David Collins, QC, has confirmed he is taking contempt proceedings against editor Tim Pankhurst, along with Fairfax New Zealand. Papers were filed in the High Court at Wellington on Monday and served on Fairfax lawyers yesterday.
The proceedings relate to articles published in The Dominion Post and several other Fairfax publications on November 14 last year.
The [...]
Mosley is clinging to the presidency of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) despite a clamour for his resignation because of a scandal involving a sadomasochistic session with prostitutes.
His status near the top of the auto racing world has been in jeopardy since The News of the World tabloid reported on March 30 that he engaged [...]
Mosley is clinging to the presidency of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) despite a clamour for his resignation because of a scandal involving a sadomasochistic session with prostitutes.
His status near the top of the auto racing world has been in jeopardy since The News of the World tabloid reported on March 30 that he engaged [...]
BusinessDay understands that papers seeking summary judgment against Mr Petricevic were filed in the High Court at Auckland this week.
The money in question was paid to Mr Petricevic in the period before Bridgecorp went into receivership in July last year.
Mr Petricevic apparently disputes the receivers view that Bridgecorp is entitled to have the money returned.
Mr [...]
DArcy said he also regretted the embarrassment to his family and the Olympic swimming team after he was charged with assault and assault occasioning grievous bodily harm over the Sunday morning altercation.
The 200 metre butterfly champion, whose Beijing Olympic team place hangs in the balance, released a statement today about the unfortunate isolated incident at [...]
Xue was arrested in Chamblee, a town on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday (NZ time) after a six-month manhunt across the United States.
He has been wanted since September following the death of his wife Anan Liu in Auckland and the abandonment of their three-year-old daughter Qian Xun Xue at a Melbourne railway station.
New [...]
The newspaper obtained the leaked contents of the report yesterday but was last night issued with an interim court injunction forbidding publication of them.
Allegations of a conflict of interest, involving a $50 million health contract and Government-appointed board member Peter Hausmann, were the catalyst for a series of problems that culminated this week with Health [...]
TWO solicitors yesterday escaped being banned from practising law — despite admitting they operated a secret €32m bank account to deliberately evade tax.
In the latest in a series of scandals to affect the legal profession, Dublin solicitors Henry Colley — son of the late Fianna Fail deputy leader George Colley — and Colm Carroll were [...]
Solicitor-General David Collins QC filed proceedings against Dr Moodie last October relating to $32,000 in costs, which the Court of Appeal awarded to the Crown after it succeeded in contempt proceedings against him.
Radio New Zealand reported today that the bankruptcy proceedings related to Dr Moody refusing to pay for legal work done in relation to [...]
The Immigration Service has booked Lana Schmidt on a flight out of Auckland next Saturday, and warned it will force her removal if she resists.
But Ms Schmidt says she has nowhere to go, there are no arrangements for her continued medical care once she gets to Los Angeles, and she cannot get support from the [...]
