BusinessChen wins Cornwall Park Trust rent stoushThe lawyer of woman who defended Cornwall Park Trust Board’s $170k lawsuit over back rent suspects her opponents may appeal.09 Oct 01:27 AM
Banking and financeHigh noon for the repo menDebt collectors and repo men need to clean up their act says the Commerce Commission, which next year gets new powers to directly crack down on shoddy practices.07 Oct 04:00 PM
Banking and financeAuto-finance firm to repay overcharged customersMore than 800 customers of a consumer loans company will get back $3.3 million after they were overcharged for interest and fees.06 Oct 11:46 PM
Small BusinessFirm fights $25k break-up feeA company which tore up its Spark contract after becoming frustrated by its "unreliable and slow" service has been whacked by more than $25,000 of termination fees.05 Oct 08:45 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: How Love Boat sank courtroom pestJock Anderson's Caseload looks at the goings-on around the courts and the legal fraternity. This week, a serial litigant is sunk by the cruise from hell.02 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Defence claim falls short of decencyJock Anderson remembers a time when violent attacks on police officers were condemned and not brushed off by slick lawyers paid to find ways of shifting the blame.25 Sep 12:15 AM
Banking and financeSettlement tipped in C + M receivers' caseThe <i>Herald</i> understands a conditional settlement has been reached with lawyers for both parties meeting with a judge behind closed doors.24 Sep 11:32 PM
New ZealandCut-price wills come with a warningLaw experts are warning Kiwis about the hidden costs of free and cheap wills that may end up hijacking a chunk of their assets in fees or causing family problems after a death.22 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionCaseload: Karam awarded more moneyMore defamation damages awarded to Joe Karam, judges clamping down on media reporting and legal aid payments dropping in this week's legal blog.18 Sep 01:00 AM
Banking and finance$4m wrung out for Bridgecorp investorsThe receivers of failed lender Bridgecorp have eked out another $4m after cutting a deal over a loan on which it held an insurance policy.15 Sep 11:00 PM
TelecommunicationsEx-Orcon owner gets bankruptcy reprieveOne of the former owners of internet company Orcon who has debts of $3.57m has avoided bankruptcy and will attempt to appease creditors with a $343,000 deal.15 Sep 05:00 PM
BusinessCourt stoush over luxury property saleA High Court lawsuit involving the botched sale of a $6 million luxury Auckland property, an allegedly negligent real estate agency and a Takapuna law firm is set to begin today.14 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandMarina battle in courtThe developer behind a controversial $10 million marina project that will divide Waiheke Island says investors can "kiss their money goodbye" if the project is scrapped.13 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandCloud over Black Widow portraitA controversial artist's portrait of a convicted murderer could be destroyed if allegations of copyright infringement are pursued through the courts.13 Sep 01:20 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Judith Collins in hands of wily WillowerJock Anderson delves into one of former judge Lester Chisholm's little known but significant credentials.10 Sep 11:57 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Gay-friendly lawyers come up trumpsSimpson Grierson has achieved a certificate called a Rainbow Tick, which recognises the law firm for being inclusive of gender and sexual diversity.03 Sep 11:55 PM
BusinessEx-wife loses Irish country estate fightThe ex-wife of a struck-off Papakura lawyer - who fled NZ during a SFO probe - is unable to bring a claim here to establish her stake in an Irish country estate.03 Sep 06:22 AM
BusinessHotchin, Watson win property fightA finance company directed by Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson has convinced a High Court judge to keep freezing orders over two properties as it chases down a $300,000 loan.02 Sep 01:45 AM
Banking and financeBridgecorp director denied paroleBridgecorp's jailed chief financial officer Rob Roest has been denied parole because of the risk he could pose to the community.28 Aug 11:48 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Elderly lawyer's curious outburstThe Law Society has not criticised Justice Minister Judith Collins over the naming of Sir Robert Chambers Lane in Christchurch, as Jock Anderson writes.28 Aug 12:20 AM
New ZealandNo appeal over controversial decisionThe Crown will not appeal a decision to give a teen who assaulted schoolboy Stephen Dudley before his death last year a discharge without conviction.27 Aug 12:41 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: What lawyers worry aboutCrime barristers are up in arms over an increase in self-represented litigants and a surge in appeals based on the competency of lawyers, writes Jock Anderson.21 Aug 12:00 AM
BusinessCarl's Jnr owners in court stoushA company which helped set up a string of Carl's Jr fast food stores in New Zealand has taken a franchisee part-owned by former All Black Michael Jones to the High Court.15 Aug 12:00 AM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: What price Stephen Dudley's death?Many are angered by the fact that the two brothers who who beat and punched Stephen Dudley have walked from court free, anonymous and unpunished, writes Jock Anderson14 Aug 12:14 AM
