Wellington, Feb 18 NZPA - Former solicitor general and High Court Judge Paul Neazor has been called in to assist Judicial Conduct Commissioner Sir David Gascoigne in assessing complaints of judicial misconduct against Supreme Court judge Justice Bill Wilson.

Wellington, Dec 8 NZPA - The Court of Appeal has backed the verdicts of a High Court jury and the nine year jail term imposed on Rotorua mum Lisa Kuka for the manslaughter of her three-year-old daughter, Nia Glassie.

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - The Supreme Court today reopened a Commerce Commission compensation case against Carter Holt Harvey relating to mislabelled timber.

By Kent Atkinson of NZPA

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - The highest court in the land has recalled a judgment -- a rare event -- after one of its judges disclosed that he effectively owed nearly a quarter of a million dollars to a QC who appeared before him in the Appeal Court.

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - A young man has won his appeal against conviction for the attempted rape of an Australian backpacker.

Wellington, Nov 26 NZPA - Former Radio New Zealand (RNZ) news boss Lynne Snowdon has won the right to appeal an Employment Court decision that awarded $30,000 in costs against her.

Wellington, Nov 16 NZPA - High-profile Auckland lawyer Chris Comeskey has failed to have a Court of Appeal judgment critical of him recalled.

Rejection of his application has opened the way for the Law Society to resume disciplinary action against him.

Auckland, Nov 16 NZPA - A prostitute who scammed $105,000 out of a 72-year-old man who subsequently took his life has had her jail sentence cut by six months.

Wellington, Oct 23 NZPA - The Court of Appeal is to investigate whether an "improper" verdict was reached in a rape case because a juror did not want to spend another night in a hotel.

Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - The father of murdered student Sophie Elliott is appalled at the prospect of an appeal for the man convicted of her murder.