Solicitors who represented a company whose chief executive allegedly spent the firm’s money providing homes and jobs for his girlfriends, who had allegedly been screened through illicit websites, have withdrawn from the case, the High Court heard. It came after a proposed settlement of a dispute with one of the company’s executives was not proceeded with and the company’s original lawyers decided to “come off record”. She claimed Bohlin used the company human resources “to screen the girls from various illicit websites for suitability”. However, when the settlement was signed on behalf of the company, it was not the one the lawyers had agreed but another version. As a result, the company’s lawyers said they would no longer be able to represent HansaWorld.

Source: The Irish Times February 19, 2026 19:35 UTC