The ex-wife of a struck-off Papakura lawyer - who fled NZ during a SFO probe - is unable to bring a claim here to establish her stake in an Irish country estate.

A New Zealand jeans retailer says it did not copy a Dutch clothing company's jean design, as the style was no longer original.

A leech therapist and his wife have lost their appeal against a court decision ordering them to pay back a $164,698 loan they received from a dying Australian woman.

The country's highest court has dismissed an appeal by two men associated with a motorbike gang infiltrated by undercover police.

One of New Zealand's most notorious female fraudsters has lost an appeal against her jail term for working as a prostitute while on home detention.

A case which could have come from the pages of Fifty Shades of Grey will go to the Court of Appeal next month after a judge stopped it midway through trial.

A dominatrix drug "queen" from Woodville and her P-dealing boyfriend have appealed against their sentences.

A former reality TV star and property tycoon's bid to delay a home detention sentence has been scuttled by the Court of Appeal.

A zoning review in Christchurch's Port Hills has resulted in 237 properties being reclassified from green zone to red zone, and 33 going from red to green.

The Government has been only partially successful in appealing against a landmark High Court decision which ruled the red zone created in the aftermath of Christchurch's earthquakes was illegal.

Jailed Bridgecorp director Rob Roest still regards himself as innocent, three judges said today as they tossed out his appeal.

A murderer who was sentenced to solitary confinement for an unlawfully long three-week period had his human rights beached, the Court of Appeal has found.

A serial fraudster who worked as a prostitute while on home detention has today been jailed for two years, six months.

The husband of a woman murdered in the RSA triple killings has received $60,000 compensation from the Corrections Department.

A clerical assistant suspected of leaking two confidential cabinet papers has lost his Court of Appeal bid to challenge the findings of the Paul Rebstock inquiry into the leaks.

The man serving a life sentence for murdering an undercover police officer will not serve extra time for his drug offending.

Cameras 'swanning' around courtrooms in England will see judges 'heckled' the UK's top judge believes, citing NZ as a bad precedent.