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Why 'Doctor' Doogue-little's courtroom shake-up is too little too late

Judge Jan-Marie Doogue
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Rod Vaughan | Wednesday March 13, 2013 | 7 comments

Iraqi linked to 353 people smuggling deaths calls NZ home

Caleb Allison | Tuesday February 12, 2013 | 10 comments

While New Zealand makes a deal to accept more refugees from Australian detention centres, the High Court has refused to extradite a man allegedly involved in the Siev X tragedy which killed 353 people.

"A crime has to be committed inside a specific jurisdiction for that jurisdiction's laws to apply. It didn't, so he shouldn't be extradited."

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COMMENTARY: Judge's censorship goes too far

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Caleb Allison and Jock Anderson | Thursday December 13, 2012 | 1 comment

B'On financial planner jailed for 7 years, 5 months

Friday October 19, 2012 | 7 comments

At the trial, she tried to lay most of the blame on her husband, Michael Bradley, who died before the hearing.

"She should count herself lucky she didn't do this in the US."

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Pike River receivers won't defend 10 Labour Dept charges

Tuesday July 31, 2012

Pike River Coal receivers will enter no pleas on charges brought against the company relating to the explosions which killed 29 underground miners in November 2010.

Judge David Harvey's colourful past

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Caleb Allison | Thursday July 19, 2012 | 1 comment