Thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets today, blocking motorways and thronging the main airport in response to a vote passed just after midnight that severely limited the powers of the Supreme Court.

Fiji and New Zealand re-establishes strong links as two new supreme court judges are sworn in at the State House.

Data from the remuneration authority, adjusted for inflation, shows that annual compensation today is worth no more than it was back in 2012.

Lawyers hope Lady Justice Sue Carr’s new role will help increase diversity in the judiciary.

A degree of tension between the government and the judiciary is a sign of a healthy democracy. For the government to seek to control the appointment of judges and try to reduce judicial power is a sign of authoritarianism.

There has been a great deal of smoke and mirrors and not much clarity when it comes to the debate over co-governance in New Zealand, whether in relation to Three Waters or anything else.

But what is co-governance and, crucially, how does it relate to Te Tiriti o Waitangi?

Jurors who swear on the Bible are more likely to find a defendant guilty if he or she declines to do the same and takes a non-religious oath instead, a study has found.

France’s highest constitutional judges have been placed under police protection amid fears that they could be attacked if they approve President Macron’s contested pension reform today.

Judges raise safety fears and say concern over pay is denting morale.

You’d think that nothing else happened in the world today besides the arraignment of a former real-estate developer and casino boss from Queens. Yes, Donald Trump spent four long years as president, but today he’s just another American citizen, and he stands accused of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in Manhattan. The state of New York must now make its case that Citizen Trump is guilty of the charges (he has pleaded not guilty on all 34). There’s a long way to go from here.

A former High Court judge has denounced plans for rape trials without juries in Scotland as “constitutionally repugnant” and a “serious attack” on the independence of the judiciary.

Victims of alleged crimes by members of the armed forces are to be consulted for the first time over whether their cases are prosecuted by military or civilian authorities.

Experience of Irish court users is ‘poor, due to costly, complex and often delayed services, cases and processes’, major OECD study finds.

At the Triennial Conference you all helped JANZ help them by buying a membership cap. Rather than keep that membership money, all the funds from the appeal went straight to the New Zealand Red Cross to reach those who need it the most right now.

Following up on our March posting last Monday, the PM said he wanted consensus on divisive plans to weaken the judiciary.

Fancy a change of courtrooms and countries? Looks like the UK may be on a recruitment drive in the colonies. Best you check out their Ts and Cs first!!

Judge Kalyani Kaul KC sued the Ministry of Justice, the lord chancellor and the lord chief justice.