New Zealand courts cancelled almost $100 million in fines and reparations in the past financial year.

The Government has decided to implement key recommendations in Dame Margaret Bazley's report on the legal aid system.

One man's house may be his castle but in the case of film-maker Roman Polanski yesterday, released at last from his prison cell just outside Zurich, it is his luxury prison.

A group of Robin Bain supporters has launched a petition to deny his son David Bain's compensation application

The Ministry of Justice is "extremely disappointed" at the Public Service Association's (PSA) rejection of a pay offer.

A believer in Scott Watson's innocence plans to reinterview key witnesses in the case of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

A damning review of legal aid says a sea change is needed to fix a system undermined by incompetent and sometimes corrupt lawyers.

Department bosses told those who don't perform face cuts so those who do well can be rewarded.

Jurors in a murder trial were not told the 'principal offender' was a member of the Head Hunters gang with more than 50 convictions.

The Justice Minister wants to stop the emerging "special class" of high-profile people using their status to get name suppression.

Court proceedings should be more open and transparent, the Law Commission says.

Taggers say initiatives aimed at preventing graffiti just encourage them to keep vandalising.