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Ursula discusses the recent Rio Ferdinand decision, a privacy case from the High Court in the UK. Audio

The Australian government is calling for international support for its plan to force tobacco companies to wrap their products in plain packaging. Audio

Philippa Tolley asks if the use of urgency is effecting public input into the law-making process. Audio

Parliament has just passed the covert police surveillance bill under urgency. Audio

A law change is underway to make sure child witnesses are no longer subject to stressful cross-examination or lengthy delays before they give evidence. Audio

How finance companies are still not complying with consumer credit laws. Audio

The Government has finally passed what it says are the biggest reforms of criminal procedure in 50 years. Audio

A law allowing police to secretly film suspects is expected to be passed this week after the Government backed down on one of the main reasons it gave for wanting the new law. Audio

Legislation allowing the Hutt City Council to enter private property to remove graffiti has been introduced to Parliament. Audio

Students now have the right to decide whether or not they will join a student union. Audio

Election advertising. Audio

Farmers in isolated parts of coastal Waikato are being warned not to take the law into their own hands after a spate of sheep rustling near Raglan. Audio

Listening to that is the Law Society's criminal law spokesperson, Jonathan Krebs. Audio

Law Society says it supports truncated process for surveillance legislation going through Parlaiment. Audio

President of the Law Society discusses the criminal justice system and why the government backdown over the right to silence. Audio

A constitutional legal expert says the government is wrong to try to apply a quick fix solution to the law to let the police use hidden cameras unfettered. Audio

Labour says the government could have passed legislation last year which would have clarified the law on the Polices use of hidden cameras. Audio

A criminal defence lawyer says police are hugely exaggerating how many video surveillance cases they have, to twist the Government's arm into changing the law. Audio

The Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson rejects the idea that rushing legislation through Parliament is an assault on the rule of law. Audio

The Maori Party has accused the government of panic, over its plan to use urgency to retrospectively legalise the police's use of secret video surveillence. Audio

People caught up in the Urewera police raids believe Government moves to make covert filming lawful will further diminish trust in the legal system. Audio

The Government is moving swiftly to pass a law allowing police to use illegally gathered evidence in dozens of cases. Audio

The police are stopping some covert video surveillance and asking for a law change after the Supreme Court finding that the secret filming in the Urewera raids case was illegal. Audio

The New Zealand Law Society says there's more room for improvement. Audio

Andrew Scott Howman discusses the technicality that got an employee who was caught in the act on a hidden camera, off the hook. Audio