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Court battle over Tom Phillips secrecy orders as private inquiry into case begins

A High Court hearing is under way to challenge extensive suppression orders restricting what media, police and Oranga Tamariki can report about the Tom...

Netanyahu seeks Presidential pardon as corruption trials drag into fifth year

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally asked President Isaac Herzog to pardon him, seeking an end to the long-running corruption cases that have...

Sarkozy conviction upheld by France’s top court

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his final bid to overturn a corruption-related conviction, after France’s highest court upheld a 2024 ruling that...

Public inquiry launched into Phillips case as Collins defends limits on scope

Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced a public inquiry into the disappearance of the Phillips children, aiming to determine whether government agencies took all practicable...

Class action seeks millions over avoidable Northland power outage

A class action has been filed against Transpower and maintenance contractor Omexom on behalf of about 20,000 Northland businesses affected by a June 2024...

Weaponised lawfare as domestic and international threat to Western democracies

Lawfare, when weaponised, can pose a double threat to democracies. Domestically, the rule of law is an integral component of the theory of liberal democracy,...

U.S. judge throws out Comey and James cases

A US federal judge has thrown out the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling...

Court filings claim Meta hid research linking Facebook use to worse mental health

Meta allegedly concealed internal research showing that users who quit Facebook experienced measurable improvements in their mental health, according to newly unredacted court documents...

Whistleblower fired after Campbell’s VP mocked company’s ‘3D-printed’ chicken soup

Campbell Soup Company is under fire after a leaked recording captured one of its top executives allegedly ridiculing the company’s own products as “bioengineered”...

Nurse suspended three years for illegally accessing hundreds of patient records

A North Island registered nurse has been suspended for three years after the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal found she repeatedly accessed the medical records...

Missouri judge resigns after wearing Elvis wig and making political remarks in court

A long-serving Missouri judge has resigned after an investigation found he repeatedly wore an Elvis Presley wig and sunglasses while presiding over cases, played...

Pike River families slam ‘waste of time’ meeting with van Velden

Pike River advocates Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse say their meeting with Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden on the disaster’s 15th anniversary left...

Pilot who tried to cut plane’s engines mid-flight avoids further jail time

A U.S. judge has ruled that former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson, who attempted to shut off a passenger jet’s engines mid-flight in 2023,...

BBC says it will fight a Trump defamation lawsuit

The BBC says it will contest any defamation lawsuit filed by US President Donald Trump, who has threatened to seek up to $5 billion...

Supreme Court rejects Uber appeal on driver employee status

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed Uber’s latest appeal, reaffirming earlier rulings that four New Zealand drivers were effectively employees rather than contractors. The court...

Flynn seeking $50m settlement in U.S 2020 election fraud case

The U.S. Department of Justice is in negotiations to settle a $50 million damages claim filed by former national security adviser General Michael Flynn,...

‘Racial gerrymandering’: U.S. DOJ sues California over new voting maps

The U.S. justice department has launched a lawsuit to block California’s newly approved congressional maps, accusing Governor Gavin Newsom and state officials of creating...

Lawyer’s workplace porn habit traumatised staff

A New Zealand law firm boss is facing misconduct charges after multiple female employees reported he repeatedly watched pornography in the office between 2018...

Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu over corruption charges

U.S. President Donald Trump has formally called on Israeli President Isaac Herzog to grant a full pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces...

Thousands protest Latvia’s plan to quit domestic violence treaty

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Latvian capital of Riga on Thursday to oppose a bill that would see...

U.S. prosecutors to issue Grand Jury subpoenas over ‘Russiagate’ hoax

US federal prosecutors are reportedly preparing grand jury subpoenas seeking documents and communications linked to the 2017 intelligence report that underpinned the Russiagate allegations. The...

Boeing avoids criminal conviction over 737 MAX crashes that killed 346

A US federal judge has dismissed a criminal conspiracy charge against Boeing linked to two fatal 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, allowing...

Scientists warn MPs Gene Tech Bill is ‘built on promises, not evidence’

New Zealand charity the Physicians and Scientists for Global Responsibility (PSGRNZ) have emailed an open letter to New Zealand Members of Parliament highlighting that any vote...

Pfizer sues obesity drugmakers

Pfizer has filed a lawsuit in Delaware against Metsera and Novo Nordisk, seeking to block Novo’s US$8.5 billion takeover bid for the U.S. obesity...

Intellectual property theft, ‘black-shelfing’ and lawfare

In WW3 watch out for unethical entities and wealthy investors exploiting our skills and expertise. A constant, unresolved debate around AI is intellectual property theft...

Top IDF lawyer resigns after leaking video of detainee abuse

Israel’s top military lawyer, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has resigned after admitting she authorized the release of surveillance footage showing Israeli soldiers allegedly sexually...

Court delays hearing in Charlie Kirk assassination case to January 2026

A Utah court has postponed the next hearing in the case of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, from...

Italian court clears extradition of Nord Stream suspect to Germany

An Italian appeals court has approved the extradition of Ukrainian national Sergey Kuznetsov to Germany, where he is suspected of coordinating the 2022 Nord...

$700K estate forfeited to the State

The Government has received nearly $700,000 from the estate of a person who died without a Will — the largest sum of “ownerless property”...

Retired judge warns of ‘control grid’ behind Digital ID and online censorship plans

Retired District Court Judge David Harvey has issued a stark warning about what he calls a dangerous expansion of government and bureaucratic control over...

Disputes Tribunal claim limit doubled to $60,000

New Zealanders with civil disputes will soon be able to seek higher-value settlements through the Disputes Tribunal, after Parliament approved legislation doubling its financial...

NZDSOS criticises BSA after being listed as a ‘broadcaster’

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) has accused the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) of overreach after it was briefly listed as a...

Davidson apologises after arriving late and losing Right to Repair Bill

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has apologised after her Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill was struck from Parliament’s agenda when she arrived...

How ‘sex became gender’ and why New Zealanders need to know

The pervasive influence of gender ideology In New Zealand brought to light. A disturbing push to redefine human rights laws, and create frameworks for education...

Reflection: The lack of a Constitution in New Zealand

I wrote this piece back in March 2021 during my Masters in Legal Studies at the University of Auckland... …little did I realise back then,...

JP removed from office over misrepresentation of qualifications

Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee has announced that Fale Andrew Lesa has been removed from office as a Justice of the Peace and a...

Injunctions to continue in Tom Phillips case

An injunction preventing publication of certain details in the investigation into Tom Phillips remains in force after High Court Justice Helen Cull confirmed on...

HelloFresh fined $845,000 for misleading customers

Meal-kit company HelloFresh has been fined $845,000 by the Auckland District Court after pleading guilty to five Fair Trading Act breaches for misleading former...

Peters blasts BSA over move to regulate podcasts and online media

NZ First leader Winston Peters has accused the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) of “Soviet-era Stasi” censorship after the agency asserted jurisdiction over online broadcasters...

TVNZ warns Talley’s defamation case could cripple NZ journalism

TVNZ has warned that a defeat in Talley’s Group’s defamation case could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s media, including bloggers and independent writers. The...

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