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My Learned Friend: Josh Friend follows his brother Mitchell into the High Court

Wigged up and ready to go, two brothers face new legal careers together.

Lawyer with child assault convictions admitted to bar

Alwyn O'Connor now faces being struck off after taking $150,000 from a client's account.

‘Quagmire’: Top human rights court battles backlog of cases

Malcolm King has had a 'gutsful' of waiting for a decision on his human rights claim.

Rapist and murderer blocked from latest lawsuit in Court of Appeal

Richard Genge has been in prison for 28 years for rape and murder.

Rugby player rains punches on barely conscious victim

Rising rugby player sin-binned for three months after violent attack on man outside bar.

Most complained-about ads for 2022 revealed

A number of TV viewers didn't fancy seeing Nick “Honey Badger” Cummins in his underwear.

Risky business: ACC persists in appeal on timber sellers' classification

ACC is determined not to concede defeat after courts repeatedly rule against levy lifts.

Corrections counts the cost after inmate's roof rampage

Inmate's rampage causes $240,560 in damage.

‘I hope you’ve got a decent lawyer’: Dairy farm row ends in employment dispute

The farm employee admitted to baiting his boss, but he was sacked unlawfully.

Swallowed magnets: NZME fined

GrabOne sold a toy with prohibited parts, which a child later swallowed.

Gang president's manslaughter conviction deemed a miscarriage of justice

Damien Kuru has lost his appeal against his manslaughter conviction.

‘She needs a shower, not an ambulance’: Woman's 15-hour wait for help after 'brutal' beating

Instead of calling an ambulance, the assailant bathed the woman and cut her hair.

Beckenridge and stepson not in car when it went off cliff, court hears

A private investigator claims the pair camped near the cliff before fleeing.

'Worst of their kind’: Former surgeon caught with NZ's biggest collection of child sex images

The sentencing brought the judge and others in court to tears.

'I'm not a violent man': Murder accused says he's a gangster rapper, not a killer

The defendant also said he only covers his face with a mask in his rap music videos.

'Driven by greed': Te Kūiti's $2.5m fraudster gets parole

Sharon Margaret Bradley is banned from entering her former hometown.

‘Extremely disappointed’: Mark Lundy’s family react to parole board rejection of early release

'The fight for the truth is far from over' - Lundy's family.

'I did not kill my family': Double murderer Mark Lundy to remain behind bars

'I will go to my death bed still saying that I did not kill my family'.