Renewed call for reinstatement of provocation defence
The Law Society has renewed its call to reinstate the partial defence of provocation following its successful use in the Bourke manslaughter case.
The Law Society has renewed its call to reinstate the partial defence of provocation following its successful use in the Bourke manslaughter case.
The Govt will amend the 'claim of right' defence successfully used by the men who damaged equipment at the Waihopai spy base.
Green MP Keith Locke is warning the Government the lawsuit it's bringing against the Waihopai spy base saboteurs may backfire.
He was a high-flying, successful inner-city lawyer - until he destroyed his privileged life with methamphetamine abuse.
Banned lawyer Chris Comeskey has called it quits on his courtroom career.
High profile lawyer Chris Comeskey must pay costs of more than $66,000 to the body that suspended him from practising law nine months.
Disgraced high profile lawyer Chris Comeskey has been suspended for nine months - but not struck off as a lawyer.
The high-profile lawyer who helped broker the safe return of the stolen war medals is fighting for his legal career.
Three activists are welcoming news the Crown may try to sue them for $1.1 million, despite the saboteurs having around $1000 between them.
Failed business dealings and pending court charges may not preclude a foreign purchase of NZ dairy farms.
The decision to acquit the Waihopai saboteurs surprised Prime Minister John Key who is not ruling out a law change.
No defendant is likely to succeed with a "greater good" defence again, following the publicity surrounding the spy base case, a law expert says.
Other defendants may consider using the same "greater good" defence as three activists who damaged the Waihopai spy base, a legal expert says.