Each judgment is an exercise in risk management. Judges have to decide what risk is posed by having an alleged offender await trial in the community instead of prison.

An immigration fraudster stripped of his citizenship and barred from New Zealand owes taxpayers more than $150,000.

Justice Minister Judith Collins is to outline new measures to curb cyber bullying within the next few weeks.

The first music pirate stung under new file-sharing laws has been fined $616 but "didn't realise" the actions were illegal.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has backtracked on a law change that would have ensured compensation for ill-treatment of prisoners by the state was used to benefit victims rather than being given to the inmates.

C K Stead explains why he is not surprised that Judith Collins ordered a review of the Binnie report on the Bain case.

What are those of us - I assume a large majority - who do not have time to read the Binnie Report to make of David Bain's compensation claim and the legal tangle that Justice Minister Judith Collins has got herself into?

When Judith Collins' political history is written, the events of the past week will be an important chapter. It showed the best and worst of the Minister of Justice.

Around 12 months ago, the Government, led by Prime Minister John Key, appointed former Canadian Supreme Court judge Ian Binnie to advise on David Bain's compensation claim.

Peter Dunne said in a Twitter post today David Bain should be compensated, and called the police comments on judge Ian Binnie's report 'inappropriate'.

The public's confidence in the judicial system is at stake in the David Bain compensation case, says Justice Minister Judith Collins.

Bars, restaurants and liquor stores will be forced to move to new trading hours and tighter alcohol rules in their peak season.

The untimely death of top lawyer Greg King has focused attention on one of society's most unpopular jobs. Jared Savage examines the case for the defence.

Humane initiatives in privately-run British prisons, such as inmates spending a day with their kids, have caught the eye of Corrections Minister Anne Tolley.

Editorial: A financial penalty can bring as much public dishonour as a criminal conviction for an offending company or individual, and so it should.

When people post deliberately extreme comments from the anonymity of cyberspace, the effects can be devastating - and sometimes fatal.