A spend of more than $360,000 on pay television subscriptions by Government departments has been criticised by Labour.

Dunedin's historic courthouse will cost the Ministry of Justice about $220 a day in rates alone while it lies empty and indefinitely mothballed.

Ministry of Justice officials have rejected a call to extend the “three strikes” rule to protection orders.

Courtroom 1 at Auckland District Court is where many cases start from scratch, but that took on a different meaning at the weekend.

A senior retired Australian judge will head the inquiry into David Bain's compensation claim.

Delays for sexual violence jury trials are increasing, with the median length for trials to conclude growing from 388 days to 459 days in the past few years.

More than 10,300 New Zealanders had their legal aid debt wiped last year - a big increase from 2013.

The Government is not 'shopping around' for a report that will allow it to dodge paying David Bain compensation, Prime Minister John Key says.

Justice Minister Amy Adams is attending an international law conference in London this week.

Mike Hosking on why he believes we owe David Bain: 'He was found not guilty after being inside for 13 of the most potentially fruitful and productive years of his life'.

The All Blacks, Warriors and the Black Caps say proposed changes to alcohol sponsorship and advertising would threaten the sustainability of their codes at nearly every level.

The PR supremo whose employment of attack bloggers was exposed in Dirty Politics says his unconventional media strategies are here to stay.

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy seems set to clear the first obstacle in a once-improbable bid to return to France's highest office this weekend when he secures the leadership of the conservative UMP party.

An departmental gaffe has highlighted funding pressures in the justice sector which the officials sought to hide by redacting passages from a recently released briefing to incoming Justice Minister Amy Adams.

Judith Collins has been blindsided by John Key’s decision to deny her the "Honourable’’ title while an inquiry into alleged undermining of the ex-SFO head is investigated.

The job of a Minister of Justice is to protect the integrity of the system and any sign of political interference risks infecting the whole system, writes Josie Pagani.

An accused child rapist is one of a growing number of people able to flee criminal charges after cutting off their electronic bracelets.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has unveiled a range of law changes to crack down on corruption, organised crime and bribery in New Zealand.

Works by 12 prisoners are on show in Wanganui's Davis Central City Library this month, in an exhibition themed Aotearoa - Our Land, Our People.

TV3's gratuitous clip of John Banks picking his ear was a bad call and the timing couldn't have been worse, writes John Drinnan.

A lawyer took to wearing a flea collar on her ankle at one of the country's biggest courts while others reported maggots falling from the ceiling, an inquiry hears.

A man with a history of violent offending has admitted assaulting a senior Crown lawyer after escaping from security escorts while being led to courtroom cells.

Taxpayers are paying a corporate lobbying and public relations firm top dollar to run a website that the opposition says could be run by public servants for much less.