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Russian officials have been accused of using "invisible ink" on valuable contracts to facilitate corruption and kickbacks. A councillor in Moscow has uploaded a video to social media which appears to show the key financial details on a housing contract simply disappearing when the paper is held near

The conduct of ex parte hearings where the PSNI obtained warrants in respect of the investigation into the theft of documents from the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland relating to the 1994 Loughinisland massacre fell “woefully short” of a fair hearing, the Court of Appeal has held.

Criminal jury trials are set to resume in the Central Criminal Court later this month and in Circuit Courts by late August as the courts aim to increase the number of hearings following the COVID-19 crisis, Chief Justice Frank Clarke has announced. In a statement issued over the weekend, Ireland's t

William Fry partner Sonya Manzor has been appointed to lead the firm's multidisciplinary, full-service tax team. Ms Manzor, who joined the firm in 2005, advises both domestic and multinational corporations across a range of sectors on Irish tax matters.

Commercial law firm Tughans has announced the appointment of three new partners and a private client director. New partner Chris Milligan has joined the commercial real estate team as a partner, while Andrew Kirke has been promoted to partner seven years after joining the firm. Mr Milligan, an energ

The COVID-19 pandemic has created serious issues, particularly around access, in child care cases, the Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP) has found. The project has published its latest volume of reports on child care cases heard during the COVID-19 crisis, some of them through remote hearings

Plans to create new organised crime offences for Northern Ireland have gone out to consultation. Under the proposals, serious organised crime would be defined as "crime involving two or more people acting together with one of their main purposes or activities being the commission or facilitation of

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates examines a recent case concerning collective redundancies. With COVID-19 and its effects, there are going to be situations where contracts of employment are changed. This may be the way employees work or a reduction in salary

Donald Trump sank to new depths last week, if that is possible, with the pardoning of his long-time pal and master of the black arts Roger Stone. It is an act which has nauseated even some leading members of the Republican Party. In its editorial on Saturday, which we reprint below, The Washington P

A transgender woman has won a landmark employment discrimination case in China after being fired for taking leave for sex reassignment surgery. A court in Beijing ruled that e-commerce company Dangdang should reinstate her contract with full back pay, Chinese media group Caixin reports.

While the rest of the UK has struggled to contain rising levels of knife and gun crime, Scotland has dramatically reduced violent crime in the past 15 years. But how was it done? BBC's Panorama investigates.

Criminal jurisdiction over nearly half of the state of Oklahoma has been thrown in doubt after the Supreme Court of the United States held that the territory belongs to Native Americans. The 5-4 majority ruling applies to territory given to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation but could also be extended to l

Global law firm Dentons will not open its new Dublin office until September as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The firm announced its expansion into Ireland in January with the appointment of two partners from William Fry and Matheson.

The government has said it will appeal a High Court judgment striking down the law providing for sectoral employment orders (SEOs) setting out minimum pay and conditions for certain workers. The ruling, which found provisions of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 to be unconstitutional, i

Solicitor Maura Butler has been appointed to lead a review of the law criminalising the purchase of sex three years after it came into effect. Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, which came into force in March 2017, creates two new criminal offences of paying for sexual activity w