Neil Sands  Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has defended National’s plan to abolish the right to silence in child murder ...

Neil Sands The Reserve Bank shied away from a pre-election rate hike on Wednesday in a split decision that surprised ...

After an investigation by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), the ANZ bank has admitted misleading hundreds of thousands of customers in two breaches of the fair dealing provisions of the Financial ...

Neil Sands Labour says it will implement a social media ban for under-16s and impose a “digital duty of care” on tech giants ...

Neil Sands The case against Scott Watson is “overwhelming”, even without an eyewitness identification that placed him with ...

Neil Sands A disciplinary review officer has overturned an unsatisfactory conduct finding against Tauranga lawyer Kirsten ...

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Roger Partridge The American satirist PJ O’Rourke spent the late 1980s watching the United States Congress at work. He ended the book he wrote about it,  (Parliament of Whores  1991), with this: ...

Neil Sands A lawyer who turned up to court drunk has been censured and barred from practising on her own, with a disciplinary ...

Neil Sands The National Party has pledged to abolish the right to silence in child murder cases, in a move welcomed by ...

Neil Sands Eyewitness evidence that identified Scott Watson as the “mystery man” seen with Olivia Hope and Ben Smart on the ...

Mahvash Ikram A senior lawyer barred from practising on her own account – but ran her firm anyway – has been censured, ...