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The National Party wants to question Parliament's Speaker, before a select committee, over a costly legal dispute.

Labour has, however, already poured cold water over the plan - RNZ understands it… Audio

Taxpayers have had to stump up more than $330,000 on a legal dispute sparked by Parliament's Speaker Trevor Mallard falsely accusing a staffer of rape.

Both the National and ACT parties say it's time… Audio

Landmark legal action is being taken in the UK on behalf of former rugby players who are suffering brain injuries, believed to be as a result of concussions suffered during games. Central to the claim… Audio

Eight former professional rugby players with early onset dementia are preparing a landmark case against World Rugby for what they call a failure to protect top players from the risks caused by… Audio

Counsel in Concert is a choir and orchestra made up of lawyers and legal staff from throughout the Wellington region, along with friends from New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Wellington.

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A legal bid is underway to get the results of the cannabis referendum thrown out.

A group of more than 350 people is asking the High Court to void the vote on the Cannabis and Control Bill claiming… Video, Audio

Richard Fairgray is a creator of comics and picture books and he's been making his own books since childhood. Growing up in Auckland, the award-winning author now spends his time between Canada, and… Audio

WorkSafe has laid 13 charges over the eruption at Whakaari/White Island in December last year.

Twenty-two people died due to injuries sustained in the eruption, some at the time but others succumbed… Audio

Who owns the DNA that you leave on your abandoned coffee mug or a discarded cigarette butt?

And should police be able to use samples provided to those website that help you trace your family tree?

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US President Donald Trump on Friday made a rambling 16-minute address riddled with false claims, delivered in the White House press briefing room.

Is there any substance to his claims of voter fraud… Video, Audio

Counting of millions of postal votes continues in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania as well as North Carolina and Alaska. Without evidence, Donald Trump alleges fraud and maintains the… Audio

Professor Tim Kuhner from Auckland University on whether the election will be decided by courts, rather than the voters. Audio

What are the legal challenges threatening to delay the outcome of the US election? Could they make their way up to the US Supreme Court, the ultimate legal authority in the US? Steven Schneebaum is a… Audio

As the US presidential election result comes down to the wire in a handful of key states, the Trump campaign has already announced it'll take legal action in Michigan to suspend the vote count… Audio

The US election is still on a knife edge, with many states not finished counting votes and neither candidate having reached the magic number of 270 electoral college votes.

Terry Madonna is a… Audio

Iran is threatening legal action against New Zealand after learning our Security Intelligence Service, in a joint operation with the CIA, broke into its Wellington embassy to plant bugs in the late… Audio

Author and constitutional scholar Kim Wehle is a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and a former assistant attorney. She was associate independent counsel in the Whitewater… Audio

An international lawyer is pouring cold water on claims by the New Zealand Democratic People's Republic of Korea Society that they were unfairly targeted by authorities for sending PPE to the… Audio

A legal challenge to Otago University's medical school admissions process - which prioritises Māori and other groups in order to create a more diverse health workforce - has now been dropped.

The… Audio

The Medical Association has back tracked on its stance opposing the cannabis referendum, and apologised to doctors who feel they were misrepresented.

It now says it isn't taking a position on the… Audio

Ireland's Supreme Court has ruled that bread sold by the fast food chain Subway contains so much sugar that it cannot be legally defined as bread. Rob Kelly gets to the bottom of the doughy issue Audio

The European Union has taken legal action against the UK over a breach in their Brexit negotiations.

On Tuesday night, the British government passed the latest piece of Brexit legislation, called the… Audio

A maritime lawyer says a legal argument for allowing foreign yachts into New Zealand might be possible through electronic tracking.

Hundreds denied entry because of the border closure have tried… Audio

Opponents of legalising cannabis say the amount people could buy each day will make life worse for those who are already heavy users.

Those who support it say buying up to 14 grams of dried weed at a… Audio

The University of Otago says they are firmly committed to increasing the number of medical students enrolling at the University from underrepresented groups.

It's proposal to limit of Maori entrants… Audio