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Prison authorities have captured an inmate's cat which was being used to smuggle drugs into the jail. In CCTV footage released online, guards at a penal colony in the Russian republic of Tatarstan chase after a cat as it races towards the prison building.

Solidarity-People Before Profit TDs have been granted leave to apply for judicial review of a decision of the Ceann Comhairle, which will be dealt with in an expedited hearing before the end of the year. Noting the need to approach cases involving Parliament with a degree of caution, Mr Justice Garr

ByrneWallace has announced the appointment of financial services expert Damien McShane as a partner. Mr McShane has over 10 years’ experience advising on financial services law and regulation, with significant expertise advising on AIFMD, the UCITS directives, Solvency II, the Central Bank Act

Commercial and licensing lawyer Richard McLaughlin has joined Keystone Law as a consultant solicitor. Mr McLaughlin, formerly a solicitor at Joseph Donnelly & Co Solicitors, brings experience in the world of licensing, particularly in Belfast, having advised numerous pubs, off-licences, nightclu

Only a fifth of Irish companies have fulfilled new registration requirements ahead of a key deadline next week, Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has warned. The vast majority of companies are required to submit information on their beneficial owners to a new central register by Friday 22 November or r

A High Court judge has said he cannot change a order he made preventing the publication of the names of a convicted child rapist and his victim. Mr Justice Michael White said that the court made the order at the wishes of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). When the DPP applied a week later o

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates looks at how workplaces can best accommodate women who have miscarried. In the Irish Independent recently, Eilish O’Regan wrote an article where Lisa Finnegan spoke to her about enduring the sadness of two miscarriages

An undisclosed prosecution target may be responsible for a steep decline in the number of rape suspects charged since 2016, the Law Society Gazette reports. Rape prosecutions south of the border have fallen to their lowest level since 2008, even though record numbers of allegations have been made to

A man living with his severely disabled partner in a two-bedroom council house should receive full housing benefit because applying the so-called "bedroom tax" breaches his human rights, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling in favour of "RR" has implications for at least 155 other partners of

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has been recertified for the Business Working Responsibly Mark for responsible and sustainable business practices. Developed by Business in the Community, the Mark is independently audited by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and is based on ISO 26000.

A judicial review case is to be brought against the UK government if it fails to release a report into potential Russian interference in British politics. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has written to the prime minister demanding the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee&rsq

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin's marketing and business development manager, Amanda Sistern, has won recognition at the Women in Business Awards. The firm nominated Ms Sistern for her recent "Legal Focus" social media marketing campaign, focusing on key departments within the firm over a dedicat

Young offenders at Hydebank Wood College have been invited to take part in a new boxing work-out programme aimed at improving their fitness and mental health. Boxing champions Paddy Barnes, Marc McCullough and Carly McNaul visited the facility to launch the new six-week, non-contact boxing course fo

Three neighbouring towns have voted in close-fought referendums to legalise alcohol sales after decades-long bans. A handful of US states, particularly in the south, allow local communities to ban the sale of alcohol after a so-called "dry/wet" referendum.