Former New Zealand Law Society president John Marshall has died, age 68.

Making people on bail wear alcohol or drug-detecting bracelets is a "major infringement of liberty", the Law Society says.

A lawyer has been fined for "judge-shopping" to avoid a particular judge hearing his case, as well as sending a picture of a monkey with his request to police prosecutions.

A lawyer has been suspended for three years for selling a "tinnie" to an undercover police officer.

More people are choosing to represent themselves in court, possibly because of the digital self-help phenomenon, the secretary for justice says.

A lawyer who misappropriated about $150,000 of a member of the public's money has been struck off and fined $50,000, the NZ Law Society says.

Urgent counter-terrorism law changes which allowed warrantless surveillance by New Zealand's spies went too far, the Law Society has told a Parliamentary committee.

A "predatory" Dunedin lawyer who stole $2.8 million from 32 clients over 21 years in one of the longest-running frauds in NZ history has today been jailed for more than eight years.

A Dunedin lawyer has today admitted being behind a Ponzi scheme where he stole $2.8 million from clients over 21 years.

A review of how Northland police responded to three 111 calls before a dairy was robbed could change the way police deal with emergency calls and dispatch officers.

An Auckland lawyer who admitted stealing almost $300k from three clients has been jailed for two and a half years today.

A lawyer who used $50,000 of a client's money to pay his own fees has been struck off.

An Auckland lawyer has been suspended for nine months for certifying a separation agreement, when he knew the woman was being forced by her husband to sign.

A lawyer with a poor disciplinary history, and one who filed fraudulent tax returns when working as an accountant, can no longer practice law in New Zealand.

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.

The maximum penalty for possessing a book about growing marijuana will be higher than actually growing it, MPs considering a new child porn bill have heard.

A finance company's attempt to chase down a $300,000 loan taken out by a now-bankrupt and struck-off lawyer has been knocked back by a High Court judge

Attorney-General Chris Finlayson has launched a strong attack on the Law Society for claiming that Government's use of urgency was a breach of human rights.

An Auckland lawyer has been censured for disregarding a client's instructions and "devising" a way for a $120,000 settlement to go ahead, the Law Society says.