Presiding judge Frederique Aline jailed Bailey for 25 years and ordered that a new EU arrest warrant be issued.

A legal dispute that threatened to have "serious implications" on the Pacific Island nation of Tonga's preparations for this year's Rugby World Cup has been withdrawn.

A legal dispute which has "serious implications" for preparations by the Pacific Island nation of Tonga for this year's Rugby World Cup has come before the High Court.

Pope Francis has declined to accept the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin as archbishop of Lyon after he was convicted of failing to report a known predator priest to police, the Vatican said.

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Latest: Ian Bailey says he expects the Minister for Justice to appeal today’s decision not to extradite him to France.

Uber Technologies suffered another setback in the EU after an adviser to the European Court of Justice backed a French law that led to sanctions for top managers in the country.

A French court has thrown out a complaint by a federation of Catholic families that dating site Gleeden's business model is illegal and anti-social because it encourages extra-marital affairs.

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A French court has overturned a ban on burkinis issued in Cannes - the first in a series of bans on the swimwear this summer that set off a heated controversy at home and a wave of outrage abroad.

The Irish High Court has jurisdiction to deal with a challenge by a group of Irish Investors, in a Radisson Blu Hotel in Southern France, against AIB bank’s threat to take over their shares.

LIKE the curate’s egg, the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the contentious question of the lifetime ban on gay men giving blood donations is likely to be seen by Health Minister Leo Varadkar as ‘good and bad’ in parts. 

The European Court of Justice has ruled that EU governments may ban gay men from ever donating blood, but only under strict conditions.

A French court has ordered a private clinic in Cannes to pay out €400,000 each to two now-20-year-old women who were accidentally switched at birth and given to the wrong parents.

Topless protesters swarmed outside the French courthouse where Dominique Strauss-Kahn was due to give evidence in a trial involving orgies and an alleged prostitution ring.

Lenders, such as banks, must be able to prove they have checked the credit worthiness of borrowers, and have given them information, according to the European Court of Justice.

A court in Paris has ruled that Uber’s ride-hailing service may infringe French law and ordered the company to make changes to its popular mobile app-based service.

A French court has ruled that Ryanair must pay €8.1m in damages for a breach of French labour law.

Around 10,000 Irish women fitted with breast implants filled with cheap industrial grade silicone could each receive up to €15,000 in compensation.

A French court has ordered the man suspected of killing four people at the Brussels Jewish Museum to be extradited to Belgium.

A French doctor was acquitted of poisoning charges after giving lethal injections to seven terminally ill patients, and Britain’s Supreme Court said an assisted-suicide ban is incompatible with human rights, fuelling the arguments of those who say the duty of doctors is to end the suffering of those beyond treatment.

A French court has ordered a gossip magazine to pay €15,000 for publishing photos of what it said was President Francois Hollande visiting an actress for a secret tryst.

The Frenchman who sold tens of thousands of faulty silicone breast implants around the world has been jailed for fraud.

France’s constitutional court has ruled that mayors cannot refuse to carry out same-sex marriages.

A French court will rule today on whether Ryanair should face tens of millions of euros in fines over charges of breaking labour law.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has challenged Italy’s attempts to ban a genetically modified maize product from biotech group Monsanto.

A Chinese court sentenced ousted senior politician Bo Xilai to life in jail yesterday after finding him guilty of corruption and abuse of power, a term that gives him little chance of staging a political comeback.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face a French court on charges of aggravated pimping.

A French court has fined Gerard Depardieu €4,000 and suspended his driver’s licence for six months in a drink-driving case that started when the actor fell off his scooter in Paris in November and ended up being taken to a police station.

The IMF is reiterating its confidence in managing director Christine Lagarde’s leadership after a French court stopped just short of charging her in an investigation of a pay-off to a businessman.

Hundreds of women given faulty breast implants have gathered at a French court for the trial of five executives accused of using cheap industrial silicone in their manufacturing.

A second magazine plans to publish controversial pictures of a pregnant Kate Middleton wearing a bikini on holiday.

A French court has sided with a Jewish group seeking to identify authors of anti-Semitic messages that circulated on the social network Twitter.

A French court has delayed a ruling on whether to drop several charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who has successfully fought accusations linked to his “libertine” lifestyle.

The teacher of missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers was in custody in France tonight as the teenager’s family expressed their joy that she had been found.

French police investigating the publication of the topless Duchess of Cambridge photographs are gathering information on the magazine that first published them.

A French court has banned a magazine from reusing photographs of the topless Kate Middleton after labelling them a “brutal display” of her private life.

A French court has today ordered the country’s Closer magazine to hand over all copies of topless photos of the Kate Middleton blocked further publication of the images.

France's far-right National Front plans to file a complaint against Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the party's leader with a swastika on her forehead.

Perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain has been convicted by a French court of of making racist insults on national television and fined him €6,000.

Panama's government said the long-awaited extradition of former dictator Manuel Noriega is one step closer to reality after a French court said it received US approval to send Noriega home to face a 20-year prison sentence here.

A French court has found News Corporation guilty of invasion of privacy for publishing a story claiming former racing boss Max Mosley participated in a Nazi-themed orgy.