The second and final defendant in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case has pleaded guilty to fraud in the Auckland High Court.Saul Roberts and Atish Narayan were charged in January 2017 under the Crimes Act... More about SFO condemns ‘deliberate acts of fraud’ .
The Government is trying to get lawyers on board with its New Zealand Business Number (NZBN).The NZBN is a unique identifier that allows firms to access, update and share key business information with the government... More about MBIE pitches unique identifier to law firms .
The Commerce Commission says 59 charges under the Fair Trading Act 1986 have been laid against Euro Corporation Ltd (EuroSteel) alleging it made false and misleading representations about its steel mesh product known as SE615.It... More about Charges follow steel mesh representations.
Two Acting District Court Judges were appointed District Court Judges from 20 December 2017, a notice in the New Zealand Gazette of 11 January 2018 states.Alan Mina Wharepouri has been appointed a District Court Judge... More about Two District Court Judges appointed.
Further action is not warranted on a petition which requests a ban on plea bargaining negotiations initiated by Crown Prosecutors, Parliament's Justice Committee says.The committee has released its report on a petition by Garth McVicar... More about No action recommended on call for plea bargaining restrictions.
Justice Minister Andrew Little has released statistics which show there were 46 cases in the first half of 2017 where a defendant had been remanded for 15 months or more at the time of outcome.Mr... More about Data on long remand periods released.
International legal research company Acritas says research for its global Sharplegal study of senior in-house counsel found that male law firm clients were half as likely to nominate a female lawyer for its "Star" category... More about Research indicates male client bias for male lawyers.
