A private investigator has been cleared of alleged misconduct for secretly filming National Party president Peter Goodfellow and his estranged wife Libby Black in their former matrimonial home.

People who are forced to represent themselves in court as legal aid budgets are cut should not attempt to imitate the fast-talking lawyers they see on television.

Kiwi Income Property Trust suing the builder of $540 million shopping mall over alleged building defects.

A judge who sentenced a Pacific Blue pilot for his careless Queenstown take-off has raised concerns about industry pressure to keep passenger aircraft "off the ground".

Bruce Sheppard says alleged past "misconducts" of Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson should be considered when considering their defamation case, a court has heard.

Defamation action launched by Hanover's Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson against the former chairman of the Shareholders Association is not complex enough to be "outside the ordinary".

The Security Intelligence Service blocked Kim Dotcom's application for residency after learning of the FBI investigation into internet piracy then lifted it at the last minute.

A court date for out-of pocket investors taking legal action against former directors of the failed carpet maker Feltex has been set for March 2014 - six years after the proceedings started.

Auckland Council has voted to stay in an organisation that calls itself the voice of commercial property - after rejecting pleas that citizens see a conflict of interest.

An Auckland lawyer has been censured and fined after his firm prepared an affidavit for a man who was about to retract evidence against one of his clients.

Class action acts as a "handbrake to corporate mischief" and should be allowed in New Zealand, says a Christchurch lawyer.

A massive class-action suit being taken against New Zealand's big four banks and Kiwibank was announced with much fanfare earlier this week.

Kiwi bank customers are being stung by significantly higher default fees than their Australian counterparts but some say banks across the Tasman are undercharging.

Andrew Hooker won't say who he banks with but isn't worried that the billion-dollar legal case he is taking against New Zealand's major banks will force him to stash his cash under a mattress.

An Auckland woman says she is owed $10,000 in excessive bank default fees after she was not able to meet her mortgage repayments during a time of financial hardship.

A banking expert says a bid to take a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against New Zealand's banks is ambitious and the amount claimable appears to be inflated.

Former Hanover director Mark Hotchin wants two trustee companies to contribute to any damages he may need to pay if he loses a civil action against him.

New Zealand banks face what is expected to be the biggest class suit the country has seen over $1 billion in default fees claimed by lenders over the past six years.

Former Shareholders' Association chairman Bruce Sheppard wants the defamation action against him to be heard by a jury.

Ex-Shareholders' Association chairman Bruce Sheppard says he hasn't even thought about making a settlement offer to Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson in his defamation case.

The former private equity owners of New Zealand's Independent Liquor allegedly used a technique known as "channel stuffing" to artificially boost the company's earnings in the lead-up to its $1.5 billion sale to Japanese beer giant Asahi.

Investors in the frozen Hubbard Management Funds will get all of their capital back.

Kim Kardashian's estranged husband has filed a motion to put the brakes on the reality star's request expedite their divorce.