Wellington, March 18 NZPA - The Crown may yet take another run at the Waihopai saboteurs who were acquitted yesterday of wilful damage and burglary charges.

Laws that will enhance public confidence in the judicial complaints process, and ensure that Courts are adequately resourced to improve access to justice were passed by Parliament today.

Wellington, March 16 NZPA - A former national fishing champion found guilty last year of raping a comatose drunk neighbour today appealed his conviction, claiming one of the jurors knew the woman's family.

Wellington, March 12 NZPA - A man jailed for life for manufacturing methamphetamine has had his application for leave to appeal dismissed by the Supreme Court.

Wellington, March 1 NZPA - A Taranaki woman has lost her appeal against her murder conviction for killing her ex-partner after she drove 13km, at speeds of up to 120kmh, with him clinging to the bonnet before smashing head on into a 4WD.

Wellington, March 1 NZPA - Sports trainer Malcolm John Platt has lost his appeal against conviction for raping and sexually violating a 16-year-old girl.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on an appeal by the Solicitor General over the acquittal of George Gwaze for the murder of his 10-year-old niece.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - George Gwaze's acquittal for the murder of his 10-year-old niece was a miscarriage of justice and a retrial should be held, the Solicitor-General told the Supreme Court today.

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union will be defending the rights of striking workers in the Supreme Court tomorrow after Air New Zealand subsidiary Air Nelson won the right to challenge a Court of Appeal decision.

By Tony Stickley for NZPA

Auckland, Feb 19 NZPA - A man who deliberately infected his wife with his HIV blood has had name suppression lifted by a High Court judge in order to alert other women he may have slept with.