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Provocation Repeal Not Embraced By Legal Fraternity

Provocation Repeal Not Embraced By Legal Fraternity

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.

Provocation Repeal Not Embraced By Legal Fraternity

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.

Lawyer To Defy Order To Give Evidence In Stolen Medals Case

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.

Comeskey Fails In Bid To Recall Critical Judgment

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.

Man Jailed For Defrauding Bank, Businessmen And League Players

Man Jailed For Defrauding Bank, Businessmen And League Players

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.

Xue To Appeal Murder Conviction And Sentence

Xue To Appeal Murder Conviction And Sentence

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.

Xue Maintains Innocence Over Murder Of Wife

Xue Maintains Innocence Over Murder Of Wife

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.

At Least 12 Years Jail For Wife Killer

At Least 12 Years Jail For Wife Killer

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.

Timeline In Xue Case

Timeline In Xue Case

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.

Murder Case Had International Focus

By Greg Tourelle of NZPA