New on-the-spot orders will allow police to remove an alleged offender from a home for up to five days to "calm things down".

A jury has been reassured about the state of mind of Mark Stafford Feary after it asked a question during verdict deliberations in court.

A Super 14 rugby star has been charged with a domestic violence incident involving a knife and given name suppression.

Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson has effectively been given a few days to decide to resign before a panel is appointed to investigate his conduct.

Irreverent Tui billboards will survive even if liquor laws are reviewed the way the Law Commission envisages: Yeah, Right.

The Govt says it's likely to reject a recommendation to lift alcohol prices.

Closing times at 4am could put a dampener on RWC festivities but the Government says any changes would likely come in after 2011.

An increase in excise tax is among likely recommendations of a report into alcohol to be released next week, the Bill English says.

A report on child witnesses in criminal courts has identified concerns about the systems aimed at protecting them.

David Bain will have to meet an "extraordinary circumstances" test in his bid for compensation for wrongful conviction.

New Government reforms of the legal aid system include steps to monitor the competency of legal aid lawyers.

The Police Association says the United Nations Human Rights Committee is out of touch, after it criticised police adoption of Tasers.

People who travel overseas to have sex with children will face a "strike" towards life imprisonment under new proposals that widen the net of the three strikes bill.

The hurdle is too high for David Bain to get compensation for 13 years wrongly spent in jail, say people involved in New Zealand's other historic retrials.

David Bain has lodged a compensation claim that could cost taxpayers more than $1 million, but he has to prove his innocence first.