The "Don't be a 'cool' Dad" publicity campaign is a high-profile reminder currently on our televisions.

Carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst has complained to the Auditor-General that a $960,000 contract was not put out to tender.

Government-owned Kiwibank is next in the gun for the group targeting banks in a lawsuit alleging they're charging unfair fees.

Tokyo-listed liquor giant Asahi has written more than $500m off the carrying value of NZ's Independent Liquor, the brewing company it purchased for $1.5b in 2011.

Editorial: The time it can take for judges to issue a reserved decision is one of the enduring mysteries of the justice system.

An overhaul of capital markets law is expected to open the door for out-of-pocket investors to launch big civil cases against those involved with misleading offers.

Directors of failed finance companies are not off the hook yet and the Financial Markets Authority says it is likely to launch criminal proceedings.

Baby formula company Nutricia and anyone else considering legal action over the Fonterra contamination scare should wait until inquiries into the incident are completed, Prime Minister John Key says.

A specialist travel and hospitality company have applied for a High Court judge to strike out the claims they are facing.

A petrol company says it should not have to pay clean-up costs for decades of petrochemical pollution on prime waterfront land.

Mark Hotchin must bear any shortfall on the sale of a luxury Auckland mansion once others with claims on the property are paid out, the Chief High Court judge says.

A High Court judge says carpet maker Cavalier Bremworth breached the Fair Trading Act and found the firm made misleading statements about warranties for a new range.

Laws removing restrictions for women and Roman Catholics from royal succession are still to be passed in New Zealand.

Dysfunction at the Greymouth Petroleum board has become "more serious" since a judge ordered one group of shareholders to sell up, the High Court has heard.

An Auckland real estate firm accused of unlawfully taking intellectual property from one of New Zealand's largest property databases has settled its case outside court.

Mark Hotchin's attempt to join two trustee companies to the FMA's civil case against him and make them contribute to any potential damages is dismissed.