 880 school buildings were "inherently defective", the Court of Appeal has heard.04 Mar 06:28 PM
BusinessLawyer partnership fight settlesA High Court stoush between a lawyer suing her former partners for establishing a new firm without her has settled.02 Mar 04:00 AM
BDBDInvestmentBryers' bankruptcy bid: 'This is my last visit to NZ'Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers is seeking discharge from his bankruptcy in the High Court at Auckland today.02 Mar 01:40 AM
New ZealandBankrupt after club funds not returnedTwo members of a defunct Dunedin bowling club have been made bankrupt after failing to return monies wrongfully taken by them.01 Mar 06:07 PM
BusinessPlain packs - heat on GovtThe Government is being lobbied to bring the tobacco plain-packaging bill back to Parliament for a final vote.01 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandDIY lawyers derail trialsMore people are choosing to represent themselves in court, possibly because of the digital self-help phenomenon, the secretary for justice says.01 Mar 04:00 PM
Banking and financeSuper Fund confirms Portugal bank caseThe New Zealand Superannuation Fund's litigation against the Portuguese central bank could end up before the European Court of Justice.26 Feb 08:55 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Hubby tally rises as old chums wish Goddard wellWell-wishers to Justice Dame Lowell Patria Goddard, as she is off to her new job in Britain, include Judge Les Atkins QC and ex-lawyer Barry Hart.26 Feb 08:30 PM
BusinessLawyer threatens copyright actionAn Auckland franchising lawyer has accused certain colleagues in the profession of laziness after his work was plagiarised a third time.26 Feb 06:00 PM
Banking and financeNZ Super Fund grilled on $200m lossThe NZ Super Fund will not change its policy substantially after the loss of almost $200m in taxpayers' money.26 Feb 01:05 AM
Banking and financeBridgecorp man must repay $174k debtJailed former Bridgecorp director Rob Roest must repay $174,000 of legal aid for his unsuccessful defence, a High Court judge has ruled.23 Feb 11:22 PM
Banking and financeSuper Fund: Cash without bordersThe $200 million lost by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund when a Portuguese bank collapsed was ultimately destined, at least in part, to go to a Chinese firm under a corruption cloud.20 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: It must be something in their waterThere is news female solicitors now outnumber male solicitors in the Irish Republic.19 Feb 08:30 PM
Banking and financeSuper Fund loses $200m in bank crashAlmost $200 million in taxpayers' money invested through the NZ Superannuation Fund has been lost after a supposedly 'risk free' loan.19 Feb 04:00 PM
InvestmentCourt: Blue Chip lawyer didn't cause loss"Negligent" advice from a Tauranga law firm did not cause a Blue Chip investor's $90,000 loss, the Supreme Court has unanimously decided.18 Feb 10:05 PM
Banking and financeRod Petricevic denied parole againJailed Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic has been denied parole again as he appears to have failed to come to grips with the true nature of his offending.13 Feb 03:43 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Sex-probe dame clear of claimsAssurances have been given that unidentified blog accusations Justice Dame Lowell Goddard was involved in a potential cover-up, are not true.12 Feb 08:30 PM
BusinessSpicers gets files returnedOne of the country's top financial planning firms went to the High Court last month in a bid to get client records from a former franchisee.10 Feb 07:45 PM
BusinessUnfriended: Zuckerberg's bitter battleMark Zuckerberg fights off a lawsuit from the man who planned to invade his privacy, then offered a way out if he opened the door to his business world.10 Feb 06:57 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Should David Bain pay back legal aid?If David Bain gets millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded compensation from the Government, should his legal aid be deducted first?06 Feb 02:39 AM
