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Kara Pompey pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to six charges of burglary of commercial premises in Auckland and New Plymouth and was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Pompey appealed this sentence ...
This is an unsuccessful appeal by New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) after the High Court dismissed its application to review the Wairoa District Council’s decision to set a higher differential for the ...
Desmond Bourne appeared for sentencing, having been found guilty of one charge of murder and one charge of wounding with reckless disregard.
Brent Tiddy appeared at the Dunedin High Court, having pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter causing the death of Katherine Broad.
A couple (RDJ and ZEL) co-owned a business, SGF, for several years in Hamilton. Their relationship ended in 2016 and RDJ consequentially cut his financial ties to the business. In 2019, RDJ agreed to return to work ...
Davina Reid (née Murray), a former criminal barrister, was counsel to Liam Reid, a prisoner serving a sentence of preventative detention in respect of rape, murder, and attempted murder. Reid had, and retains, a ...
The collapse of one of New Zealand’s largest construction companies more than a decade ago and the ensuing legal wrangling has culminated in the Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision on directors’ duties.
In this application for judicial review, a group of women prisoners formerly serving their sentences at Arohata Prison in Wellington challenged the legality of the decision by the Department of Corrections to ...
Stephen McCullah lives in the US and describes himself as an entrepreneurial chief executive officer of companies operating internationally within the finance and investment sector.
Peter, James and Andrew Buttle (the Buttles) were directors of Whakaari Management Ltd (WML) which managed Whakaari White Island.
The defendant, Mikaere Puata-Chaney, and one of his victims, Eliza Trubuhovich, were in a relationship for about year before parting ways. However, they remained in contact.
Canyon’s application to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal directly from the High Court was declined. The application for leave was also out of time.
On 26 July 2023, Mahmoud Abbas, a NSW lawyer, was shot and wounded outside his home in Greenacre, south-western Sydney, by an unknown assailant.
AR became unwell while on holiday in January 2017. He was 15. His mother contacted an out-of-hours medical centre helpline.
Based on a question of law, Steven White appealed a District Court decision that found him eligible for extradition to the UK in relation to seven historical indecent assault offences.
Louisa Baillie worked at Otago University as an anatomical model fabricator from 2017 until her employment ended in March 2022. During the first covid-19 lockdown, Baillie worked from home, doing both practical and ...
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