Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - Parliament's repeal of the use of provocation as a partial defence for murder does not have widespread support from the legal community.

ACT was the only party to oppose the repeal bill which passed last night by 116 votes to five.

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - Parliament's repeal of the use of provocation as a partial defence for murder does not have widespread support from the legal community.

ACT was the only party to oppose the repeal bill which passed last night by 116 votes to five.

Wellington, Nov 22 NZPA - High profile lawyer Chris Comeskey says he will defy an order to give evidence against a man accused of the Waiouru Army Museum war medal burglary.

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 12 NZPA - A man was today jailed for fraud involving $5.7 million in which the victims included a bank, two high profile businessmen and three former Kiwis rugby league players.

Auckland, Sept 10 NZPA - Nai Yin Xue, jailed for life for murdering his wife in September 2007, has launched an appeal.

Xue's lawyer Chris Comeskey said today his client would be appealing both his conviction and his sentence , which carried a minimum non-parole period of 12 years.

Auckland, July 31 NZPA - Newspaper publisher and martial arts expert Nai Yin Xue, jailed today for a minimum of 12 years for the murder of his wife, continues to maintain his innocence, his lawyer says.

Auckland, July 31 NZPA - Nai Yin Xue, the father of "Pumpkin", the girl he abandoned at a Melbourne train station, was today jailed for life, with a minimum non-parole period of 12 years, for murdering his wife.

Wellington, June 20 NZPA - Nai Yin Xue timeline:

Sept 13: Nai Yin Xue takes his daughter Qian Xun to Melbourne.

Sept 15: Xue abandons Qian Xun at Melbourne's Southern Cross railway station.

Sept 15: Xue flees to America and goes into hiding in Los Angeles.

By Greg Tourelle of NZPA