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Ukraine is considering lifting its ban on pornography as lawmakers seek to bring a large online adult industry into the tax system and raise funds for the war. Yaroslav Zhelezniak, who chairs the Parliament’s finance committee, estimates legalisation could generate up to $25 million a year, en

Grindr is to pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought by 12,000 UK users who claim the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases HIV status, with advertisers. The settlement ends a two-year legal battle after law firm Austen Hays brought a claim in the Englis

Ministers are to approve the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea this month, with a decision on the separate £8.7 billion Rosebank oilfield expected later this year. Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is expected to recommend approval for Jackdaw, off the coast of Aberdeen, imminen

Blackadders LLP has recruited four new trainees to the firm’s training programme.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has allowed aspects of Next’s appeal against successful equal pay claims brought by over 3,500 retail sales consultants, after finding that the retailer’s payment of a higher market rate to warehouse operatives was justified by “recruitment and retent

Arnot Manderson Advocates has welcomed the news that current stable director Nicola Gilchrist has been appointed King’s Counsel. This brings the number of senior counsel in Scotland’s full-service stable to nine. Ms Gilchrist called to the bar in 2011 and before taking her commission as

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society has expressed surprise at an attempt to lower the standard of proof necessary from beyond reasonable doubt to the balance of probabilities in the Faculty of Advocates’ Consultation on its draft Disciplinary Rules. The rules, the latest version of which is

Sixteen new King’s Counsel have been appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. The new King’s Counsel appointees are:

Edinburgh-based law firm Ralph Sayer has appointed two more trainee solicitors. Napier University graduates Aaliyah Rafique and Louis McDowell have joined on two-year traineeships as the company builds for the future.

Compass Chambers has welcomed the appointment of new silk Barney Ross KC. Mr Ross is among 16 new King's Counsel appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney.

A renaissance fair in the US state of Maryland has banned 'fursuits', prompting a backlash from members of the 'furry community' who say they have been unfairly targeted. Festival organisers introduced costume restrictions last spring, citing repeated incidents involving fursuit wearers and accusing

A former Japanese defence minister has described US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its Japanese president as an attack on the rules-based international order. Gen Nakatani, a veteran MP in Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, has urged Prime Minister Sanae